“Super Bugs”: Insects Resistent To Pesticides Forcing Residents Out Of Home. Even Exterminators Are Stumped

What could be worse than waking up to bugs crawling across your bed, or you open a cabinet and those little pests go scurrying everywhere. Well one family is dealing with such a problem, and to top it off these little pests are resistant to pesticides.

According to CBS Local:

A Tracy family says bugs are forcing them out of their home. They are creepy, crawly and all over Sean Humphreys’ Tracy neighborhood.

“They’re black, little bugs seem to be crawling, flying, in the thousands and they’re basically taking over our yard,” he said.

Their house is the only one in the small development of Bright Homes, but they say they aren’t the only ones living there. The bugs are all over the sidewalks, in the front yard and on the backyard irrigation equipment.

He says it all started when the adjacent lots became overgrown. “They stopped taking care of the area,” he said. “Used to be well maintained, and then it just all stopped.

Now the weeds are growing tall and the bugs are coming out. The fire department has reportedly warned the developer to get rid of the weeds because of the fire danger, but that hasn’t happened yet. Humphreys says the infestation has gotten so bad his daughters won’t even walk on the sidewalks anymore and the family is sleeping elsewhere at night.

“They’re young and we don’t know if these bugs are carrying some kind of anything,” he said. Even the exterminator couldn’t help.

“I sprayed twice, exterminator once, and even he was saying he didn’t know what they were,” he said. As the bug population grows, so does his frustration.

“I’m spending all of my time, my money trying to combat something that’s not originating in my yard so I can’t control it,” he said.

Empty lots can cause so many problems for neighbors. Hopefully, they identify these pests and figure out a way to kill them for everyone’s sake.