#5488 I live in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I have tons of these in my basement and garage. They are under the rugs and up the walls. Don’t quite look like carpet beetle larvae to me. I call them trilobites. Thanks Eric This is a terrestrial crustacean in the order Isopoda. Commonly known as sowbugs, pillbugs, […]
#5545 Hello, I found these dark brown worm shells underneath my washing machine’s legs (around all four legs of the machine). White worms were hatching out of them. They were about 1cm long and stank a lot. Google suggests that they are house fly larvae. But I think the shells are too big for a […]
5580 Hello sending this photo in from traverse city Michigan this weird little beetle was found under a bucket outside as it is winter right now how is this possible was hoping if you could tell me what kind of beetle this is thanks Allissa. This is a giant water bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Belostomatidae); aka toe […]
#5571 Hello, my name is Trent, and currently live in Red Deer Alberta. Earlier today Jan 5th 2016 when moving a 16 inch tall, 4 inch base, soft wood hand carved sculpture brought back to us from South Africa I noticed some small (tic tac) sized piles of very fine saw dust and three living bugs. The carving also […]
5562 My name is Craig and I’m located just North of San Francisco, near the coast. These are very small, on the order of 1mm. I found them in a recessed light fixture; they may have been there for . I’d like to make sure they are not wood boring beetles that might be eating […]
5584 This tiny beetle was found in my bathroom on a wooden stool this afternoon. It is mid-January and about -15 C outside. My house is kept at about 18 C if that helps. I’m in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This guy, or lady, is pretty small, smaller than a lady bug. I don’t think […]
5614 Here are some better photos than the previous I sent. Found in Feb on warmer day. I wondered if it was leaf legged bug? As long as not harmful to health for folks with weakened immune system we’ll manage, in the meantime we are trying to sort out where our infestation of ladybugs and these are […]
5608 What is this Bug found a few of them this one on the bathroom counter on February 23,2016 @ 11:00pm where i been finding numerous dead tiny black ants that all of a sudden are invading my bathroom all to be found dead ,In Klamath falls Oregon cold outside approx. 25 degrees outside . […]
5612 I find at least 3-4 of these slithery bugs in my basement bathroom every wk, depending on weather. I am located in the GTA (Toronto, On) they look black and alien like in person, but as I took a picture they don’t look as scary. They still move very fast. Ty This either is […]
5610 I live in a suburb outside of Vancouver, BC. We are finding these bugs on the floor of the kitchen dead, a few in the toilet near kitchen and two alive in our bed which is upstairs from the kitchen. Thanks, Gord. This is a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), possibly a varied carpet beetle, […]
5611 Found this critter in our hallway in Toronto (Feb. 28). It’s very lively! It’s about 1.5cm long, not counting the antennae (which are themselves a little longer). It’s been below 0 outside for a few days now, but was warmer before that. Maybe it crawled in from the outside? Do these insects hibernate? I’d […]
5615 I found this larvae in a mud tube under my fascia on the brick wall. I have these tubes at the front and the side of my house. At the front it looks like spiders but not sure at the side. I do get a lot of wasps around my house in July and […]
5607 Not sure what kind of bug this is but I have been bitten several times in the last few weeks. All bites swell to a great degree are extremely itchy and sting and large red rash appears at bite site expanding several inches beyond bite. was just bitten 2 days ago found this bug […]
5616 Hello, my name is Abby. I took these inside my bedroom, in Tennessee. I’ve seen about 3 of these over the 2 months I’ve lived here. I’m worried because they look like a cockroach but the place is very clean I can’t imagine how they got here. please help! Also the picture makes it […]
5609 Hello, Susan from Staten Island, NY. I found this bug shell (looks like the shell of a bug because there is no body to it – see pictures) in various places within my home: 1) first, many were found stuck to a scarf I had in a closet. The scarf was hanging off of a […]
5613 I have attached a pic of an ant (there are more than just this one). Found inside home, early March, Valley, Nova Scotia. Would really appreciate your help in identifying this as we are concerned that it could be Carpenter ants. Thank you. Valerie This does look like a queen carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.). See http://tinyurl.com/zbfx3m8 […]