5832 I’m in Innisfil, Ontario. It is a mild October. This last week have had tiny all black, six legged (plus two antennae)bugs crawling all over my decks and brick and basement windows Not a hard beetle type shell and no wings. Slow but steady pace when moving. They do not jump or scatter when threatened; […]
5840 Attached is a photo taken at our home in Miramichi, NB. It was taken on October 13 on an average sunny/cloudy day. The body of the spider was about 1 cm. across. It had constructed a web outside a main picture window at the front of our house (facing NW). It did not appear to […]
5839 Found this summer in Muskoka, Ontario on a boat. Body measures about 1 cm, spider is bright green. Cheers, Ute This is a long-jawed orb weaver (family Tetragnathidae); it looks like Tetragnatha viridis – see http://tinyurl.com/hakxrtkfor an image. These spiders usually are found near bodies of water, where they construct webs that more nearly […]
5844 This bug is about 1 inch in length and taken inside a store in Mississauga Ontario Canada. thanks for identifying. Michael Mississauga Ontario This is a house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, a cosmopolitan species. Unlike most centipedes, these have relatively good eyesight, and will chase down some of their prey. They are reputed to have a […]
5837 Good evening. Found hundreds of these crawling on our back yard fence. Calgary, Alberta. Found today. Yard has loads of vegetation. The bug is very small, maybe 1/8 to ¼ inch, body is all black. Rob Like No. 5832, this is an aphid (Hemiptera/Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae). All aphids are obligatory sap feeders, and in addition to […]
5843 Mainly green body with red striation along back. Someone suggested it was an assassin bug. May have come in with the dog. This is indeed an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae; it is a nymph in the genus Zelus, likely Zelus luridus – see http://tinyurl.com/j7822h4 for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, […]
5838 This picture was taken in my room in Stratford Ontario. This is the second one I’ve found. Could you please help me in identifying it. Rebecca This looks like the shed ‘skin’ (exoskeleton) of a beetle in the family Dermestidae (hide/skin/carpet/larder beetles, etc.) Just as a precaution, you might check areas where dry food […]
5841 Hi, Please help identify. Seemed to be coming from floor drain. I thought they were fruit flies but they were not flying and seemed to move VERY fast on the floor. So fast I thought they were jumping. Size – Approx 1mm Photo – 50x Magnification Location – Canada – Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario Picture taken […]
5836 Hi there, I recently (late October 2016) moved into a new apartment near Cobourg, Ontario. The last tenants were very messy and in the course of cleaning the cupboards I came across some of these. This was the largest specimen I found and the clearest shots I could take. Grateful for an ID if […]
5835 My son had this in his hand in Belleville, on. We also have a dog. Tammy. This is an engorged female hard tick (family Ixodidae), but I cannot tell which species it might be. You may want to check your dog to see if it is carrying any more. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks […]
5842 Can you tell me what kind of fly this is and the best way to get rid of them. They come in the house in the fall and stay all winter. The problem started last fall. Donna Although this fly superficially resembles some fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the genus Rhagoletis, I am by no […]
5845 I was bit by this yesterday(Saturday Oct 29) Sandra. Mitchell Ontario This appears to be a broadfaced sac spider, Trachelas tranquillus, in the family Trachelidae. These are wandering spiders that do not spin a capture web, and occasionally wander indoors. They are reported to have a painful but not dangerous bite; see http://tinyurl.com/hlpmbbg for […]
5846 Hello, I am attaching a photo of a larger spider that was on the outside ‘side’ of our house….believe he must be some sort of garden spider? I have attached one photo of him taken inside a plastic cup. I set him free after taking the photo. This photo was in the fall season and in northern NE […]
5847 Clinton, Vancouver, BC This past summer, outside on our vehicles. This is a pupa of a lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5848 I find between 10-20 of these on my bathroom floor (partial Basement) daily. It is a vinyl floor and relatively clean space. Please advise what these May be and how we can stop them? Thanks. Gurj This is another example of something that I have seen before, but simply cannot pin a name on; it […]
5849 Hi, attached is a spider that I photographed today (Oct 29 2016 @ 4:06pm). It was outside (about 19c) on the pool leaf net. Body length about 0.11 in. or 2.8mm. Location Ajax, Ontario. Frank This is a crab spider (family Thomisidae); possibly in the genus Mecaphesa – see http://tinyurl.com/24kyg8b for an image. All crab […]