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Pest Identification Library

See a bug you can't name? Search our library of the pests we treat across the Treasure & Space Coast — learn how to spot them, why they matter, and exactly how Rhino gets rid of them.

54 pests

Moderate

American Cockroach (Palmetto Bug)

Cockroaches

The big reddish-brown roaches that fly in from outside, especially at night.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Aphid

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

Soft-bodied sap-sucking insects that cluster on new growth and trigger sooty mold.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Argentine Ant

Ants

Invasive trail ants that form supercolonies and overwhelm kitchens and structures.

Identify & treat

High

Bed Bug

Bed Bugs, Fleas & Ticks

Apple-seed-sized biters that hide in mattresses and feed on you at night.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Big-Headed Ant

Ants

Invasive ants with a distinct large-headed soldier caste that nest in lawns and under slabs.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Black Widow Spider

Spiders & Scorpions

Venomous glossy-black spiders with a red hourglass, found in dark dry spaces.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Brown Recluse Spider

Spiders & Scorpions

Reclusive venomous brown spider with a violin mark behind the head.

Identify & treat

High

Brown Widow Spider

Spiders & Scorpions

An invasive widow spider that has largely displaced the black widow across coastal Florida.

Identify & treat

High

Carpenter Ant

Ants

Large black ants that tunnel into wood — slow structural damage like a termite.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Carpenter Bee

Stinging Insects

Large hovering bees that bore perfect round holes in wood trim, fascia and fences.

Identify & treat

High

Chinch Bug

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

Tiny turf pests that kill St. Augustine lawns in expanding yellow-brown patches.

Identify & treat

Low

Drain Fly (Moth Fly)

Mosquitoes & Flies

Fuzzy moth-like flies that emerge from drains and indicate organic buildup inside pipes.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Drywood Termite

Termites

Termites that live inside dry wood with no soil contact — common on the coast.

Identify & treat

Low

Earwig

Occasional Invaders

Pincher bugs that shelter in moist garden debris and wander indoors in wet weather.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Flea

Bed Bugs, Fleas & Ticks

Jumping pests that ride in on pets and infest carpet, furniture and the yard.

Identify & treat

High

Florida Bark Scorpion

Spiders & Scorpions

Slender dark scorpions that climb walls and hide in bark, wood and shoes.

Identify & treat

Low

Florida Woods Cockroach (Palmetto Bug)

Cockroaches

A large, slow-moving, wingless roach that sprays a foul-smelling chemical when threatened.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Formosan Subterranean Termite

Termites

The most destructive termite in the U.S. — massive colonies that destroy wood in months.

Identify & treat

Low

Fruit Fly

Mosquitoes & Flies

Tiny red-eyed flies that appear over ripening fruit, wine and fermenting drains.

Identify & treat

High

German Cockroach

Cockroaches

Small indoor roaches that breed explosively in kitchens and bathrooms.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Ghost Ant

Ants

Tiny, fast, pale-bodied ants that trail across kitchens and bathrooms.

Identify & treat

Low

Golden Silk Orbweaver (Banana Spider)

Spiders & Scorpions

Florida's largest orbweaver, spinning golden-silk webs across trails, porches and gardens.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Honey Bee

Stinging Insects

Beneficial pollinators that become a structural problem when a swarm establishes a hive inside a wall or soffit.

Identify & treat

Moderate

House & Filth Flies

Mosquitoes & Flies

Disease-carrying flies that breed in garbage, drains and pet waste.

Identify & treat

Low

House Centipede

Occasional Invaders

Fast-running, many-legged arthropods with banded legs that hunt insects inside homes.

Identify & treat

Moderate

House Mouse

Rodents

Small gray mice that slip through dime-sized gaps and breed fast indoors.

Identify & treat

Low

Huntsman Spider

Spiders & Scorpions

Crab-like flattened spiders that hide behind picture frames and run fast across walls.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Indianmeal Moth

Stored-Product Pests

Pantry moths that infest dry goods, pet food and birdseed — larvae spin webs inside packaging.

Identify & treat

Low

Love Bug

Mosquitoes & Flies

Paired black-and-red flies that swarm twice a year across Central Florida highways.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Mealybug

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

White cottony insects that coat stems and leaf junctions and slowly drain ornamentals.

Identify & treat

Low

Millipede

Occasional Invaders

Long, cylindrical, many-legged arthropods that migrate indoors during heavy Florida rains.

Identify & treat

High

Mole Cricket

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

Burrowing lawn pests that tunnel through turf roots, leaving spongy, dying grass.

Identify & treat

High

Mosquito

Mosquitoes & Flies

Lagoon- and standing-water-bred biters that can make a backyard unusable.

Identify & treat

Low

Mud Dauber

Stinging Insects

Solitary wasps that build mud tube nests on walls and pack them with paralyzed spiders.

Identify & treat

Moderate

No-See-Um (Biting Midge)

Mosquitoes & Flies

Near-invisible biting midges that swarm at dawn, dusk and after rain along Florida's coast.

Identify & treat

High

Paper Wasp

Stinging Insects

Long-legged brown-and-yellow wasps that build open umbrella nests under eaves and furniture.

