How long did it take for Terro to exterminate the ant population in your apartment/house? I started using Terro's liquid-filled ant baits on Wednesday, September 17. Now, four days later I am still seeing ants trickle in - not as many as before, but enough to make me grit my teeth, and wonder if they're just waiting for the next set of eggs to hatch before they come in droves again. How fast did Terro work for you? Did it take you a few days, a week, etc?
posted on Sep 21, 2008 - 11 answers

The upstairs neighbors have bedbugs. My roommate and I really really really don't want them! Are there any preventative measures we can take? Bonus points for non-chemical solutions.
posted on Sep 16, 2008 - 12 answers

I stupidly updated and installed iTunes 8 on my Win XP Home laptop. Now some icons have turned "generic." This annoys me and I would like to go back to an earlier version of iTunes [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2008 - 10 answers

What is this big insect in my apartment? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2008 - 10 answers

Can you help me identify these strange things in my garden? [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2008 - 10 answers

I need spider control options, please! [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2008 - 7 answers

What might be causing the things seen here in this photo and this photo? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me rid my apartment of ants! [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2008 - 27 answers

What are these creepy little bugs on my flowering plants? They don't appear to be causing much damage, but they're gross and are creeping me out. They steer clear of the herbs and veggies, and only seem to swarm on a couple of flowering plants, mostly on the leaves and stems.
posted on Jul 28, 2008 - 11 answers

Do house centipedes leave behind the corpses of their prey? [more inside]
posted on Jul 26, 2008 - 2 answers

How do we keep a chinchilla in an apartment where roaches might be present without killing the chinchilla or attracting tons of bugs? [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2008 - 10 answers

My 15" MacBook Pro is buggy. Literally. Every time I turn it on, one or two very small insects crawl out. So, there are two questions here: what are these bugs, and how do I get rid of them? (pic enclosed) [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 17 answers

Help me figure out just what the hell is up with our new addition, bugs, and sawdust! [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 2 answers

ROACH. Need near-term help. [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 23 answers

[InsectFilter] Please help me drive pestilence out of my kitchen. [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 12 answers

Javascript/CSS and IE6/7: content called from a javascript file (a modified form of fontSizer) into an otherwise blank div appears and disappears intermittently in IE6/7. Help a newbie! [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2008 - 6 answers

Help! I was just given a potted lemon tree! What do I do? [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2008 - 7 answers

How can I eliminate and prevent mold and mosquitoes from my apartment? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2008 - 3 answers

Quite often when debugging hardware, such as a router, a recommended solution is to downgrade the firmware to a version that is generally agreed to be the most "stable". What is it about firmware that often leads to the latest released firmware not being the best firmware? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 14 answers

Of course you know, this means war! [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 22 answers

Mealworm breeding: what do I need to know? [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2008 - 4 answers

2 questions about cockroaches and moving house, one practical, one moral. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 17 answers

Where can I get some Lady Bugs in West LA? I'm looking to protect a garden from other insects. Thanks! I'm in the mar vista/culver city area.
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm experiencing a strange bug on my macbook pro: with little cause (perhaps a slight mouse gesture, though I have no mouse gesture programs installed), the os will switch to the Stickies application (and sometimes iTunes, when I quit Stickies). I can't figure out what's going on. [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I solve this annoying Vista bug? About 10% of the time when I open a file browser dialog from within a program (save as, open file, etc.) the program immediately closes. No error, no warning, the program is just gone. I have not been able to find a solution with google. [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 answers

Bed Bugs or Chiggers? Please tell me what I found, so I know if I should be worried. (bonus points if you have experienced both in your life) [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2007 - 13 answers

When I go to bed at night, as soon as I shut the light off, I hear this loud buzzing around my face, which is a bug trying to get at me in some way. What is it and how do I get rid of it? [more inside]
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 9 answers

How can I stop a millipede invasion? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 7 answers

KREECHURfilter: a sunflower seed with a long black worm inside? [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2007 - 6 answers

Help, CSS bugs! What IE6 bugs are these? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 6 answers

Please, please help me with this moth infestation. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2007 - 12 answers

BugIdentificationFilter: What are these creepy-crawlies in my apartment? [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2007 - 13 answers

So I woke up this morning with a few bug bites on me which isn't unusual in the summer in Manhattan with the window open, but... one of the bites is kinda weird... [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - 7 answers

How do I get rid of or repel mosquitos from my apartment? [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm having a few non-technical people test a webapp. What's the best one pager you've seen that explains the proper way to report a bug to a developer?
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 7 answers

How can I get rid of the swarms of mosquitos in my backyard? [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 17 answers

Why doesn't this code from O'Reilly's PHP and MySQL work for me? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2007 - 16 answers

I visited a public middle school, and it was filled with roaches, is there anything positive I could do for those kids? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 14 answers

Not another bedbug question: Unidentified bugs in bed, officially not "bedbugs". Can you help me identify them? [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2007 - 6 answers

Gnats are attacking me while I'm in my garden and making it miserable to do anything! help! There must be a solution I can make to lure them away while I'm around. [more inside]
posted on Jun 8, 2007 - 13 answers

BugFilter: Is there a simple (or any) way to determine the gender of a centipede? The google, it does nothing.
posted on Jun 3, 2007 - 6 answers

What are these little wingless red and black beetles in my driveway? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2007 - 4 answers

The windows in my apartment are rather old-fashioned. It's spring, and I know the bugs will come soon. How would I go about screening the windows to prevent bugs from entering my apartment? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2007 - 11 answers

Dream filter: My dreams wake me up occasionally. The dreams that wake me (or cause me to come back to consciousness briefly) are always about bugs. I am 24 - this has happened since I was a small child. [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2007 - 9 answers

Should I purchase some "beneficial insects" for my yard? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 26 answers

I was thinking of hiking in New England for three weeks this May. Was that is, until everyone started pitching in with scare stories of blackflies and other insects. Am I going to die? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 17 answers

I'm looking for titles of any movies [besides Alien] that feature parasites attacking pets, humans or other animals. I can't recall any names but I definitely recall seeing hilarious ones from the 50's as a kid. Bonus for ones that are old [but still rentable from Netflix], cheesy and gross [in a somewhat humorous way]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 47 answers

Has anybody had success with DIY termite treatment? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2007 - 3 answers

Is there anything I can spray under my patio and around the backyard that will keep the mosquitos away without poisoning the well (or my dog)? [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 13 answers

Help me escape my bed bug hell. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2006 - 18 answers