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Fruit fly?
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 […]
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broadfaced sac spider
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 […]
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female orb-weaving spider
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 […]
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Lady beetle pupa
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.
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Pantry pest?
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 […]
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crab spider
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 […]
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click beetle
5850 Brampton, Ontario, Canada. 5 degrees Celsius outside, October 31st. Found in a bedroom on a bed. Crystal This is a small click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae), simply an accidental intruder that will do no harm. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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nymph of a cockroach
5851 I discovered these bugs on a shelf in my cupboard . It happened at the beginning of September when I found cockroaches and started cleaning my food cupboards out. I had inadvertently left banana skins In a plastic bag and they somehow got pushed into a cupboard. There were these beetles quite different from […]
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Wingless Moth
5863 Hello. My name is Dianna. I have searched your site as well as the internet and have had no luck identifying this bug. Numerous appeared on the brick walls on outside of my home a week or two ago (1st-2nd week if November 2016). They have no wings and hardly move when touched. The strange […]
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Camel Cricket
5858 Hello. Can you help me identify this bug found in my bedroom of my fourth floor apartment on Nov 1, 2016 in Calgary, AB. See attached. Thank you. Charles This is a relative of grasshoppers and crickets known as a cave or camel cricket (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). Some people also call them ‘sprickets’ because of a […]
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Dermestidae Beetle Larva
5857 Hello. I found two of these bugs on the wall above my bed. Any help would be great! Thank you. Karen This looks like a larva of a beetle in the family Dermestidae (hide/skin/larder/carpet beetles and allies), possibly in the genus Anthrenus – see http://tinyurl.com/z3oqpsv for an example and http://tinyurl.com/zl9w25c elsewhere on this site […]
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Phorid flies
5854 Good day, Recently my basement bedroom and bathroom have become a hangout to tiny black flies. I can’t figure out where they’re coming from or even what they are. They rally around the exterior windows when its light out, and then after that are found around other sources of light. A candle burning all night […]
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Snail eating ground beetle
5852 Hi there, Saw this on my way to Victoria BC at Goldstream National Park. What is it?? Taylor. This is a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) that specializes in snail-eating, it appears to be Scaphinotus angusticollis – see http://tinyurl.com/6vj9qb8 for an image and details on its life history. Nice find! Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, […]
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Indian meal moth caterpillar
5866 I found this 1cm larvae crawling up the wall in the kitchen of my townhouse. I live on Vancouver Island, BC. Thanks. This most likely is a caterpillar of an Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).These caterpillars will feed on a very wide variety of stored food products, including grain-based meals, dried fruit, nuts, […]
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mealybug
5867 My name is Nigel and I live in Oshawa Ontario. These pics were taken in our house. The bugs appear year round. These are white “insects” about 2mm in length, white, and keep appearing on our Phalaeonopsis orchids. This looks like a mealybug (Hemiptera/Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae); there are several species of mealybugs that will infest […]
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Earwig
5859 Hi I’m Shannon and I have been finding these bugs regularly on the main level of my home in Kitimat, BC. The odd time, I have also discovered a few on the outside Windows or along the house. I have noticed them year-round, I believe, if I can recall correctly. But sometimes my memory doesn’t serve […]
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dark-winged fungus gnat
5864 Hey it’s Cal from Calgary, Alberta. I’ve killed about 50 of these little flies in my bedroom every day for the past week. I live in a basement apartment and I can’t find out where they’re coming from! Can you provide any help with identifying these guys? This is a dark-winged fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae). […]
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Stink bug
5856 I found this very hard bodied beetle strolling across my bedroom floor near Leduc, Alberta. Size of the body is just under 2 cm. In normal light it is very dark, almost black. Thank you for letting me know what it is and if I have to be concerned. Thanks. Esther This appears to be […]
