Tiny brown bugs can be a nuisance indoors, but identifying the culprit is the first step toward getting rid of them for good.

Q: I’ve recently come across small, brown bugs that look like cockroaches in my home. What do roaches look like? Could I be dealing with a different type of bug?

Wide, brown-gray, loves to cluster. There are over 50 types of stink bugs (family Pentatomidae) zooming around Washington, but only a handful cause problems, Marshall said.

There are around 850 tick species in the world and about 90 of them live in the U.S. To stay safe, here is what to know about ticks, and their bites.