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Silverfish
5938 I’ve found this white flat bug several times in my new condo building in Ancaster, Ontario. I’ve found it both in fall and winter, haven’t been here in summer yet. I fund it just sitting on the wall or floor and seems pretty sedate at times. What is it and is it problematic? Any tips […]
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parasitic wasp
5942 They look like ants, but they’re not ants because they don’t seem to be attracted to the liquid bait that we still have from our previous ants. When you touch them, or even move a piece of paper/tissue paper, they seem to “jump” or leap a small amount of distance. They have wings too, […]
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mason/orchard bee
5945 Hi my name is Barb from Mission BC. We have been finding these fly like bugs on our window sills and bathroom counter. They have wings but are not flying. They are crawling around slowly. Are they a type of fly? Where are they coming from?? This is a bee, possibly a mason/orchard bee in […]
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Fungus gnat larvae
5961 I found these clumps of larvae in my backyard in Sylvan Lake, Alberta as the snow was melting now in April 2017. There are at least 2 dozen clumps of larvae often with a larger reddish worm nearby. We have a dog but the larvae weren’t even near any of the stool piles that […]
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tanbark borer
5959 We have had a couple of these bugs flying in our house. They are not very good flyers. No idea where they are coming from. Any assistance would be appreciated. I am in Burlington, Ontario. Liz This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae); it looks like Phymatodes testaceus, known as the tanbark borer – […]
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winter stonefly
5954 Howdy, thanks for helping ID this critter. Found numerous specimens today on the crushed ice on rivers edge. South Saskatchewan River near Empress, Alberta. Owen. This appears to be a winter stonefly (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae), so called because the adults often emerge during very late winter/early spring while snow still is on the ground. See […]
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Bed Bug
5952 Hello I live in downtown Toronto in an apartment building. This bug was crawling on my pillow. I’ve had issues with clothes moths and recently put a lot of Cedar in my bedroom. This bug did not fly. It was about 0.5 cm in length. Thank you Please help. Katia Unfortunately, what you have here is a […]
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Northern Black Widow spider
5964 2.5 inches long looks like black widow hybrid. John. Kelowna, BC. This appears to be a northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus. These often have a median red stripe or series of red dots on the dorsum of their abdomen in addition to the ‘hourglass’ on the ventral aspect – see http://tinyurl.com/k3doxlu. Ed Saugstad, retired […]
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Dermestidae beetle
5949 This was found walking across my bed in Toronto, Ontario. This is a beetle in the family Dermestidae (carpet/larder/hide/skin beetles and relatives), but this image is not clear enough for a more specific identification. You should check all your food storage areas as well as any organic fabrics (wool, silk, those trimmed with fur […]
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male fishing spider
5958 Hello, Last August we moved from Nashville Tennessee. Before we left, the apartment complex had an infestation of brown recluse spiders, so I wanted to play it on the safe side and ask to see if we are dealing with them 10 months after moving. Please let me know what you think and if we […]
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Young Cockroach nymph
5950 Hello there, I found this insect in our accommodations in Georgetown, Cayman Islands. Any help with identification is greatly appreciated – if it’s a cockroach nymph, particularly what type, so I know what precautions to take to avoid taking any home to Ontario, Canada in our luggage. That’s a cayman quarter for size, same […]
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running crab spider
5962 I found this little dude in my room and (s)he’s been hanging out on the far wall for the past four days. Despite my phobia, Ive tried to be kind and leave them be but I’m curious to know more about my little roomie. I live in Red Deer, Alberta and it is […]
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Camel/Cave cricket
5963 Hi, I’m Mark in Ottawa. Over the past few days (April 2-3 2017), I’ve found these bugs in my basement at night, near my sump pit. I killed 2 last night, but I found (and killed) 3 tonight (including the one in picture). It unfortunately looks like a type of cockroach, but the color doesn’t match […]
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nymph of a cockroach
5951 New house here in Ivy Lea Ontario, near Gananoque Ontario Canada… Finding these bugs on a regular basis… Freaking me out…!!! UGH…! Hope you can identify them for me… Thanks… Tim This looks like a nymph of a cockroach, likely that of an oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (Blattodea: Blattidae). These reproduce more slowly than […]
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Dermestidae (Carpet) beetle
