The Pest Guide is an English-language editorial guide to the pests people encounter in homes, gardens, and yards. Its purpose is to make identification and the next questions easier: what an animal looks like, where it lives, what similar species might be confused with it, and when a local professional can help.
How to use this guide
Start with the Pest Library to compare groups and species. Use Common Questions for a specific problem, or browse Home Pests, Garden Pests, and Wildlife for your setting. Species sheets and questions link to one another so a single sighting can lead to a more informed investigation.
Who publishes the guide
This site is published under the name The Pest Guide. Articles are signed by The Pest Guide Team, the group that researches, writes, and revises each page. The team byline does not stand for a named entomologist, clinician, or licensed pest-control professional. Editorial inquiries and corrections belong on our contact page.
About the editor
Fellipe Antequera is the founder and editor of The Pest Guide. Fellipe is an entrepreneur with several companies, a photographer, a writer, and a researcher. The Pest Guide is one of the projects within those companies, created after seeing how hard it is to find clear, easy-to-reach information at the moment a pest problem shows up at home or in the garden.
The guide is free and built on serious research, with one goal: to help. As editor, Fellipe sets the research process, oversees how pages are reviewed, decides on corrections, and reads the reports readers send through the contact page.
How pages are researched
Each question and species sheet starts from a research dossier built on publications from university extension services, public-health agencies, agriculture departments, and peer-reviewed research. The institutions behind those publications are listed at the end of every page under "Research sources".
Writing and illustrations
The production process uses research dossiers, AI-assisted writing, and editorial revision. AI assistance is also used to create the site's stylized illustrations. These characters are designed to make the library easier to browse; they are not photographs, diagnostic images, or exact scale drawings. An illustration alone cannot establish an identification.
Our scope
The main audience is in the United States. Some pages address other regions explicitly. Species distribution, seasons, product registrations, and wildlife rules vary by location. A general article cannot inspect your building, diagnose a bite, or decide which treatment is appropriate for your situation.
Read our editorial policy and safety information for the boundaries of the guide.