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Comment by Orios

If it can be found in Northrend, that will be listed. Otherwise, any Outland location. Vanilla WoW locations are only listed if it can only be found there.
Northrend:
If you are starting off in Dalaran, take care of Underbelly Rat in the sewers before you leave town. Then, I suggest the following path.
Fly into Howling Fjord and get
Devouring Maggot- Howling Fjord, Utgarde Catacombs
Fjord Rat- Howling Fjord
Roach- Howling Fjord
Spider- Howling Fjord , Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom, Azjol-Nerub, Drak'Tharon Keep, Naxxramas, The Culling of Stratholme, etc.
While you are in the Howling Fjord, go /love these guys For the To All The Squirrels Who Shared My Life achievement.
Fjord Turkey - Howling Fjord
Fjord Penguin - Howling Fjord coasts
Scalawag Frog - Howling Fjord, Scalawag Point

Then , on your way to Zul'Drak to:
kill Zul'Drak Rat,
and love Arctic Hare
EDIT: Reports of Snake in GunDrak
stop by Grizzly Hills and /love:
Mountain Skunk - Grizzly Hills
Grizzly Squirrel - Grizzly Hills
EDIT: Several reports of a pack of deer and Mice in this zone near Venture Bay, I have not confirmed this though.

Continue north to Storm Peaks and kill
Gold Beetle- Halls of Stone, Halls of Lightning *no fighting necessary- see comment at bottom*

Now head west into Icecrown to /love
Glacier Penguin

Now head Southwest to Sholozar Basin and show some love to
Sholozar Tickbird, there is a flock right in the Nesingwary camp.

Now, continue south to Borean Tundra and love
Borean Marmot - Borean Tundra
Tundra Penguin - Borean Tundra coast
before heading into the Nexus to kill
Crystal Spider- The Nexus, Oculus *no fighting necessary- see comment at bottom*

If you are running Naxx anyway, these pests can be handled during your run, otherwise alternate locations are listed.
Larva- Naxxramas, Ghostlands
Maggot- Naxxramas, Ghostlands
Rat- Naxxramas, The Culling of Stratholme, Terokkar Forest

Now it is time to head to Outland:

Outland
In Zangermarsh, kill
Snake- Zangarmarsh EDIT: My understanding is that this critter can be found in Westfall. You have to go there anyway for the Mouse, so you might cut this zone out of your path. EDIT #2: Reports if this critter also in GunDrak- might be worth checking out when you are up that way.

Fly into Hellfire Peninsula and snuff
Adder- Hellfire Peninsula
Scorpion- Hellfire Peninsula

Old World
Use the Portal to get to the old world because that will put you close to:

Moccasin- Swamp of Sorrows
While you are in the swamp anyway, /love Huge Toad

Then, head into the Searing Gorge to:
kill Fire Beetle- Searing Gorge\
and love Lava Crab

Finally, go to Westfall for this pest.
Mouse- Westfall

If I have left anything out, please let me know and I will change it.

Edited and sorted by area, which seems easier to me. There are a total of 4 in Naxx if you are running it anyway. However, all of these can be found in other places. The other 2 that are found in dungeouns should be close to the front door, so you should not have to fight any elites.

Comment by 34192

I'm listing the easiest places to find each critter.

Adder - Durotar, The Barrens, Hellfire Peninsula, Nagrand
Crystal Spider - The Nexus and The Oculus
Devouring Maggot - Howling Fjord (Utgarde Catacombs)
Fire Beetle - Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes and The Shattered Halls
Fjord Rat - Howling Fjord
Gold Beetle - Halls of Lightning and Halls of Stone
Larva - Ghostlands and Naxxramas
Maggot - Ghostlands, Naxxramas and The Underbog
Moccasin - Swamp of Sorrows
Mouse - Westfall
Rat - Nagrand, Ghostlands, Stranglethorn Vale (Booty Bay), Drak'Tharon Keep, The Culling of Stratholme
Roach - Howling Fjord, Ahn'Kahet, Azjol-Nerub, The Culling of Stratholme
Scorpion - Hellfire Peninsula, AQ20 and AQ40
Snake - Zangarmarsh, Ghostlands, Westfall
Spider - Howling Fjord, Ghostlands, Ahn'kahet, Azjol-Nerub, Drak'Tharon Keep, Naxxramas, The Culling of Stratholme
Underbelly Rat - Dalaran Sewers
Zul'Drak Rat - Zul'Drak

Comment by redfenix

add the following:

/stopmacro
/tell YOUR NAME HERE > %t <
/stopmacro
/run
/run RaidNotice_AddMessage(RaidBossEmoteFrame,"THERE IT IS! KILL IT!", ChatTypeInfo)
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\interface\\RaidWarning.wav")

to the end of the search macro to make it much more obvious when you come across one
if it's over 255 characters, you can continue to eliminate targets as you find them, or cut the easily found ones off the list.

