5885 I keep finding this bug in the beds of my house. they often appear dead. sometimes i find them on the floor also. what is it ? Ashley This is a click beetle, Coleoptera: Elateridae; see http://tinyurl.com/7b399st for some more examples. Their occurrence indoors is strictly accidental; they will do no harm there. The larvae […]
5892 I am from Nova Scotia. Last week we came home to find these beatle/ bugs in our kitchen. They are black , hard shell, can fly or jump a little about 1/8 inch long max. We have killed about twenty so far I squashed them with my thumb as they seem hard to kill any […]
5888 Can you identify this bug? It appears in our house occasionally. Can they bite? We are in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Thank you, M. Berkson This is a milkweed bug, an occasional invader in homes. They are very similar in appearance to boxelder bugs. See the comparison here: http://pestcontrolcanada.com/box-elder-bugs Both are harmless in your […]
5895 Thanks for helping identify this bug. It was indoors, in the master bedroom (bed) at 2am. Felt it crawling on my back. It was a good size bug, able to cling to a q-tip, while I was trying to shake it off. I just spoke with my wife, and she said her friend found a […]
5896 My name is Ian. – Photo was taken on January 8, 2017. – Insect found in apartment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – About 2mm in length. – Indoors, on wall in a carpeted room. – Winter. – Thanks. This is a larva of a beetle in the family Dermestidae (hide/skin/larder/carpet beetles and allies), likely in the […]
5884 Hi I have lived in Washington state all my life and have never ran across anything like this before. I was out at night in late fall and found this guy under a bunch of leave next to a “rollie pollie” bug, a big rollie pollie bug! Wondering if it’s related to the rollie […]
5886 Can you tell me what type of insect larvae this is? Thanks Sherry This appears to be a dead, mummified caterpillar of an Imperial moth, Eacles imperialis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). See http://tinyurl.com/bzm7v3h for more detailed information on this species. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5897 Hello, my name is Alex, I live in Hamilton, Ontario and it’s been a rather mild winter. I live in an apartment building with approx. 12 other units. This is the second bug of this breed that I’ve found. This one is much smaller than the first one I found though I was unable […]
5887 Hello, I live in Kitchener Ontario (southern Ontario) and just moved into a newer house. I keep seeing These small bugs that I thought were ants until closer inspection. Any thoughts? Josh. This is a grain beetle (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in the genus Oryzaephilus, either a saw-toothed (O. surinamensis) or merchant (O. mercator) grain beetle. […]
5891 Please help us to identify the insect who left these cocoons in our books. We found about 15 hard dark brown cocoons 2cm long attached to opposite side of the books in a bookshelf. Inside them there are light yellow larvae. Now when we found them it’s the end of august. We live in […]
5881 Hi, I found a number of these bugs in the space above my garage in Nova Scotia. Last year and this year a woodpecker has done considerable damage and I just discovered why (I think). What is it and how do I get rid of them? Thank you, Liam This little moth would not […]
5890 See attached Photo a friend of mind took on New years eve, found in a home in Eastern Newfoundland . Just curious as flying bugs in Winter doesn’t seem the Norm. The image is not clear enough for me to be certain, but I believe that this could be a caddisfly (order Trichoptera) – see […]
5898 My name is Esther, I’m a single mom of 3 kids, 2 dogs, and 1 crested gecko. I had been hearing noises at night, but i brushed it away thinking it was my crested gecko’s activity since he is nocturnal, until i seen a rodent dash behind my fridge. I purchased glue traps and set […]
5893 My name is jen i found this on my kitchen stove in toronto ontario i was wondering if someo e can help me please im terrified of bugs This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; possibly in the subfamily Entiminae (broad-nosed/short-snouted weevils) – see http://tinyurl.com/heh23d5 for an example. Weevils such as these often enter buildings […]