5945 Hi my name is Barb from Mission BC. We have been finding these fly like bugs on our window sills and bathroom counter. They have wings but are not flying. They are crawling around slowly. Are they a type of fly? Where are they coming from?? This is a bee, possibly a mason/orchard bee in […]
5961 I found these clumps of larvae in my backyard in Sylvan Lake, Alberta as the snow was melting now in April 2017. There are at least 2 dozen clumps of larvae often with a larger reddish worm nearby. We have a dog but the larvae weren’t even near any of the stool piles that […]
5959 We have had a couple of these bugs flying in our house. They are not very good flyers. No idea where they are coming from. Any assistance would be appreciated. I am in Burlington, Ontario. Liz This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae); it looks like Phymatodes testaceus, known as the tanbark borer – […]
5954 Howdy, thanks for helping ID this critter. Found numerous specimens today on the crushed ice on rivers edge. South Saskatchewan River near Empress, Alberta. Owen. This appears to be a winter stonefly (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae), so called because the adults often emerge during very late winter/early spring while snow still is on the ground. See […]
5952 Hello I live in downtown Toronto in an apartment building. This bug was crawling on my pillow. I’ve had issues with clothes moths and recently put a lot of Cedar in my bedroom. This bug did not fly. It was about 0.5 cm in length. Thank you Please help. Katia Unfortunately, what you have here is a […]
5964 2.5 inches long looks like black widow hybrid. John. Kelowna, BC. This appears to be a northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus. These often have a median red stripe or series of red dots on the dorsum of their abdomen in addition to the ‘hourglass’ on the ventral aspect – see http://tinyurl.com/k3doxlu. Ed Saugstad, retired […]
5949 This was found walking across my bed in Toronto, Ontario. This is a beetle in the family Dermestidae (carpet/larder/hide/skin beetles and relatives), but this image is not clear enough for a more specific identification. You should check all your food storage areas as well as any organic fabrics (wool, silk, those trimmed with fur […]
5958 Hello, Last August we moved from Nashville Tennessee. Before we left, the apartment complex had an infestation of brown recluse spiders, so I wanted to play it on the safe side and ask to see if we are dealing with them 10 months after moving. Please let me know what you think and if we […]
5950 Hello there, I found this insect in our accommodations in Georgetown, Cayman Islands. Any help with identification is greatly appreciated – if it’s a cockroach nymph, particularly what type, so I know what precautions to take to avoid taking any home to Ontario, Canada in our luggage. That’s a cayman quarter for size, same […]
5962 I found this little dude in my room and (s)he’s been hanging out on the far wall for the past four days. Despite my phobia, Ive tried to be kind and leave them be but I’m curious to know more about my little roomie. I live in Red Deer, Alberta and it is […]
5963 Hi, I’m Mark in Ottawa. Over the past few days (April 2-3 2017), I’ve found these bugs in my basement at night, near my sump pit. I killed 2 last night, but I found (and killed) 3 tonight (including the one in picture). It unfortunately looks like a type of cockroach, but the color doesn’t match […]
5951 New house here in Ivy Lea Ontario, near Gananoque Ontario Canada… Finding these bugs on a regular basis… Freaking me out…!!! UGH…! Hope you can identify them for me… Thanks… Tim This looks like a nymph of a cockroach, likely that of an oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (Blattodea: Blattidae). These reproduce more slowly than […]
5965 Hi there, I was wondering if you could tell me if this is a carpet beetle or a bed bud. The antenna and legs made me think it was a bedbug when I was looking at Google images , but when going through you photos I questioned if it was a carpet beetle or […]
5956 Hi, my name is Tara, this is a photo of an insect that I have found in my house not once, but three times within a week. I live in Edmonton, AB, and have seen nothing like this before. Twice they have been found crawling on the carpet, and once in my lunch bag! […]