The Urban Rancher Helping With Insects Household, lawn and garden, agriculture, an man and animal insect control information. Insect Image Gallery Pictures and pictures of insects with common and scientific names. You can control them better if you know what they are. We're all on the same team when tackling fire ants. Get educated on the best currently available methods to control, not eradicate, these pests.
Ants are the most difficult household pests to control.
They're social insects that live in colonies, primarily in wood. Baits for Fire Ant Control A bait as an insecticide that insects sense to be food. Worker ants find the bait particles and carry them back to the colony, where larvae, workers and queens consume and circulate it. Grasshoppers Texas has approximately 150 species of grasshoppers which are among the most widespread and damaging pests in the state. Weather is the main factor affecting grasshopper populations.