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The Bug Report

Straight answers on pests, prevention and protecting your home, from a family that has done this work since 1997.

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Bed Bugs After Traveling: How to Come Home Without Bringing Them In

A two-minute hotel check, a homecoming laundry routine and a quiet look at the guest room after visitors leave keep holiday travel from turning into a bed bug problem.
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Crawl Space Mold in Oregon: What the Wet Season Does Under Your House

Standing water and humid air under a house feed mold and wood-decay fungi, which soften the framing that dampwood termites, moisture ants and beetles move into. Here is how to break the chain.
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Silverfish in the House: The Moisture Pests of Oregon’s Rainy Season

When the Willamette Valley’s rain sets in, silverfish, springtails and earwigs show up in bathrooms, closets and entryways. Here is how to tell them apart and what each says about moisture.
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Bugs in Firewood: How to Stack, Store and Bring Wood Inside in Oregon

Carpenter ants, dampwood termites, beetles and spiders all ride along in a Willamette Valley woodpile. Here is how to stack, store and bring firewood inside without moving them into your house.
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Carpenter Ants in Winter: Why They Stayed and What Sawdust Means

Big black ants by the sink in December are not lost. They are living in your walls. Here is how carpenter ant satellite colonies work, what the sawdust means, and how the nest gets found.
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Termite Swarmers in Fall: What Winged Insects in an Oregon Home Mean

Winged insects on the window sill after a fall rain? Here is how to tell termite swarmers from flying ants, which Oregon termite you are looking at, and what an indoor swarm means.
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Asian Lady Beetles in the House? How to Tell Them From Ladybugs

The orange beetles massing on your siding this fall are not the ladybugs from your garden. Here is how to tell them apart, why they come inside, and what to do about them.
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Cluster Flies in the House: Why Slow Flies Fill Your Windows Each Fall

Big, slow flies at the upstairs windows every fall and winter are cluster flies. Here is where they come from, how to tell them apart, and how to keep them out.
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Rodents in the Crawl Space: Why Oregon Homes Are a Magnet

Most Willamette Valley homes sit on vented crawl spaces, and rodents love them. Here is how to tell they are under your floor, how they reach the kitchen, and what real exclusion involves.
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