5965 Hi there, I was wondering if you could tell me if this is a carpet beetle or a bed bud. The antenna and legs made me think it was a bedbug when I was looking at Google images , but when going through you photos I questioned if it was a carpet beetle or […]
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scarlet malachite beetle larva
5956 Hi, my name is Tara, this is a photo of an insect that I have found in my house not once, but three times within a week. I live in Edmonton, AB, and have seen nothing like this before. Twice they have been found crawling on the carpet, and once in my lunch bag! […]
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Larder beetle
99% of these insects are smaller than a flaxseed & bigger than window screen. Westwold, BC first year ever seen and first time in house! Inside only on all window sills. Three year old windows. These insects fly. Not in furniture. Not on occupants or pets. They fly. No bites. Maybe coming in window sill […]
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Hibernating Box Elder bug
5955 Hello sir.. I found these bugs all around my house located in Stittsville Ontario. I found it last time in my daughter hair.. I need to get rid of it as soon as possible cause maybe it will hurt my babies .. Thanks This is a box elder bug. They are common in your […]
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carpet beetle
5957 Please help! I’m finding this bug creeping along usually on fabric / furniture / carpet. Not really in kitchen or bathroom. It’s about a little bigger than a fleck of pepper or so. Only find one at a time, never in a group – maybe see one every week or so. The body doesnt […]
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Bumble or carpenter bee
5960 I live in Modesto, California it is gloomy outside, I found this bug in my driveway this morning it was on its back moving his 4 legs like it was trying to overturn itself. I left it alone 6 hours later I go check on it and turned it over with A stick it […]
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house centipede
5982 Hello, My name is Matt and I found this bug in our washroom, located in Richmond hill Ontario. I find smaller versions of these bugs frequently. Do you know what it is? This is a house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, a cosmopolitan species. Unlike most other centipedes, house centipedes have quite good eyesight, and can hunt […]
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Adelgid nymph
5978 My name is Luke. Location: Kelowna, BC. At a home surrounded by fur and pine trees, the argentine ants have taken over the area and foraging at all these trees. They are coming down from the tee with this creature in their mouth. I think it’s an adelgid, but I’m not a pro, and […]
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giant water bug
5983 I found my son playing with this insect in the school’s playground sandbox. It is really big, at least 3″ long. Found in Trenton, Ontario end April. What is it and does it bite? Thanks! This is a giant water bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Belostomatidae); likely in the genus Lethocerus. These are general predators on other aquatic life […]
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Firebrat
5969 Hi, thank you for this great site. I noticed this little critter in the bathroom sink of our clean, 3rd floor apartment in Winnipeg about a month after moving in. I’ve never seen something like this in our old house, and was wondering if this was a baby cockroach, silverfish, or something else? If […]
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Varied carpet beetle
5973 Hi there, I reside in the city of Coquitlam, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. I own a larger house, approximately 5 years old and just in the last 2 months, found these little guys on the window curtains and bed sheets. They are quite small (3.5 to 4 mm) and I’ve never found […]
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Female and male ants
5979 Hi there, I was hoping you could help me identify these bugs I found congregating around the deck in our backyard. I live in East York, Ontario and only noticed these yesterday. These are ants, the black ones are males and the larger brown one is a female. I am unsure as to the species, […]
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darkling beetle
5968 Dear Sirs, My name is Mellissa and I live in Jamaica. A cemetery is nearby and the house is in between two open lots with mostly shrubs. Our yard has grass and some fruit trees. We also use soak-away pits/cesspools that allow water to absorbed into the earth. There is also a shed in […]
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German Cockroach
5974 Geographical Location: Markham, ON. Bug was collected in the kitchen. Over the last month or so, we have been waking up to them of varying sizes between 0.5 cm to 2 cm (this one was about 1.5 cm) in length, not including their antennae. They are typically crawling on the kitchen counter (granite) but can […]
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broad-nosed/short-snouted weevil
5967 Please, please help me identify these bugs [Beetles ? ] that I am finding in my house. I live North of Toronto in Stouffville Ontario. It is early April and I have been finding them in all different places. Such as walls, floors, countertops etc., I have attached pictures. I should mention that they are […]
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Carpet beetle?
