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Common Nuisance Invaders
of Homes in Colorado
Whitney Cranshaw
Colorado State University
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Nuisance Invader
• The insect originates from
outside the building
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Nuisance Invader
• The insect originates from outside the building
• The insect does not feed on
anything or do any significant harm
to anything within the building
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Nuisance Invader
• The insect originates from outside the building
• The insect does not feed on anything or do any significant
harm to anything within the building
• The insect does not reproduce
within the building
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Nuisance Invader
• The insect originates from outside the building
• The insect does not feed on anything or do any significant
harm to anything within the building
• The insect does not reproduce within the building
• The problem is that it is a bug in a
building, period
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Nuisance
Invaders Issues
Vary with the
Season
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Spring time brings:
• Wake up of overwintered insects in homes
• Ants foraging indoors until soils warm
• Clover mites
• Army cutworm migrations
• Millipede migrations
• Swallow bugs
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The Big 3 Winter
Time Residents of
Colorado Homes
Boxelder Bug
Western conifer-seed bug
Cluster Flies
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Arthropods found in homes in spring often result
from seasonal migrations
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Clover Mites
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Clover mite activity – Late February through Late April
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Clover mites often
accidentally enter
buildings during
warm days in late
winter and early
spring
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Clover mite activity
is concentrated
around buildings,
trees, shrubs and
other aboveground
objects
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Buildings serve as surfaces
on which they may molt and
lay eggs. Entry into living
areas in incidental.
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Turf – Water = Mites
in spring
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Clover Mite Control
Products?(Post Organophosphate Period)
• Talstar
• Scimitar
•Extra Irrigation
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Powdery materials (baby powder, corn starch,
diatomaceous earth, etc.) can provide an
impenetrable barrier to clover mites coming into
homes around windows and other points of entry
Clover mites trapped on a
sticky note
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Field Ants Formica spp.
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Field ants –a.k.a. “thatcher
ants”
Nests may be in the
form of small mounds
incorporating small
twigs and other plant
matter
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Field ants collecting
aphid honeydew
Field ants collecting
sugary secretion from
peony buds
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Harbingers of Spring
Robin (left); Field ants temporarily
forage in homes (below)
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April showers bring
…. millipede
migrations
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Millipedes dry out and die within a few days after entering homes
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Millipede Migrations
• Originate in lawn, mulched beds– Feed on decomposing plant matter
• Persisting period of wet weather in
spring or fall triggers migrations– Survival indoors usually only a day
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Swallow Bug
Oeciacus vicarius
A seasonal insect
in buildings – but
this one can bite
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Swallow Bug
Associated with
the nests of cliff
swallows
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Swallow bugs
exposed after nest
removed
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Swallow
Bugs
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Swallow bugs clustered
behind abandoned
swallow nest
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Summer Time Brings…..
• Duff millipedes
• Springtails
• Sunspiders
• False chinch bugs
• Root weevils
• Wasps
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Summer Time Brings…..
• Duff millipedes
• Springtails
• Sunspiders
• False chinch bugs
• Root weevils
• Wasps
…..and now elm seed bugs!
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New State Record
(2017)
Elm Seed BugArcocatus melanocephalus
A significant new
nuisance invader of
homes in summer
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Fecal
spottingPhoto by Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Photo by Ryan Davis
Adult
Nymph
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Develops on seeds of elm
No harm to trees
Moves into buildings in summer, early autumn
Nuisance issues, some associated odor
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There is a new Extension Fact Sheet on this insect
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April showers
bring – millipede
migrations
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Summer heat brings…
duff millipedes
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Duff millipedes are
often mistaken for
dermestid (carpet)
beetle larvae
Duff millipede
Dermestid beetle
larva and adult
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Duff Millipede
Problems in
Homes
• Are most frequent in foothills areas
and associated pine forest
• Tend to intensify during hot, dry
periods in summer
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Springtails
Extremely common
“bugs” in soil - that may
wander into buildings
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Most springtails
can jump using
the “furcula”
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Springtails and Nuisance
Household Invasions
Associated with hot, dry weather that
follows an extended wet period
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Rough strawberry root
weevil
Lilac root weevil
Strawberry root
weevil
Root Weevils (Otiorhynchus spp.)