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Jerusalem cricket
5861 My is Kaisa and we found this insect in Pendleton, Oregon. My students and I found this very interesting insect in a park near the end of October. The climate here is high desert, it’s very dry with low temperatures at night and in the 60s during the day, although we have been having […]
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woolly aphid
5853 Hello. I live just outside Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. For the past number of days there have been these rather SMALL whitish bugs flying around. First thought it was pollen floating by … but they are a flying bug. Looks more white in the air but have a blueish (neon) glow. Some got caught in a […]
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ground beetle
5868 Hi, I live in Washington state and found this bug at night under some maple leaves outside. I have never seen anything like this. Thank you. This is a larva of a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae); see http://tinyurl.com/hc9ts8x for an image of an adult along with a larva. These all are general predators on […]
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female blister beetle
5860 Taken in backyard London Ontario Canada today. Nov 10 2016 at about 1 pm. Joanne This is a female blister beetle (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in the genus Meloe; beetles in this genus often are called oil beetles because of the oily fluid they exude from their joints when they are handled roughly. This fluid contains […]
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Harmless sow bug
5855 Hello, looking to identify this bug and get rid of it. My name is Loay and live in Mississauga Ontario. It’s October so it’s somewhat chilly around 1 – 10 degrees Celsius. I found them indoors (including the basement) and outdoors around main entrances. This is a harmless sowbug. They have gills which need constant […]
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broad-nose/short-snouted weevil
5865 Hi! I am hoping someone can identify this bug for me in Edmonton, Alberta. Not to lead the answer but a friend has bedbugs and just thought I would take a good look in my house and found this in a plastic bin under my bed. Thanks for your help with this! Rebecca This […]
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Assassin Bug Nymph
5862 This bug was inside my step son shirt in the arm pit and bit him. The bite left a welt like a bee sting and he said it felt like 2 bees stinging him. Eastern Washington. This is a nymph of an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae), likely that of Reduvius personatus, a peridomestic species […]
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Western conifer seed bug
5875 I found this insect inside my house Dec. 1 in West Kelowna, BC. This is a western conifer seed bug. They are harmless around your home. For more information see: http://pestcontrolcanada.com/western-conifer-seed-bug
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Grass bagworm case
5876 Hello, I live in North Bay Ontario Canada, right on the waters edge of Trout Lake I’ve seen these little pods all over the outside walls of the house, seems to be concrete or brick only though. The total overall length is no more that .75 of an inch and maybe 1/4″ to 3/8″ […]
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blow fly maggot
5874 Hi,I’d like some help in identifying the attached pics of larvae. They are dropping out of a pot light located in my bathroom – about 1-2 every couple of hours. The only place above the bathroom ceiling is an attic. (which contains only insulation as far as I know, since there is no interior […]
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damsel bug
5880 I live in rural Ontario, Canada. These little bugs have been popping up over the past few weeks and I was wondering what they were. Thanks in advance. -Risa This is a damsel bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Nabidae), likely in the genus Nabis – see http://tinyurl.com/zvpoopk for an example. Damsel bugs are general predators on other small arthropods […]
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long-jawed orb-weaving spider
5877 Spider found outdoors (residential back yard, running down flowerpot), Calgary Alberta on warm, early afternoon of May 25, 2015. Thank you very much! Gerhard. This is a long-jawed orb-weaving spider (family Tetragnathidae), likely in the genus Tetragnatha – see http://tinyurl.com/jnhdc7c for an image of one in a more typical pose. The webs of these […]
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ichneumon wasp
5873 Hi, my name is Bianca-Rose and i live in Hearst, Ontario, Canada and i found this insect in my work place, specifically in a motel room bathroom. I’m hoping you can tell me what it is.it was about an inch long, head to tail. Thank you for your time. This is an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: […]
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globular springtails
5871 Thousands of these showed up all over my farm fence today. Seems that touching them makes them jump. They are very small. I live in South Western BC, near Vancouver. It is November and we have just had a lot of rain and wind. These are globular springtails (Collembola: Dicyrtomidae); possibly in the genus […]
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cockroach nymph