5981 Hello, I was lying in bed when I felt something tickling and moving along the side of my belly. The attached pictures are of what I am hoping is just a beetle. The insect is tiny, approximately 3 mm long. I flipped it on its back for one of the pictures. I live in […]
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Australian cockroach nymph
5984 Hi, I’m writing in relation to a dead bug I found in my bedroom that is about 1 inch in size. I can’t tell what it is… Many thanks, Jessica This appears to be a nymph of an Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae (Blattodea: Blattidae). See http://tinyurl.com/ka4ltgr for details on its life history as well as some […]
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Cave /camel cricket
5976 Hi, We found this in Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada in April. It was in a wet cave on the ceiling with dozens of other ones. The cave was in a forest at about 120m elevation. The largest had bodies about 2-3 inches long. John This is a cave/camel cricket (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae); they commonly are […]
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Non-biting midge
5971 These bugs appeared today in the thousands on our deck and screen door. Temperature here today reached 18C. Very small about 3 or 4mm. Hope you can identify them. Our location is Campbellford, Ontario and we are on the Trent River. This is a non-biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae)l see http://tinyurl.com/mpx96u3 for an image. These […]
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Parasitic fly
5970 I reside in the Roodepoort area in Gauteng Province of South Africa and I wondered if you can shed some light on the subject of this kind of fly, it is not one of the more common flies in our area. It is late Autumn 10 April 2017 so it is not yet cold. […]
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Assassin bug nymph
5972 My name is Wendy. I live in Montreal and this bug was on my newly carpeted stairs inside my house. It was fairly large, about 3/4 of an inch. 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 […]
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Stonefly
5977 My name – Debbie. These bugs are showing up in the Spring time on the outside of the house. I am located in Grand Forks, BC Canada This is a stonefly (order Plecoptera). Their larvae form an important part of the freshwater food web; see http://tinyurl.com/h84682mfor detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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Ichneumonid wasp
5975 Hi, thanks for the great site. We had this little visitor crawling out from under the cabinet in our bathroom on the second floor of our home in Calgary, Alberta on the 14th of April. We have had some great spring weather leading up to this week, but it has turned cold (complete with […]
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Grain weevil
6000 Hi, I was finally able to get a good picture of the bugs that were in the rental we moved into . You mentioned that they were most likely weevils but the pics were blurry … would you mind looking at this pic and , if possible , narrowing down the type ?? Thanks again for […]
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plant louse
5990 Is this a baby bed bug? This is an aphid, aka ‘plant louse’ (Hemiptera/Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae). All aphids are sap feeders, and some can be serious garden/agricultural pests. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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larder beetle
5994 Hey just wondering what kind of beetle this is. Found it under the bathroom sink with about 15 more. Lots of sawdust and wood around them. I looked on the site to see if it was posted and couldn’t find one like it. This is a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), a peridomestic […]
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Cockroach
5991 Found this little guy dead in my kitchen any idea what it is? Thanks kind regards, Rhys Jonah This is a cockroach, but it does not appear to be any of the common peridomestic pest species. Knowing your geographic rea would help on pinning it down. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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larvae of a crane fly
5986 Good afternoon, My name is Rebeca and we leave in London , Ontario. Yesterday morning, we noticed our driveway infested with these larvae. Could you please help us to identify them? They are around 0.6 inches long. Thanks. These look like larvae of a crane fly (Diptera: Tipulidae); see http://tinyurl.com/mz8ad2m for an example. These usually […]
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duff millipede
5987 Hi there, I am Mel who lives in Vancouver, BC. I have attached a photo of a bug for identification. The bug’s are located inside the basement, on the west facing window sills. The bugs were noticed in January 2017 and they are still in the basement. There has been more rain than usual and the […]
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Firefly larva
5989 Found this today in the Belleville area! What is it?!? Jenn This appears to be a larva of a firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae); see http://tinyurl.com/lv3whqt for an image. They are general predators on other small arthropods, mainly other insects. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
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drugstore beetles
5988 These little bugs showed up in our Kitchen late last summer 2016. They are mainly in the kitchen cupboards and often migrate to the south facing windows. They disappeared once the cold weather come around even though they are in the house. In the middle of April 2017 they started showing up again. I would […]
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cecropia moth caterpillar
6001 Hi. This picture was taken on a friend’s farm near Endeavour, Saskatchewan almost 10 years ago. At the time nobody could identify it. It was found in a recently planted sea buckthorn windbreak row. Never saw one before or since. This guy was kept by the children and fed sea buckthorn leaves until he […]
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Dog Tick
5993 Good Morning. I went for a walk in some grassland with a few trees here and there, not far from a beachy area on Lake Ontario and since then have found several of the bugs that you can see in the attached photo. They don’t bite or anything but seem to hook themselves on to your skin […]
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