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Larvae of root weevils
feed on roots
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Adults root weevils
produce leaf notching
wounds
Root weevils feed at night and
hide in the soil during the day
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Rough strawberry root
weevil
Strawberry root
weevil
Three species of root
weevils commonly
enter buildings in
summer and early
autumn
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Strawberry root weevil is the most
common species reported in homes
Peak periods of building invasion
often occurs during periods of high
temperatures in summer
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Trachyphloeus asperatus
Barypeithes pellucidus
Two other, small
species of root weevils
have recently been
reported coming into
homes
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Several seed-feeding bugs
incidentally enter buildings
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False chinch bug Nysius raphanus
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False chinch bug is one of
the most common insects
found throughout Colorado
It develops on many kinds
of plants, particularly kochia
and mustards
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In 2018 some areas
saw huge populations
and mass migrations of
this insect
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Peak indoor migrations coincide with periods when host
plants dry down/mature. But false chinch bug complaints
were received from June through September
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Another seed feeding bug being reported
coming into homes in Fort Collins:
“Ozophora” (An unknown species in the genus
Ozophora)
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European earwig
Colorado’s only earwig species
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Short wing
covers (elytra)
Prominent cerci
(“pincers”)
Filament antennae,
chewing mouthparts
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European earwig
displaying wings
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The cerci (aka ‘forceps’), are fairly weakly muscled. They are used during
mating (by males) and can help to manipulate prey.
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European
earwig - male
European
earwig - female
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The first mass of eggs is laid in late winter. Eggs are laid in
small cavities in mulch, under rocks or other protected places.
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Earwigs are
omnivores
Small soft-bodied
insects and insect eggs
make up an important
part of their diet.
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Earwigs feed at night
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Flower petals and soft plant
parts are also eaten by
earwigs.
Earwigs feed at night.
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Thigmotaxis – “a predilection for pressure”
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Earwigs – Increasing as garden problems?
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Possible reasons for increased
incidence of earwigs
• Weather-related issues
• Increased use of mulches that provide
favorable habitat
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Mulches and Nuisance Invaders
• European earwig
• Springtails
• Millipedes
• Sowbugs/Pillbugs
• Field crickets
• Some spiders
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Sowbugs and
Pillbugs
Sowbug
Pillbug – also known as the ‘roly-poly’
Associated with moist
areas and decaying
vegetation
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The Wood Louse
Hunter/ Roly-Poly
Killer
Family Dysderidae
~Dysdera crocata
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Sunspider (aka Windscorpion, Solpugid)
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Summer Lighting and Some
Indoor Pest Events
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Indoor migrations usually occur in midsummer.
Outdoor lighting, attractive to prey, is associated with
incidental indoor movements.
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Some Ground
Beetles are attracted
to Summertime
lights
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What is a “stink bug”?
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What is a “stink bug”?
Stink bug
Leaffooted bug Darkling beetle
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“Skunk”/ “Stink”/
“Circus” beetles
Eleodes species
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Left: “True” Stink Bug
Right: Darkling Beetle
(aka ‘stink beetle’,
‘circus beetle’)
Below: NOT A Stink Bug
A Stinky Beetle
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Stink BugsHemiptera:
Pentatomidae
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Chlorochroa species of stink bugs are commonly seen
massing on buildings in summer
Chlorochroa ligata –
“conchuela”
Chlorochroa sayi –
Say stink bug
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Chlorochroa ligata – The conchuela stink bug
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Rough stink bugs are native insects sometimes found within homes
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
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Brown marmorated stink bug is a common invader of buildings in fall in parts of the US. Upper stories on sun exposed sides are primary concentrations
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Banding on antennae*White markings along abdomen
Broad body form, typical of other stink bugs
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Western conifer-seed bug is a “stinky bug” that can be a common nuisance invader
Stink bug
Western conifer-seed bug
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Late Summer/Early Fall
Migrations
• Western conifer-seed bugs
• Boxelder bugs
• Elm leaf beetles
• Funnel weaver spiders
• Cluster flies
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Some winter
residents of
Colorado homes
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Boxelder Bug
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Boxelder bugs are
associated with boxelder
and bigtoothed maples
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Boxelder bugs move to winter shelter. Warmed,
rough surfaces are common points of mass
aggregation in late summer/early fall.
