insect infestation
Creepy-crawly takeover problem
An insect infestation is the presence of insects in numbers large enough to cause damage or be a nuisance.
The term typically applies to unwanted insects in homes, buildings, or crops: The apartment had a severe cockroach infestation.
Infestations often require professional extermination and suggest conditions have gone beyond casual pest sightings.
- beetlesHard-winged insects
- bedbugsBlood-feeding mattress insects
- antsSocial colony insects
- ant colonySocial insect community
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
bug bomb · cockroaches · structural damage · mosquitoes · aphids · crop loss · crop damage · disease transmission · termites · fleas · food waste · traps · habitat modification · wasps · pesticides · moths · psychological stress · allergic reactions
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
- forest damageforest fire, forest fires, wildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
insect infestationsanitary conditions
Cleanliness affecting health
cleanliness · sterile environment · exterminated · spotless · immaculate