infestations
Pest population explosions
Infestations are instances of pests or parasites establishing themselves in unwanted numbers.
The word typically describes insects, rodents, or other creatures that have invaded a space: a termite infestation, an infestation of bedbugs.
It extends to anything that spreads harmfully: an infestation of weeds, a criminal infestation in the neighborhood.
The word carries connotations of disgust and the need for eradication.
Wood-eating social insects
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
- bedbugsBlood-feeding mattress insects
- antsSocial colony insects
- fleasBiting insect parasites
lice · mosquitoes · flies · moths · weevils · aphids · locusts · beetles
Blood-feeding intestinal nematodes
- tapewormsSegmented intestinal parasites
- roundwormsUnsegmented parasitic worms
- ticksParasites or clock sounds
- scabiesMite-caused skin infestation
ringworm · pinworms · host · intestinal · skin · treatment · deworming · medication
Swarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- weevilsSmall crop-destroying beetles
- aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
- caterpillarsLarval moths or butterflies
- borersHole-making insects or tools
beetles · crop · harvest · damage · pesticide · blight · swarm · devastation
termites
Wood-eating social insects
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
- bedbugsBlood-feeding mattress insects
- antsSocial colony insects
fleas · lice · mosquitoes · flies · moths · weevils · aphids · locusts · beetles · wasps
hookworms
Blood-feeding intestinal nematodes
- tapewormsSegmented intestinal parasites
- roundwormsUnsegmented parasitic worms
- ticksParasites or clock sounds
scabies · ringworm · pinworms · host · intestinal · skin · treatment · deworming · medication · transmission
locusts
Swarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- weevilsSmall crop-destroying beetles
- aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
- caterpillarsLarval moths or butterflies
borers · beetles · crop · harvest · damage · pesticide · blight · swarm · devastation · famine
rats
Long-tailed urban pests
possums · droppings · gnawing · traps · bait · burrows · attic · walls · chewing · nesting
woodworm
Timber-eating beetle larva
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- dry rotFungal timber deterioration
timber · foundation · beams · joists · damage · inspection · treatment · borer · fungi · decay
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- clothes mothscarpet moth
infestationseradications
Complete removals from existence
exterminations · eliminations · clearances · cleanliness · sterility
- pest infestationHarmful organisms colonizing space
- flea infestationParasitic insect outbreak
- insect infestationHarmful bug population explosion
- lice infestationParasitic scalp colonization
- tick infestationExcessive parasitic arachnid presence