Comment by romacus

Just wanted to say that mice can also be found in Grizzly Hills following herds of deer and fawn north of Venture Bay. I guess they were running from fire or something.

Also, if you're in the are of Sethekk Halls, I found snakes, adders, roaches, spiders, and rats.

Comment by Tesriel

Snakes are in Gun'drak as well.

Comment by Felyae

If you want to do and together, both and in some sort of order:

Northrend:
Kill: Devouring Maggot - Howling Fjord 57,55 in the Utgarde Catacombs on the bottom pit with all the ghouls
/love: Fjord Turkey - Howling Fjord 67,67
/love: Fjord Penguin - Howling Fjord coasts around 21,61 and 66,83
/love: Scalawag Frog - Howling Fjord 36,80
Kill: Fjord Rat - Howling Fjord
Kill: Roach - Howling Fjord 36,11 and several other places / instances
/love: Mountain Skunk - Grizzly Hills
/love: Grizzly Squirrel - Grizzly Hills
Kill: Zul'Drak Rat - Zul'Drak 45,63 around the Amphitheater
/love: Arctic Hare - Zul'Drak 56,78 e.g., Dragonblight, Borean Tundra
Kill: Gold Beetle - Halls of Lightning just behind entrance, Halls of Stone
/love: Glacier Penguin Icecrown 69,20
/love: Sholazar Tickbird - Sholazar Basin 27,60
/love: Borean Marmot - Borean Tundra
/love: Tundra Penguin - Borean Tundra at several coast spots
Kill: Crystal Spider - Nexus around Keristrasza, Oculus
Kill: Underbelly Rat - Dalaran Sewers

Naxxramas: (Gotta go there anyway, assuming you don't want to travel to Ghostlands)
Kill: Larva - Naxxramas Plague Wing, Ghostlands
Kill: Rat - Naxxramas, Arathi Basin (Farm if Horde controlled) and a lot of other places
Kill: Spider - Naxxramas entrance, several LK 5 man instances and several other places
Kill: Maggot - Ghostlands, Naxxramas entrance, Underbog

Outland:
Kill: Adder - Hellfire Peninsula, Nagrand, Durotar, Barrens
Kill: Scorpion - Hellfire Peninsula, AQ20, AQ40

Eastern Kingdoms:
Kill: Mouse - Westfall
Kill: Snake - Westfall and several other places / instances
Kill: Moccasin - Swamp of Sorrows
/love: Huge Toad - Swamp of Sorrows
Kill: Fire Beetle - Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes, Shattered Halls
/love: Lava Crab - Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes

Comment by 310510

Wait a minute here... no Deeprun Rat? But seriously though, the list of pests should be much bigger.

Comment by Porpoise

/tar Adder
/tar Devouring Maggot
/tar Fjord Rat
/tar Larva
/tar Moccasin
/tar Rat
/tar Scorpion
/tar Spider
/tar Zul'Drak Rat
/tar Crystal Spider
/tar Fire Beetle
/tar Gold Beetle
/tar Maggot
/tar Mouse
/tar Roach
/tar Snake
/tar Underbelly Rat
/stopmacro
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Ragnaros\\RagnarosSlay01.wav")
/tell <Your Character Name> > %t <

This seems more fitting IMO.

Comment by azek

You can /love corpses if the critter you are looking for was killed by a NPC or another player. It will still count for the achievement.

Comment by 286640

In the case of the hard-to-find ones like Larva and Mouse...can they really even be considered pests? It seems they've already been well-controlled :)

Comment by Blutelf

Found a Snake just now on the way to Maraudon, riding from Shadowprey Village.

EDIT: Found another Snake in Inner Maraudon, approximately where the Elder was.

