Subterranean Termites:
Four "castes" of a termite colony: workers are approximately 1/4-inch long, light-colored and wingless; soldiers have elongated heads with mandibles; supplementary reproductives are light colored and wingless or have very short, nonfunctional wings

Carpenter Ant:
Carpenter ants are generally larger than 3/8" and all black or red and black. Winged ants may be present in late spring but most of the year these ants are without wings.

Carpenter Bee drilling into a 2x4:
Adult carpenter bees are large (3/4 to 1 inch long) and resemble bumble bees except that the abdomen is hairless and shiny black rather than being covered by patches of orange to yellow hair found on bumble bees.

Powder Post Beetle:
Small, brown insects usually less than 1/4-inch in length that attack seasoned hard-woods. A certain sign of their presence is numerous small holes about 1/16-to 1/8-inch in diameter and a fine, powder-like sawdust in flooring, paneling, furniture, and other wood materials. The dust results from the boring of the larvae.

Bed Bug:
Bed bugs are flattened, when un fed, broadly oval insects about 1/4" long and about 1/5" after feeding.

Pavement Ant:
Dark brown to blackish, and one-eighth inch long. It will eat almost anything, including insects, seeds, honeydew, honey, bread, meats, nuts, ice cream and cheese.

American Cockroach:
The largest structure-infesting species—about 1/2-inch long. Reddish-brown wings with light markings on thorax.

German Cockroach  :
About 5/8-inch long. Light to medium brown with two dark longitudinal streaks on the thorax.

Flea:
Adults are small insects (1.5-3.3 mm long), usually dark red or brown colored, and have large hind legs for jumping. Although fleas go through complete metamorphosis, the adults never have wings. Complete development takes 30-75 days.

House Fly:
Usually gray, less than 1/4-inch long with four black stripes on the thorax.

Black Widow Spider:
Females are about .5 inches long, 1.5 inches when the legs are spread.
Females and males have a shiny, globular abdomen.   Males about half the female's size, with smaller bodies, and longer legs.

Honeybee:
About 12 mm (1/2 inch) long and usually yellow, with 3 or 5 dark brown abdominal bands.

Centipede:
Slightly over 1 inch (25.4mm) Centipedes are reddish-brown, flattened, elongated arthropods with one pair of legs attached on most of their body segments.

Fruit Fly:
Adults are about 1/8-inch long, have red eyes and a tan thorax. The abdomen is black on top, gray underneath.

Mosquito:
Eggs hatch in 1 to 5 days. Larvae pupate in one to two weeks. Adults are 0.2 to 0.3 inches long. There are 120 species of mosquito in North America. The house mosquito is Culex pipiens.

Silverfish:
Adults are up to 3/4 inch long, flattened from top to bottom, elongated and oval in shape, have three long tail projections and two long antennae.

Microscopic Image of a Tick:
Adult ticks have eight legs and the body is fused into a single region. Lone star tick adults are brown to tan, 1/3 inch long before feeding and up to 1/2-inch long engorged.

Clothing Moth:
Clothes moths are small (about 1/2-inch), buff-colored moth.

Field Mouse (House Mouse) :
House mouse generally weighs 12 to 30 grams (0.4 to 1.1 ounces), the house mouse has a small, slender body 6 to 11 cm (2.4 to 4.3 inches) long, and its tail length equals its body length. All these dimensions, however, can vary among different populations around the world.

Roof Rat :
Black or brown, 7 to 10 inches long, with a long tail, large ears and eyes, and a pointed nose. Body is smaller and sleeker than the Norway rat. Fur is smooth.

Norway Rat:
Heavy-bodied, six to eight inches long, with small eyes and ears and blunt nose. Tail is shorter than head and body. Its fur is shaggy. Droppings are capsule-shaped.

Small Brown Bat:
Small mammal with a body length of 3 - 31/2" and weighing approximately 1/8 to 1/2 an ounce. The wingspan of little brown bats range from 6 - 8".

Groundhog:
The woodchuck is the largest sciurid in its geographic range. It has a heavy, chunky body (18 -26 in) set atop relatively short but powerful legs well adapted for digging. Males are slightly larger than females.

Opossum:
(Didelphis virginiana) measures 33 - 50 centimetres (13 - 20 inches) in length and weighs around 2 - 5.5 kilograms (4.5 - 12 pounds). They have silver, white faces with darker streaks and a body covered in shaggy long grey and white hairs.

Raccoon:
Medium-sized mammal with a black mask and ringed tail. Its fur is gray, brown, or reddish black. This mixture of light and dark colors helps it to easily blend into the forest. Most adult raccoons weigh between 15 and 20 pounds, but may weigh as much as 40.

Skunk:
General appearance ranges from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. 

Squirrel:
Body gray, 8-10". In winter, gray squirrels have white fur behind their ears; in summer, the gray fur is more tawny and the tail is whiter.

Snake:
There are various types of snakes in Northern New Jersey. Must have one of our experts come out and identify what type it is. Never try to apprehend a snake.