How to get rid of this ugly bug...
 

I use Ortho Home Defense and have not had any trouble with insects. However, for the past week or so, we have found several of these critters in different areas of the house. They are about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long. Any idea what they are - and treatment to get rid of them?
Thanks

Looks like a ringed leg earwig.

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/ne...~:text=Earwigs

An EARWIG...???

Have tried bug bombing (sold about everywhere), Bug bombs usually kill any insects that breathe air. Follow directions on can, no open flames and of course stay out house while bombing and air house out. unusually takes around 3 hours or more.

Don’t over do it. Usually takes 3 to 5 can per house depending on size. Put one in attic also brown recluse spiders are wondering spiders come at night usually. I use them for small ant’s and any insects that get in and multiply. If this bug lays eggs you will have repeat in two weeks or so to kill the hatchlings.

[QUOTE=gobuck827;2249454]Looks like a ringed leg earwig.

Earwigs it is! Since they are "accidental" home invaders, maybe they'll disappear on their own (I hope).

Thank you.

I have Massey service. Call them and they take care of just about any pest, inside or outside.

Looks like a mole cricket

Doesn’t look like a mole cricket at all.

New build of just 6 months we are just noticing bugs are showing up at the front door, where they die and leave little carcasses. We have a small black snake and gecko living in pots at front entry, so guessing they are keeping guard. The new gecko arrived in the lanai but no bugs so we need to find him a way out. Pool build is starting in October so without lanai screen. We could be in for abundance of creatures. This is our third new build, and the longest for any bugs to finally show up

Earwigs can enter homes for a variety of reasons, including:

• Moisture: Earwigs are attracted to moisture, and may be drawn to your home if there is a broken gutter, leaky spigot, or other damp conditions near your home.
  
• Temperature: Earwigs may seek shelter in your home if the outside temperature becomes too hot or cold.
  
• Light: Earwigs may be attracted to outside lighting.
  
• Plants: Earwigs may be brought into homes through potted plants, wet cardboard, and wet newspapers.
  
• Gaps or openings: Earwigs may accidentally enter your home through gaps or openings.
  
• Food: Earwigs are not picky eaters and will eat rotting vegetation, live plants, and fruit fallen from trees.

To prevent earwigs from entering your home, you can try to eliminate damp conditions near your home. You can also sprinkle diatomaceous earth along potential entry points, such as the edges of doors. This will dry out the earwigs' exoskeletons, killing them.

I’ve had these little critters come into the house through the guest, bathroom shower drain, as the shower is seldom used and the trap dries out. I filled the trap with water, and added a teaspoon of baby oil, which helps to prevent the water from drying out.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but we don't have Geckos, those little cute lizards are Anoles.

Man everytime someone mentions "earwigs" I go to the alfred hitchcock movie where one goes in a guys ear and eats it's way thru his brain and finally comes out the other side! He went thru terrible pain and is so relieved when the doctor grabs it as it comes out his other ear,but then the doctor declares that it was female and had recently laid eggs!!

That is an earwig, a varmint we encountered when we moved to Chicago. They become prolific and get into everything. Diazinon was the solution back in the day, but Ortho Home Defense Max (deltamethrin) or Sevin (carbaryl) are all you can get nowadays. Kill them quickly, before they take over. Spray everywhere inside you can, and put a three foot wide perimeter around the outside of your house.

Tempo sc. It’s what the exterminator uses where I live in Illinois. Can purchase on Amazon. Good stuff. Why pay for an exterminator when you can buy the same stuff and do it yourself. I use it all the time and it works great.

I see an earwig here and there in my house, maybe 1 in 2 months. I have the Arrow company guy dropping garage traps and spraying around the house to keep bugs from getting out of hand.

Since this is an ugly bug thread, I have recently gotten invaded by mealy bugs hiding in that white webbing stuff on some plants in my garden. I looked up some info on youtube and google, and spraying them off with soapy warm water 3 times didn't work and they kept coming back. I just tried Bio on one of my hibiscus yesterday. But saw that they're on my milkweed too and I don't want to harm my little monarch caterpillars. A suggestion was chopping the infected branches off, but that would take off some butterfly nectar that just bloomed. I also saw Neem as a solution. Has anyone successfully got them out of their garden, and how?

Earwigs are attracted to dampness and especially wet wood (fire wood). You might want to check outside your house to make sure sprinkler heads aren’t spraying the house or creating extra wet areas in woody trees and/or shrubs.

Pine straw also attracts them. Get some sticky traps and put around your doors you will be able to see how bad they have invented your home

Rear pincers
 

Reminds me of trying to remember how to distinguish them from rove beetles - 5 decades ago. :-)

Alcohol on a Q tip works for mealy bugs. It breaks down the protective cover on them and kills them instantly. You have to stay on top of them though. Check them every day and reapply as necessary.

Thanks I did hear of that. Since I check my garden every day I'll do that. Hopefully won't harm my caterpillars but I'm not touching them with it just the mealy bugs. If they're close by I'll move them over to another stalk.

We had a dead earwig on our master bedroom floor a few days ago. First one here in new house. What we’re dealing with right now is tons of millipedes outside on our porch (ground, walls, door). They appeared yesterday morn after the storm passed through. Yuck! We have a new house and still have pine needles in front, so maybe they come from that? So creepy! We have Superior pest control and they just sprayed our whole exterior two weeks ago, but I guess these guys are resilient. We’re finally seeing lizards, frogs, and a toad on our property after many months with nothing, so I hope they’re hungry!