Comment by 281487

There's a pack of mice and deer that run around in Grizzly Hills, near Venture Bay. One solid AoE in the pack of them will take care of your "kill a mouse" problem, and save you a rather long trip to Westfall.

Comment by ItachiUchiha

Rat exists also in Shield Hill,Howling Fjord.

Comment by 12004

Wrote a guide for completing several achievements at once.
Critters and Books

Friend or Fowl?
Pest Control
To All The Squirrels I've Loved Before
To All The Squirrels Who Shared My Life
Well Read
Optional
Northrend Angler
Outland Angler
The Scavenger

Comment by 179845

As of today (3.1) the "squirrel" has been added to the list.

Comment by jadrianz

Adder can also be found in Underbog

Comment by Kanaru

You can get this achievement, To All the Squirrels I've Loved Before, and To All the Squirrels Who Shared My Life if you leave the Adder for last to kill and if you leave the Hare as last to /love. Both are located in Durotar.

Comment by 348922

I used this macro:

/target Roach
/stopmacro
/stopmacro
/run
/run RaidNotice_AddMessage(RaidBossEmoteFrame,"THERE IT IS! KILL IT!", ChatTypeInfo)
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Ragnaros\\RagnarosSlay01.wav")

Very fun.

Comment by 237531

To all those saying that Squirrels shouldn't be listed as a 'pest'...

You obviously haven't had any live/scrounge close to your home.
They are indeed a pest.

Comment by 424671

I can comfirm, there is a pack of mice and deer running above Venture Bay. I just killed one for the Pest Control Achievement.

Comment by craaazytaco

The Dark Jade Focusing Lens, Shadow Crystal Focusing Lens and Shadow Jade Focusing Lens are very useful when trying to complete this achievement.

Simply target the soon to be killed critter (via macros or manually) then use the Lens and it'll show you exactly where that critter is that you need to kill. Helpful if you target them while flying around and aren't sure which direction they're in (and 40 charges in one Lens).

Comment by 233449

<?>, The Exterminator

Awesome

Comment by 253465

With the instance issues at the moment some of the creatures on the list can be a serious pain to get.

What I normally did was offer to portal jump and if I got in I would invite someone from a team outside. No point making it painful for others waiting to actually do an instance.

Comment by 352912

confirmed pack of deer and mice by venture bay ss to prove

Comment by 131628

Seems strange to me rabbits are under the "love" achievement and not under this one, as they are pests...

Comment by 336769

Watch this:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/community/comics/gallery.html#305

Comment by 551326

If you have Sleepy Willy from Children's Week, the critters he zaps count towards this achievement.

Comment by gayle

i was just doing the larva and i come across 1 in goldmist village... then i went out of there and across the brige and came across another... i hope that help cause this one is a hard one to find

Comment by Rexz

Blizzard, where is my "....The Exterminator" title? >___>

Comment by 670959

larva can also be found near the flight master in tranquillien.

Comment by jf647

For those using NPCScan, here is a saved variables file that covers the IDs of all critters needed for the two Squirrel achievements and Pest Control.

Put this in your per-character directory (i.e. WTF/Account/$ACCOUNT/$REALM/$CHAR/SavedVariables/_NPCScan.lua)

(any part of the above path prefixed with a $ needs to be replaced by your details)

This has all the NPCs because I didn't want to provide chunks for each achievement for people to glue together. Just delete the lines you don't need if you're only doing one of the achievements or know that you've already found one of the NPCs on the list.

_NPCScanOptionsCharacter = {
= {
},
= {
-- To All the Squirrels I've loved before
= "Squirrel",
= "Borean Frog",
= "Steam Frog",
= "Chicken",
= "Cat",
= "Crab",
= "Cow",
= "Deer",
= "Ewe",
= "Fawn",
= "Frog",
= "Gazelle",
= "Hare",
= "Parrot",
= "Rabbit",
= "Ram",
= "Sheep",
= "Skunk",
= "Swine",
= "Toad",
= "Prairie Dog",
-- To All The Squirrels Who Shared My Life
= "Arctic Hare",
= "Borean Marmot",
= "Fjord Penguin",
= "Fjord Turkey",
= "Glacier Penguin",
= "Grizzly Squirrel",
= "Huge Toad",
= "Lava Crab",
= "Mountain Skunk",
= "Scalawag Frog",
= "Sholazar Tickbird",
= "Tundra Penguin",
-- Pest Control
= "Adder",
-- = "Squirrel" uncomment if you delete the /love achievement Squirrel
= "Crystal Spider",
= "Devouring Maggot",
= "Fire Beetle",
= "Fjord Rat",
= "Gold Beetle",
= "Larva",
= "Maggot",
= "Mocassin",
= "Mouse",
= "Rat",
= "Roach",
= "Scorpion",
= "Snake",
= "Spider",
= "Underbelly Rat",
= "Zul'Drak Rat",
},
= "4.0.0.5",
= {
= 4,
= 4,
},
}

