Tiny, black, jumping bugs
I have these very tiny (smaller than fleas) black bugs all over my house. I have a pest control service that comes out once every other month and has been here 3 times in the last 30 days and I still have these bugs.
When I first saw them, I noticed that they congregated around my air vents. They are now everywhere; on my walls, ceilings, in the tub and sinks, etc... When I try to kill them they jump away. They are very active at night. During the day I'll see about 50 total. At night I can see around 250 in one room! Last night while on the computer I must have killed 100 of them---within a few minutes!
My pest control guy (he's new) suggested they were carpet beetles, I know they are not. Also, I don't have any pets and my house is extremely clean (I have a one year old running around so I'm always vaccuuming, cleaning, etc..).
I have 4 bags of topsoil in my garage and just noticed these same exact bugs are crawling around atop the bags.
I have a bug phobia so I'm a little freaked out. They don't seem to be too interested in myself or my family but they are really annoying. In the evenings there are so many running around it looks as if someone has emptied a jar of pepper all over the place!
Does anyone know what they are, where they came from and how can I get rid of them?
Thanks!
BTW--My pest control guy was here 2 weeks ago and he sprayed. They are now 10 times worse than they were! I'm waiting on him to come back today.
Contributed by short2cake on 14 July, 2005 - 11:00am |