Crane fly
7298. Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Canada Number 7298. This is a crane fly (Diptera: Tipulidae). They are harmless, but the larvae of some species (known as leatherjackets) can be turf pests. Crane Fly images
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Aphids
December 26, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7297. Hi, found these tiny insects on a tropical indoor plant. Very small, 0.5 to 1 mm. Some seem to be slightly different than the others as it can be seen on the second picture. Bromont, QC. Canada Number 7297. These are aphids (Hemiptera/ Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae). Also known as plant lice, […]
Mature larva/prepupa of a rodent bot fly
December 26, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7296. Found in our kitchen drawer along with a small rat. Can you please identify. Napanee, Ontario. Canada Number 7296. This is a mature larva/prepupa of a rodent bot fly (Diptera: Oestridae; Cuterebra sp.). These develop under the skin of their host animal, breathing through a hole in the animal’s skin. When […]
Orb weaving spider
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7295. Armstrong, ON. Canada Number 7295. This is an orb weaving spider (family Araneidae) in the genus Araneus. Possibilities in your area include A. bicentenarius (giant lichen orb-weaver) and A. saevus (no common name). . All orb weavers are harmless to humans. Orb weaving spider example
Grain beetle
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7294. Hi there, we keep finding these very small bugs everywhere in the house. Mostly in the bathrooms. We just stayed at a hotel so we were worried they were bed bugs. We find approximately 5 a day, sometimes more. Please help us identify them and any advice on how to get rid […]
Grass spider
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7292. This spider as been slowly making a growing web in my kitchen window, for over a month. I finally spotted this beauty when I got up at 5am. I’ve heard it catching flies as I wash the dishes, but this is the first time catching a glimpse of it. It’s definitely […]
Caterpillar of the bedstraw hawkmoth
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7291. Can you help me identify this bug, pink with black and has a horn or antenna? Ingleside, Ontario. Canada Number 7291. This appears to be a caterpillar of the bedstraw hawkmoth, Hyles gallii (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The caterpillars of this species come in a wide variety of colour patterns, bedstraw […]
Larva of a carpet beetle
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7290. This was crawling on my lampshade. This picture is after it fell on the floor. Beaverton Oregon. United States Number 7290. This is a larva of a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the genus Anthrenus (varied carpet beetle and allies). Carpet Beetle Detailed Information
Larder beetle
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7289. Trying to identify… first though was German cockroach? But no long antennae. Hilden, Nova Scotia. Canada Number 7289. This is a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) or a close relative. Larder beetle control recommendations
Funnel weaver spider
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7288. Can you please try to identify this. CENTRALIA, WA. United States Number 7288. This appears to be a funnel weaver spider (family Agelenidae), either in the genera Eratigena or Tegenaria (the image is too dark to tell which). Neither is dangerous to humans. Funnel weaver spider detailed information
Orb weaving spider
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7287. I just want to know what kind of spider this is and if dangerous to humans…especially children. This qas found in Orangeville. Brampton, Ontario. Canada Number 7287. This is an orb weaving spider (family Araneidae) in the genus Araneus. All orb weavers are harmless to humans. Orb weaving spider example
Weevil
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7286. Basement and basement bathroom. Barrie, Ontario. Canada Number 7286. This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Its shape is suggestive of the grain/granary weevils in the genus Sitophilus. That being the case, you should check any dry stored food products you have, especially whole grains (including bird seed) for signs of […]
Leaf beetle
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7285. Metallic bug with blue back or butt and then or orange upper body was like maybe black or blue head. Provost, AB. Canada Number 7285. This is a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), possibly Gastrophysa polygoni – Leaf beetle image . Sometimes called the knotweed leaf beetle, it is not a […]
Field cricket
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7284. Found mostly under our black granite and large black pots. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada Number 7284. This is a common field cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllus sp,). Females use their long ovipositor to place eggs in soil.