5869 I’ve had a German roach problem and exterminators came about 2 weeks ago (late October) but this bug does not look like any roach I’ve seen. This one is dead and found near my electric kettle. I live in Montreal in a studio apartment. Note the small pincer like thing at the rear. Ps. each line […]
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Katydid eggs
5872 This an apple tree sapling in Rockland Cty. New York. The weather is turning cool. The tree is about 2 feet tall. There appears to be some type of bug lined up on the stem. Would like to know what they are. Thanks, Ann These are eggs of a katydid – see http://tinyurl.com/hhhg6eg for […]
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drugstore beetle
5879 Hi there, my name is Remi. Geological location is British Columbia, Canada. I have looked over your site a bit and I would figure this is a beetle, but what kind of beetle is unsure, matter of fact I didn’t even notice the antennas they had until I took a zoomed up picture of […]
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Bot Fly Puparium
5878 Last week I found one of these ‘shells’ and another this week. One was in plain site and the other was in a dark toy bin. The shell is hard and brittle and the inside has a pus like consistency, any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Nolan This is a puparium of a rodent […]
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brown marmorated stink bug
5883 What is this bug found in hotel. Raymond This is a brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced species that has become a serious pest in some areas of North America. See http://tinyurl.com/nkexo3 for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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click beetle
5885 I keep finding this bug in the beds of my house. they often appear dead. sometimes i find them on the floor also. what is it ? Ashley This is a click beetle, Coleoptera: Elateridae; see http://tinyurl.com/7b399st for some more examples. Their occurrence indoors is strictly accidental; they will do no harm there. The larvae […]
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Leaf Beetle (pea or bean weevil)
5892 I am from Nova Scotia. Last week we came home to find these beatle/ bugs in our kitchen. They are black , hard shell, can fly or jump a little about 1/8 inch long max. We have killed about twenty so far I squashed them with my thumb as they seem hard to kill any […]
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Milkweed bug
5888 Can you identify this bug? It appears in our house occasionally. Can they bite? We are in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Thank you, M. Berkson This is a milkweed bug, an occasional invader in homes. They are very similar in appearance to boxelder bugs. See the comparison here: http://pestcontrolcanada.com/box-elder-bugs Both are harmless in your […]
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brown marmorated stink bug
5895 Thanks for helping identify this bug. It was indoors, in the master bedroom (bed) at 2am. Felt it crawling on my back. It was a good size bug, able to cling to a q-tip, while I was trying to shake it off. I just spoke with my wife, and she said her friend found a […]
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Dermestidae beetle larva
5896 My name is Ian. – Photo was taken on January 8, 2017. – Insect found in apartment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – About 2mm in length. – Indoors, on wall in a carpeted room. – Winter. – Thanks. This is a larva of a beetle in the family Dermestidae (hide/skin/larder/carpet beetles and allies), likely in the […]
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ground beetle larva
5884 Hi I have lived in Washington state all my life and have never ran across anything like this before. I was out at night in late fall and found this guy under a bunch of leave next to a “rollie pollie” bug, a big rollie pollie bug! Wondering if it’s related to the rollie […]
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caterpillar of an Imperial moth
5886 Can you tell me what type of insect larvae this is? Thanks Sherry This appears to be a dead, mummified caterpillar of an Imperial moth, Eacles imperialis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). See http://tinyurl.com/bzm7v3h for more detailed information on this species. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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cockroach young nymph
5897 Hello, my name is Alex, I live in Hamilton, Ontario and it’s been a rather mild winter. I live in an apartment building with approx. 12 other units. This is the second bug of this breed that I’ve found. This one is much smaller than the first one I found though I was unable […]
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Saw-toothed or Merchant grain beetle
5887 Hello, I live in Kitchener Ontario (southern Ontario) and just moved into a newer house. I keep seeing These small bugs that I thought were ants until closer inspection. Any thoughts? Josh. This is a grain beetle (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in the genus Oryzaephilus, either a saw-toothed (O. surinamensis) or merchant (O. mercator) grain beetle. […]
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Mud dauber wasp nests
5891 Please help us to identify the insect who left these cocoons in our books. We found about 15 hard dark brown cocoons 2cm long attached to opposite side of the books in a bookshelf. Inside them there are light yellow larvae. Now when we found them it’s the end of august. We live in […]
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