Bug FAQWhich bugs damage your home?
These can damage the house, furniture, fabric or food. 43 house and yard pests on Bug FAQ, most commonly seen first. Each line is quoted from that bug's page and its sources.
Bark Lice, Book Lice, and Parasitic LicePsocopteraCan damage your homeThey damage stored food, pantry goods and books.
Source: Wikipedia
Eastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeThey can bite and they damage wood in homes, but they do not sting.
Eastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittataCan damage your homeThey can stain upholstery, carpets and drapes with their excreta.
Source: Wikipedia
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciCan damage your homeIts larvae can damage household items.
Source: Wikipedia
CtenolepismaCtenolepismaCan damage your homeCtenolepisma can chew and discolor stored paper items, causing minor damage to books and documents.
Source: extension.msstate.edu, yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu
European EarwigForficula auriculariaCan damage your homeEuropean earwigs can get into homes and eat pantry foods.
Source: Wikipedia
Indian-Meal MothPlodia interpunctellaCan damage your homeThe Indian-meal moth damages stored food such as grains and flour and can also infest clothing.
Source: Wikipedia
Fall Field CricketGryllus pennsylvanicusCan damage your homeThey chew and damage fabrics such as wool, silk, cotton, linen and other household textiles.
Source: hgic.clemson.edu, extension.umd.edu
Odorous House AntTapinoma sessileCan damage your homeOdorous house ants contaminate and damage stored food and pantry items.
Source: Wikipedia, Penn State Extension
Long-tailed SilverfishCtenolepisma longicaudatumCan damage your homeThey can damage household items.
Source: Wikipedia
Eastern Subterranean TermiteReticulitermes flavipesCan damage your homeEastern subterranean termites can seriously damage wood, paper, books and fabrics in homes.
Source: Wikipedia, Penn State Extension
Larder BeetleDermestes lardariusCan damage your homeCan damage stored food and museum items.
Source: Wikipedia
Common SilverfishLepisma saccharinumCan damage your homeSilverfish can damage household items such as wallpaper and tapestries.
Source: Wikipedia
Western Black Carpenter AntCamponotus modocCan damage your homeThey can cause structural damage to houses.
Source: Wikipedia
Buffalo carpet beetleAnthrenus scrophulariaeCan damage your homeThe larvae can damage carpets, upholstery and museum specimens.
Source: Wikipedia
House CricketAcheta domesticusCan damage your homeHouse crickets can chew and damage fabrics, paper, rubber and stored food in homes.
Source: extension.umd.edu, pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu, UF/IFAS
Webbing Clothes MothTineola bisselliellaCan damage your homeThe webbing clothes moth damages clothing made of natural fibres and stored food such as grains.
Source: Wikipedia
Case-bearing Clothes MothTinea pellionellaCan damage your homeIt damages carpets, furs, upholstery and woolen fabrics.
Source: Wikipedia
Pacific Dampwood TermiteZootermopsis angusticollisCan damage your homeThey can damage wood but are less destructive to buildings than dry-wood termites.
Source: Wikipedia
Western Subterranean TermiteReticulitermes hesperusCan damage your homeThey can damage wooden parts of houses, leading to costly repairs.
Source: UC IPM
Common American Thief AntSolenopsis molestaCan damage your homeIt gets into kitchen food, especially greasy items. Its stinger is very small.
Source: Wikipedia, faculty.evansville.edu, Penn State Extension
Drugstore BeetleStegobium paniceumCan damage your homeThey don’t bite or sting people, but the larvae can ruin stored foods in the house.
Source: Wikipedia
Black Carpet BeetleAttagenus unicolorCan damage your homeThe black carpet beetle can damage carpets, furniture and clothing in the home.
Source: Wikipedia
House LonghornHylotrupes bajulusCan damage your homeThe beetle can harm wooden parts of a house.
Source: Wikipedia
Tobacco BeetleLasioderma serricorneCan damage your homeThey can damage stored food and tobacco products.
Source: Wikipedia
FirebratThermobia domesticaCan damage your homeFirebrats are not dangerous to people or pets but can damage household items and contaminate food.
Source: Wikipedia
Western Drywood TermiteIncisitermes minorCan damage your homeWestern drywood termites damage wood in homes, including flooring, frames, and furniture.
Formosan subterranean termiteCoptotermes formosanusCan damage your homeFormosan termites can cause serious damage to wood structures, trees, boats and high-rise buildings.
Rice WeevilSitophilus oryzaeCan damage your homeRice weevils damage stored food such as grains in the pantry.
Source: Wikipedia
Mediterranean Flour MothEphestia kuehniellaCan damage your homeIt damages stored food like flour and other cereal grains.
Source: Wikipedia
Smooth Spider BeetleGibbium aequinoctialeCan damage your homeThey can damage stored food and pantry goods.
Source: ask.extension.org
White-marked Spider-beetlePtinus furCan damage your homeIt can damage stored food and museum collections.
Source: Wikipedia
Red Flour BeetleTribolium castaneumCan damage your homeIt damages stored food and pantry products.
Source: Wikipedia
Deathwatch BeetleXestobium rufovillosumCan damage your homeThe deathwatch beetle damages structural wood in houses.
Source: Wikipedia
Furniture Carpet BeetleAnthrenus flavipesCan damage your homeIt can damage household fabrics.
Source: Wikipedia
West Indian Drywood TermiteCryptotermes brevisCan damage your homeIt damages wooden structures and furniture in homes.
Source: Wikipedia
Tawny Crazy AntNylanderia fulvaCan damage your homeThey can bite and spray formic acid causing brief pain, and they can damage electrical equipment.
Source: Wikipedia
Asian subterranean termiteCoptotermes gestroiCan damage your homeThey can damage homes by eating wood from the inside out.
Source: Wikipedia
Warehouse BeetleTrogoderma variabileCan damage your homeWarehouse beetles damage stored food and can infest homes.
Source: Wikipedia
House PsocidLiposcelis bostrychophilaCan damage your homeIt can damage stored food, paper, books, wallpaper and other household items.
Source: Wikipedia, Penn State Extension
Powder Post BeetleLyctus brunneusCan damage your homeIt can damage wooden parts of a house.
Source: Wikipedia
Desert Subterranean TermiteHeterotermes aureusCan damage your homeThese termites can harm a house by eating structural wood and leaving honeycomb-like tunnels filled with soil.
Source: Wikipedia
Confused Flour BeetleTribolium confusumCan damage your homeIt can damage stored food and household products.
Source: Wikipedia