Identify & treat

High

Pharaoh Ant

Ants

Tiny yellow ants that infest hospitals, kitchens and walls and spread pathogens.

Identify & treat

Low

Pillbug (Roly-Poly)

Occasional Invaders

Armored crustaceans that roll into a ball and migrate indoors from moist mulch and debris.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Puss Caterpillar (Asp)

Stinging Insects

Florida's most venomous caterpillar — looks like a fluffy teardrop and hides in oak trees.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Red Imported Fire Ant

Ants

Aggressive stinging ants that build dome mounds and swarm when disturbed.

Identify & treat

High

Roof Rat

Rodents

Agile climbing rats that nest in attics, soffits and citrus trees.

Identify & treat

High

Rugose Spiraling Whitefly

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

White-wax pest that coats palms, ficus and gumbo-limbo and drips sooty mold.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Scale Insects

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

Immobile bumps on stems and leaves that drain plants and breed sooty mold.

Identify & treat

Low

Silverfish

Occasional Invaders

Silvery, fish-shaped insects that damage books, paper and starchy items in dark, humid areas.

Identify & treat

Moderate

Smokybrown Cockroach

Cockroaches

Uniform mahogany-brown roaches that live in tree hollows and fly readily at night.

Identify & treat

Low

Springtail

Occasional Invaders

Microscopic jumping insects that swarm in moisture-damaged areas and around wet soil.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Subterranean Termite

Termites

Soil-dwelling termites that build mud tubes and silently destroy framing.

Identify & treat

High

Tawny Crazy Ant

Ants

Reddish-brown ants that run in erratic, zigzag patterns and swarm electronics.

Identify & treat

High

Tick

Bed Bugs, Fleas & Ticks

Blood-feeding parasites that latch onto pets and people and spread disease.

Identify & treat

High

Tropical Sod Webworm

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

Caterpillars that chew St. Augustine grass blades to the ground overnight.

Identify & treat

High

White Grub

Lawn, Tree & Shrub Pests

C-shaped beetle larvae that eat grass roots from below, causing turf to peel up like a rug.

Identify & treat

Moderate

White-Footed Ant

Ants

Huge-colony black ants with pale feet that trail up walls and trees by the thousands.

Identify & treat

Low

Wolf Spider

Spiders & Scorpions

Large, fast-running ground spiders that hunt at night — alarming but not dangerous.

Identify & treat

Dangerous

Yellow Jacket

Stinging Insects

Aggressive ground-nesting wasps that sting repeatedly and defend nests violently.

Identify & treat

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Pest photo credits

All identification photos are public domain or CC0 — free of copyright restrictions — sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Sources:

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File:Linepithema humile - Argentine ant.jpg (CC0)
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File:Bed bug, Cimex lectularius.jpg (Public domain)
File:Pheidole megacephala 333840401.jpg (CC0)
File:Latrodectus mactans.jpg (Public domain)
File:Rhipicephalus sanguineus.jpg (Public domain)
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File:Latrodectus geometricus con huevos.jpg (CC0)
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File:Xylocopa virginica texana.jpg (CC0)
File:Ctenocephalides felis, L1..JPG (Public domain)
Southern chinch bug (Blissus insularis) (CC0)
File:Clogmia albipunctata 200532517.jpg (CC0)
File:Cryptotermes brevis.jpg (Public domain)
File:Forficula auricularia Earwig Tingalpa Aero Club toilet Minippi Parklands Tingalpa P1020308.jpg (CC0)
iNaturalist observation 260740181 (CC0)
Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana) (CC0)
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File:Drosophila melanogaster 14Hari.jpg (CC0)
German cockroach (Blattella germanica) (CC0)
iNaturalist observation 18435629 (CC0)
File:Apis mellifera scutellata 1355021.jpg (Public domain)
File:Scutigera Coleoptrata in France.jpg (Public domain)
iNaturalist observation 18888126 (CC0)
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File:Heteropoda venatoria.png (Public domain)
iNaturalist observation 111487058 (CC0)
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File:Planococcus citri from CSIRO.jpg (Public domain)
File:American Giant Millipede (Spirobolidae, Narceus americanus-annularis complex) (30891564696).jpg (CC0)
iNaturalist observation 155269888 (CC0)
File:Aedes aegypti biting human.jpg (Public domain)
File:Sceliphron spirifex 2.jpg (Public domain)
File:Culicoides sonorensis.jpg (Public domain)
File:Polistes 2.jpg (CC0)
Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) (CC0)
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File:Megalopyge opercularis (Larva).jpg (Public domain)
Roof rat (Rattus rattus) (CC0)
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Scale insects (Ceroplastes floridensis) (CC0)
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File:Lepisma saccharina 205219133.jpg (CC0)
Smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa) (CC0)
File:Herpetogramma basalis.jpg (CC0)
File:Entomobrya ligata 4-29-2026 (cropped).jpg (CC0)
File:Reticulitermes flavipes K8085-6.jpg (Public domain)
File:Nylanderia fulva - Tawny Crazy Ant (31569780291).jpg (CC0)
White-footed ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) (CC0)
File:Phyllophaga drakii.jpg (CC0)
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