Black carpet beetles
December 14, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7283. Please zoom. And please tell me these aren’t bed bugs. I found them dead by my window cil. Right now I see no live activity please help me. Mississauga, Ontario. Canada Number 7283. Not bed bugs, but small beetles. Their shape is suggestive of black carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae; Attagenus […]
Oriental cockroach
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7282. Can you let me know what type of bug this is. Thank you. Hamilton, Ontario. Canada Number 7282. This appears to be an oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (Blattodea: Blattidae), a peridomestic pest species. Oriental cockroach control recommendations
Clearwing sphinx moth
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7281. Flying something between right edge of flower pot and grass about middle of photo. Edmonton, AB. Canada Number 7281. This is a clearwing sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the genus Hemaris, most likely Hemaris thysbe, known as the hummingbird clearwing. Clearwing sphinx moth detailed information
Granary weevils
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7280. Suddenly these are all around the house especially in the sinks but they can’t get out. They are very small not more than a millimeter long. Pontypool, ON. Canada Number 7280. This looks like one of the grain/granary weevils in the genus Sitophilus. You should check all dry stored […]
Orb-weaving spider
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7279. Found this crawling across the patio into the grass. About the size of a quarter (including legs). Sundre, Alberta. Canada Number 7279. This is an orb-weaving spider (family Araneidae) in the genus Araneus; most likely Araneus saevus, known as the giant lichen orb weaver. Orb-weaving spider image . […]
Ground beetle
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7278. This is the first time i have these bugs in the house, in big numbers. They hide under shoes and carpets. They are also all over my yard, grass outside. I’ve looked or vacuumed up at least a hundred so far, but for tye last week they just keep appearing […]
Japanese beetles
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7277. Found in July, 24-27 degrees Celsius. Sunny. Charlottetown, PE. Canada Number 7277. These are Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), an introduced species that has become a very serious pest in many areas. Japanese Beetles Detailed Information
Camel/cave cricket
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7276. I was emptying the bottom of last year’s compost bin and a swarm of these insects leaped out of it. This is the best I could do for a photo. They were in the soil and leaped quite high and far. I have searched pages and pages and found nothing […]
Brown scavenger beetle
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7275. Tiny black bugs hanging out in my bedroom. Noticed them on the mattress when changing out the sheets. Calgary, Alberta. Canada Number 7275. This could be a minute brown scavenger beetle (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), harmless nuisance pests. Brown scavenger beetle detailed information
Nymphs of a stink bug
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7274. I found these on my hibiscus plant today. I would like to know what they are. Mission, BC. Canada Number 7274. These are nymphs of a stink bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae); possibly the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys. Stink Bug detailed information
Female ichneumon wasp
December 10, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7273. Appears to be drilling from tail end projections on a pine support post. Black with white collars. HONEY HARBOUR, ONTARIO. Canada Number 7273. This is a female ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) using her long ovipositor to drill into the tunnel of a wood-boring insect. The egg she deposits there […]
Nymph of an assassin bug
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7272. Greetings! We have found this bug inside an electronic device box we’ve had for over 5 years. I likely came from the couch on which the box was sitting or from the storage cabinet it has been for years. I needed a USB hub and got the device out of storage. […]
Treehopper
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7271. This is an image of an insect I found dead in my home . I couldn’t identify which insect this is . It had a needle like thing on its head , with small wing . I just wanted to identify which insect this is. Trivandrum, Kerala. India Number 7271. […]
Click beetle
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7270. Ajax, ON. Canada Number 7270. This is a click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), a harmless accidental intruder. Click Beetle detailed information
Duff millipede
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7269. Hello, I live in Kelowna BC, it is currently the end of July 2021, and I have been stressing out over these bugs for at least a month now. They seemed to show up in large quantities out of nowhere and no amount of vacuuming and cleaning helps, they just come right […]
Wood wasp
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7268. Hello can you please tell me what type of insect this is. Recently I have been finding them in my yard. Edmonton, Alberta. Canada Number 7268. This is Urocerus albicornis, a wood wasp (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), wood wasp image . They lack a sting and are harmless; their larvae bore in the […]
Earwig
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7267. Saint john, NB. Canada Number 7267. This appears to be an earwig (Order Dermaptera), common nuisance pests that seldom do any real harm. earwig detailed information
Sexton/burying beetle
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7266. Found this critter on my deck today. Any idea what it is? We’ve never seen it here before… Gimli, Manitoba. Canada Number 7266. This is a sexton/burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in the genus Nicrophorus, I cannot identify it to species from this image. sexton/burying beetle detailed information
German cockroaches
November 29, 2021 in Pest Identification, Send your photo for identification /by Pest Control Canada7265. Image 1: Found on Kitchen counter on the side of the microwave butted up to side of wall. Image 2: Trapped in cabinet under kitchen sink. Calgary, Alberta. Canada Number 7265. These look like German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), a peridomestic species difficult to bring under complete control. German […]