New York pests run on a schedule.

Here's what shows up in NYC buildings each season, and what to do before it does.

Termite swarms, carpenter ants, Oriental roaches, ticks, and stink bugs and lady beetles waking up indoors.

Before it starts: check foundations and window frames for mud tubes and frass, fix leaks, clean out floor drains.

American roaches, mosquitoes, fruit flies, ants and fleas. Lanternfly adults from July.

Before it starts: empty standing water on roofs and in planters, clean bar drains weekly, lid every trash bin.

Mice move in, yellow jackets peak, stink bugs, cluster flies and lady beetles invade. Lanternflies lay eggs.

Before it starts: seal gaps and add door sweeps by September, screen vents, trim branches off the building.

Rats and mice indoors, German roaches and drain flies in heated buildings. Scrape lanternfly egg masses.

Before it starts: keep monitoring indoors, deep clean behind kitchen equipment, scrape lanternfly egg masses off trees and walls.

Month by month

The full year at a glance

Tap a pest to read its Pest Library page. Months based on our field guide's seasonal notes.

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A recurring program means we're already checking your building before each season's pests arrive, not reacting after they move in.

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