07/24/2026
Summer under Pikes Peak is close to perfect. Long light, warm evenings, every window thrown open. Which is precisely when the summer pests arrive, uninvited and unbothered. Most are harmless. A couple genuinely earn your caution. And one of them is so aggressively Colorado that transplants genuinely think their house is under siege.
Knowing which is which changes everything, because the right move depends entirely on what you're looking at. So here's the rundown on the summer pests Colorado Springs actually gets, and what each one really means for you.
The Bugs You'll Actually Meet
Three groups cover almost every summer pest call around here. One's pure spectacle. One's routine. And one comes wrapped in more myth than any creature deserves.
What Pests Are The Most Frequently Seen in Colorado Springs, CO?
Miller Moths, the Colorado Initiation
You'll know them when they come.