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Colorado’s
Y2K Bug?
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Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis
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Blood-sucking Conenose, Triatoma spp.
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Leptoglossus clypealisWestern leaffooted bug
Leptoglossus occidentalisWestern conifer-seed bug
Nuisance invader in
autumn
May mass on homes
in summer
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Photograph taken by Richard Nobman in
Dolores County
Leptoglossus clypealis
A close relative of the
western conifer-seed
bug that sometimes
clusters on buildings
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Bat Bugs
(Cimex pillosellus, Cimex adjunctus)
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Bat Bugs
Associated with
nesting bats
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Bat Bugs
• Associated with
bats
• Incidentally enter
living areas when
bats vacate (late
summer, early
autumn)
• Human biting rare
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Bat bugs – Hairs on the
prothorax are long;
longer than the width of
the eye
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Most Common Spiders in
Homes
Funnel weaver
Spiders (Grass spiders)
Family Agelenidae, three
common genera
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Funnel-weaver Spiders Family Agelenidae
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Funnel weaver webs
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Male funnel weaver spiders have grossly enlarged pedipalps (not fangs!!)
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Spider Mating – Transfer of Sperm Via Pedipalps
Pedipalps
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Most funnel weavers found in homes are incidental transients, wandering indoors in late summer/early fall
Agelenopsis species
Hololena species
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Tegenaria domestica
Tegenaria agrestis
Barn funnel weaver/domestic
house spider
Hobo spider
Some funnel weaver spiders can reproduce indoors
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Jumping Spiders Family Salticidae
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Jumping spiders have
the best visual acuity
of any terrestrial
arthropod
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Common jumping
spiders found
within homes
Platycryptus spp.
Zebra jumper
Bold jumper
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Multicolored Asian
lady beetle
(Harmonia axyridis)
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Household invasions –
Multicolored Asian
lady beetle
Common in many areas of
the US. Low incidence in
Colorado
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Green lacewings as a
nuisance invader in
fall.
Primarily occurs in
forested areas. The
species involved
usually is Chrysoperla
nigricornis
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Winter Time
Flies in Homes
Cluster flies, picture-
winged flies and
others
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Ceroxys latiusculus, a
picture-wing fly that
commonly enters
buildings in Fall
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Cluster Flies
Pollenia species
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Cluster flies are characterized by having
golden, curled hairs on the thorax
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Scenario for Cluster Fly
Invasion of a Building
• Flies move to sunlit vertical
surfaces when seeking winter
shelter
• Flies move upward as sun sets
• Flies enter upper areas of
building
• Flies often cluster together
behind walls during cool
season
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Cluster Flies
A Colorado mystery
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“The” cluster fly, Pollenia
rudis, is a parasitoid of
certain earthworms
What are the hosts of the
other cluster flies that are
common in homes in
Colorado? (Pollenia
pediculata, P. angustigena)
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Questions involved with
Colorado Cluster Flies
• No earthworms are native to
Colorado, although many have
been introduced
• Cluster flies problems are most
severe at higher elevation counties
• What kinds of “cluster flies” occur
here and what do they do?
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Pollenia pediculata
Four species of
cluster flies have been
recovered from
Colorado buildings.
Pollenia pediculata is
most abundant
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There is a new fact sheet on this subject
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General Principles for Managing
Nuisance Household Invaders
Seal openings of home prior to time when insects
enter the building
– Barrier insecticide applications can supplement
– Dusts are sometimes blown behind walls
Treat/remove host plants
Dispatch individual insects as they are observed
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Keep in Mind:
These insects are not reproducing
in the home
Ultimately they
will move back
outdoors or die
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Insects that use homes for
overwintering shelter are in
diapause.
They do not feed nor reproduce
while in diapause.
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…and remember -
These kinds of problems
happen to the nicest of people
Its Not Your Fault!
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Let us always keep
“nuisance invaders”
in proper perspective
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