5997 can you tell me what this bug is? Thank you. Jackie This is a reproductive caste termite. You may wish to have your premises inspected by a professional termite control company. See http://tinyurl.com/z6nhap8 elsewhere on this site for a directory of professional concerns in Canada. If you live in the United States, see http://tinyurl.com/ddsa37 […]
5992 Dear Pest Control Canada, I’ve been finding these little white maggot-like things all over the kitchen floor and occasionally on the counters, but I can’t figure out where they are actually coming from. They don’t really crawl…they seem to start crawling but then just sort of roll and wriggle and don’t get very far, which […]
5999 Could you please help in identifying this insect. I have swarms of them around my house, the cover everything from my BBQ, my table to my car. This is a male mayfly (order Ephemeroptera). These do not feed as adults or otherwise cause any physical damage, but can become extreme nuisances when large swarms […]
5995 My name is Bailey and live in northern Alberta, I found this little guy in the swamp out back. Not too sure if it’s a larvae or what. anyone know?? This is a crustacean known as a fairy shrimp (class Branchiopoda; order Anostraca). I often encountered these in temporary pools in the early spring […]
5998 Hello! My name is Travis, and I live in southern Ontario. We’ve seen a few of these guys in our master bathroom in the past few days and would love an identification. I hope the photo is clear enough. My best guess is some kind of sowbug? They are small (maybe as long as my fingernail, <1cm). […]
6002 I have never seen this beetle here before. Found it on top of my backyard gate post in Ottawa, Ontario in mid May. This is an American carrion beetle, Necrophila americana (Coleoptera: Silphidae). See https://tinyurl.com/k4u7p3y for images and additional information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5985 This was taken outside, Maple Ridge B.C. April 30 2017. Ken This looks like a soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in the genus Podabrus; see http://tinyurl.com/l4oglbu for an example. For the most part, these appear to be general predators on other small arthropods as well as acting as pollinators. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, […]
5996 Can you please tell me what is this bug? Hang Ha This appears to be a nymph of Reduvius personatus, a peridomestic species of assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae) known as the masked hunter. These are reported as having a very painful but not dangerous bite. See http://tinyurl.com/23g4bdy for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired […]
6005 It was on the side of my house on May 23rd 2017 in Surrey BC Canada. Weather, damp, then hot. Tami This is a short-snouted/broad-nosed weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae), but the image is not clear enough for a more specific identification. The adults basically are nuisance pests that cause no serious harm, but their […]
6012 Hello there, Please help me identify the bugs shown on the attached pictures. They are about 5 mm in length. My name is John and I live in North York (Toronto) in a townhouse complex where there are more than 300 units. To my knowledge only my next door neighbour and I got our […]
6004 Found on rope attached to a dock. Six Mile Lake, Port Severn Ontario. May 21, 2017. I cannot be certain, but these might be larvae of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae – see https://tinyurl.com/ybpw4oal for an example. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
6021 Marge from New Brunswick; this was on the step … what is it? This appears to be a larva of a firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), see https://tinyurl.com/y7rrweg4 for an example. These are general predators on other small arthropods as well as snails, etc. The larvae of some net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) also can be similar in […]
6008 Hello we live in Shawnigan Lake BC on Vancouver Island and have been seeing these black ants outside and inside our home over the past few days. How do we get rid of them is it possible to do this on our own? Are these carpenter ants should we be concerned if we leave […]
6014 These have shown up in a basement laundry room. We’ve put out some sticky traps which is where they are showing up. We seem to rarely see live bugs, the ones we see are already dead. Can you help us identify this? Regards, Derek. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Like No. 6007, these are rove beetles […]
6017 This insect was found in my yard. 4th June 2017. It was large, the size of a Canadian loony with wings extended. Location Saskatoon. Weather conditions hot and dry. Can you identify it please. Thank you. Bill. This looks like a male elm sawfly, Cimbex americana (Hymenoptera Cimbicidae), see https://tinyurl.com/y8tvlk5d for an image. Their larvae […]
6010 This was found in Armstrong BC Canada. There was another one found that looks like it was shedding it skin. Shannon This most likely is a nymph of a cicada (Hemiptera/ Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae); these spend up to 17 years (depending on the species) underground feeding on the sap from tree roots, before emerging and […]