Comment by 225178

Maggots can also be found in the satyr area near Forest Song in Ashenvale. Easy for Horde and Alliance to reach.

Comment by datgrl

One thing that helped me, along with using the /tar command, is to set focus and then set a raid icon. Some of the smaller mobs are really hard to see.

Comment by 844223

Thanks for the updates, made thepest control a lot easier.

Comment by JRSpaniel

Found a few mice at the Vul'Gol Ogre Mound in Duskwood while doing archaeology.

Comment by 995522

MOUSE can be found in Theramore and Wetlands (Menethril Harbour). Looked forever in Westfall and nothing.

Comment by Allakhazam

Wrote a guide in relation to the other love achievements and this one, hope it helps you guys.

http://www.%^&*!@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*.com/general/pest-control/

Edited, Sep 27th 2009 2:59pm by Thali

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Pest Control

Slay the following pests.

Criteria

	Roach (1)
	Snake (1)
	Gold Beetle (1)
	Devouring Maggot (1)
	Fjord Rat (1)
	Maggot (1)
	Mouse (1)
	Spider (1)
	Zul'Drak Rat (1)

	Scorpion (1)
	Adder (1)
	Crystal Spider (1)
	Fire Beetle (1)
	Larva (1)
	Moccasin (1)
	Rat (1)
	Underbelly Rat (1)
	Squirrel (1)

NPCScan

Information and Addon Downloads for NPCScan

/npcscan add 4076 Roach
/npcscan add 15476 Scorpion
/npcscan add 2914 Snake
/npcscan add 3300 Adder
/npcscan add 32258 Gold Beetle
/npcscan add 32261 Crystal Spider
/npcscan add 24270 Devouring Maggot
/npcscan add 9699 Fire Beetle
/npcscan add 24174 Fjord Rat
/npcscan add 16068 Larva
/npcscan add 16030 Maggot
/npcscan add 4953 Moccasin
/npcscan add 6271 Mouse
/npcscan add 4075 Rat
/npcscan add 14881 Spider
/npcscan add 32428 Underbelly Rat
/npcscan add 28202 Zul'Drak Rat
/npcscan add 1412 Squirrel

TomTom

Information and Addon Downloads for TomTom

/way Hellfire Peninsula 25.8 66.0 Scorpion
/way Howling Fjord 57.0 56.8 Devouring Maggot
/way Howling Fjord 56.8 54.0 Devouring Maggot
/way Howling Fjord 62.4 16.8 Fjord Rat
/way Howling Fjord 27.0 61.2 Fjord Rat
/way Howling Fjord 30.0 69.2 Fjord Rat
/way Swamp of Sorrows 57.8 26.6 Moccasin
/way Swamp of Sorrows 10.4 34.4 Moccasin
/way Swamp of Sorrows 11.0 35.8 Moccasin
/way Westfall 52.6 54.2 Mouse
/way Westfall 32.2 51.2 Mouse
/way Westfall 32.2 70.4 Mouse
/way Northern Stranglethorn 26.6 73.6 Rat
/way Dalaran:Northrend 64.4 37.4 Underbelly Rat
/way Dalaran:Northrend 63.2 36.2 Underbelly Rat
/way Zul'Drak 43.2 59.8 Zul'Drak Rat
/way Zul'Drak 15.2 57.6 Zul'Drak Rat
/way Zul'Drak 16.2 60.8 Zul'Drak Rat
/way Stonetalon Mountains 67.4 37.6 Squirrel
/way Dustwallow Marsh 67.0 49.0 Squirrel

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