6335 We’ve found these guys in the house and crawling on the side of the house but are having trouble getting rid of them. From Peterorough, Ontario Number 6335 This is a small winter stonefly (Plecoptera: Capniidae); these are harmless and there is no need for control. Their nymphs are found beneath rocks and gravel on […]
6334 Just found this in my bed, help??. From Vancouver Number 6334 This looks like a drugstore beetle, Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae); Click here for an image. These beetles and their close relatives, cigarette beetles (Lasioderma serricorne) will feed on an extremely wide variety of organic materials, and can become pantry pests. You likely should check […]
6333 Location found: Kitchen cupboard (where pots and pans are stored). Bug size: 5 mm from head to tail. Winter season. Bug alive or dead: alive (barely). I’m not sure what the fuzzy stuff is attached to the tail of the bug. It might just be a dust bunny that the bug got stuck in. Please […]
6338 Black, 6 legged beetle with orange colouring on top of back. Beetle had orange belly with black dots. This guy was crawling up my bedroom wall as I was in bed. Fair size, I’d say about the size of my pinky nail. I have never seen this kind before and I am slightly concerned that […]
6342 They are all over my house, and are getting inside my house! What are they? From Fawcett Hill, NB Number 6342 These are small winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae); they are harmless and there is no need for control. Their nymphs are found beneath rocks and gravel on the bottom of streams and rivers where […]
6339 Hello, I have no idea what this is. I found it on the window frame of our bedroom when I got home from work at 6pm. Please let me know what this is! From Toronto, ON Number 6339 This is a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae); it looks like a varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbesci. The […]
6340 From Windsor, Ontario Number 6340 This is Chariessa pilosa, a checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae), Click here for an image. Checkered beetles are general predators on other small arthropods; the larvae of this species are reported as feeding on larvae of wood-boring beetles.
6344 We are finding these all around our house – doesnt seem like they fly… please help! …doesnt look like a seed bug or kissing bug! From Lindell beach, BC Number 6344 This is a tuxedo bug, Raglius alboacuminatus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae); a Eurasian species that appears to have been introduced into North America about 20 […]
6341 Found this in my bed! From Ajax, ON Number 6341 This is a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), a cosmopolitan pest species. Click here for more detailed information.
6343 Found in interior window frame March 31, Mississauga, ON. Some live, some dead. From Mississauga, ON Number 6343 These are sowbugs, terrestrial crustaceans in the order Isopoda. These basically are harmless scavengers on decomposing organic matter, but they sometimes become nuisance pests when large numbers occur indoors. They breathe through gills that must be kept […]
6336 Hi! I see these bugs all around my home and I don’t know what they are or how to get rid of them. I live in the UAE. Can you please help me out? Thanks so much.UAE Number 6336 This looks like a firebrat (Thermobia domestica; Zygentoma: Lepismatidae), a cosmopolitan nuisance pest. Click here for […]
6345 I keep finding these all over my patio rug. Can’t seem to figure out what they are or how they keep turning up since I have a screened in patio. There are hundreds of them. Most seem to be dead but there are some that seem to jump around. They just stared to turn up […]
6346 I found this small copper colored worm on my daughter’s clothing. What is it and what do I do to get rid of it, assuming there are more? From Niverville, MB Number 6346 This is a larva of a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae); it appears to be in the genus Attagenus (black carpet beetles and […]
6347 Not sure if the photos are good enough, but hoping you can identify this….bee? Best I can come up with is a Carpenter Bee? It’s head was fuzzy though, so that is what throws me off. Thanks in advance! From Victoria, British Columbia Number 6347 It’s a bumble bee, not a carpenter bee. It looks […]
6337 These are tiny (approx 1-5mm) black worm-like but crawl like caterpillars. They’re inside my walls and climb up windows and walls and are spreading through the whole house wherever hasn’t been sprayed. I think they’re carpet beetle larvae but they’re not in my carpets. I’ve killed over 200 myself and pest control has been […]
6348 Is this a mosquito. Best way to treating. We have had a lot of rain. Temperatures are 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit. From Evansville, USA Number 6348 This insect needs no treatment/control as it is an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). These wasps all are parasitic on other arthropods, mainly other insects.