5715 Hamilton Ontario, June 26th 2016, 30° Celsius I was outside and it felt as of something bit me on the back of my leg. Thinking it was a mosquito I smacked it and instead it was this colourful bug that I was unable to identify. I took the photo after smacking the bug off […]
5714 Photo taken June 25, 2016 in Williams Lake, BC. Thanks for your help in identifying. Debbie. These are moths in the family Sesiidae; they look like Paranthrene robiniae, known as the western poplar clearwing moth; see http://tinyurl.com/zfrwrfd for some images. Their caterpillars tunnel in the wood of poplars and willows as well as ornamental birches, often […]
5706 Hi – I live in Ottawa and we are seeing a ton of these this year. Are they a problem for us? This is a tent caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae; Malacosoma sp.); likely a forest tent caterpillar, M. disstria, see http://tinyurl.com/hensdpb for images and more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5708 Found a few of these guys in my carpeted hallway they have wing and can kind of fly what is it? I’m in Caister Center Ontario (country). I put it in water does not seem to be doing great in it guessing it can’t swim. Meghan. This is a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius (Coleoptera: […]
5696 I am Bruce from Chatham ON. Southwest Ontario. We have had several of these flying beetles in our home over the past two weeks (May 25- June 7) They resemble lightening bugs to me but are elongate and narrow, and don’t flash in the house. I killed these two today. 23 mm long. They are […]
5698 Here is a picture of a beautiful I found in my back yard on June 9, 2016 at approximately 8 PM. She (I’m assuming) was on our hose reel. It was warm and had been raining earlier in the day. I would love to know what she is. I have attempted to find other […]
5704 I had this bug bite me. I put on a pair of pants walked out my front door and felt a burning (kind of like when you get a red ant bite) on my outside thigh when I moved my pants I saw this bug. What is it? I was told it looks like a […]
5709 Neil. Nanton, AB, Carpeted basement. Caught on insect trap with several house spiders. Neil This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a member of a huge family that includes thousands of different species. This one does not appear to be any of the commonly encountered pest species and likely simply is an accidental intruder. Ed Saugstad, […]
5713 My name is Carley, I live in Nanaimo, BC it is mid-June and I noticed this egg cluster in my garden. It started to hatch three or four days ago, one picture is of the hatched eggs, the other is of the little bugs. Hopefully they are clear enough pictures to identify what has […]
5707 Stephen in south east New Brunswick. I found a couple of these today after removing grass for a new garden area. They are about 1.25 inches uncurled, the body is translucent and looks a bit like a shrimp. Thanks, Stephen This is a larva of a scarab beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Melolonthinae. […]
5725 Found around Valemount, British Columbia on 7/8/2016. Roberta This might be a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), but I cannot be certain because of the angle at which the photo was taken and not knowing its approximate size. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5733 Found these at a lake in northern Saskatchewan. Wondering if they’re biting us!! Jackson These are immatures (nymphs/naiads) of caddisflies (order Trichoptera). Case-building species such as your examples are either scavengers, feeding primarily on bits of decomposing organic matter, or herbivores, feeding on tender aquatic vegetation. They would not be biting you. See http://tinyurl.com/haaftbn […]
5730 Hi, I found this little guy on my concrete patio. It is a about 1.25 inches in length when the head was up and tail not sort of curled like in the photo. The insect was alive when I took the photo and was playing dead. I do Live in Edmonton Alberta and have […]
5724 Found this while I was on my bed. I think it pinched my finger when I was brushing it off my pants… Just wondering what it is. I am in Saskatchewan Canada. Thanks ! Paulina This is an arachnid called a pseudoscorpion. They are general predators on other small arthropods and completely harmless to […]
5722 Hello, Found about 5 in the last week. Always in kitchen. Started seeing them in mid June. In Montreal, Quebec. About 1cm in length. Don’t remember seeing any during the winter. Seem to see more of them in the house when it’s warm and humid outdoors (we usually have the a/c on pretty high) Thank […]
5718 My name is Aaron, I just moved into a house in caledon Ontario. I have these little white insects with black spots making webs all over several of the bushes around my property. The bushes don’t look dead yet, but they look like they are being consumed by the nests of these bugs. I […]