6448. Hello. I found about 6 to 7 of these beetles on my durum wheat that I am growing in my garden. I was wondering if these are a beneficial insect or a pest. If you could identify it, that would be great. Thanks. Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Canada Number 6448. This is a scarlet malachite beetle, Malachius […]
6449. Found this bug in the house near my exterior door. Chelford rd. Toronto, Ontario. Canada Number 6449. This is an assassin bug known as a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus; Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae). This is a cosmopolitan species often found indoors and reputed to have a very painful ‘bite’- Click here for more detailed information.
6446. Roughly quarter inch long when fully flat, they probably can either bite or sting, fast moving when they want to. I’ve found dozens of these things under a large tree that only lets moss grow under it in my front yard. Are they a weevil or similar? Thank you for the help. Nith Rd. Cambridge, […]
6447. Found this dead bug, plus another dozen or so, outside, in the capture of my gutters, coming from the second story roof. Any idea what it might be. Romaniuk Place, Richmond, British Columbia. Canada Number 6447. This is a scarab beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae); it looks like one those commonly called June bugs or May beetles. […]
6452. I noticed my cat trying to get on the window ledge and that’s when I saw thing. I have no idea what it is and it’s the first time I saw this in my house. I hope that it’s not poisonous since I do have small children and animals. Range Road 272, Spruce Grove, Alberta. […]
6457. Found 2 in my sons bed. I checked his head and it doesn’t appear to be lice. Please help. Red Deer, Canada Number 6457. This is a tiny, harmless beetle of some kind; possibly a minute scavenger beetle (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), Click here for an example.
6450. Approx 2 1.2” long, two eye type marlins st the top of its body, not sure if it had wings. When I placed a glass over the top of it, it withdrew its head and legs into its body. King Street West, Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Canada Number 6450. This is an eyed elater, Alaus oculatus (Coleoptera: […]
6453. Dwight Ave. Oshawa, Ontario. Canada Number 6453. This looks suspiciously like a bed bug; Click here for detailed information.
6454. Please help. St. thomas, Ontario. Canada Number 6454. This is a German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Blattoidea: Ectobiidae), a cosmopolitan species that is notoriously difficult to eradicate. Click here for control recommendations.
6456. I have more photos available, when I poked it it didn’t fly, it let me get as close as I wanted without moving but it wasn’t dead, I’m just curious to what it is, as I’ve never seen one before. Edmonton, Alberta. Canada Number 6456. This is Urocerus albicornis, a wood wasp (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), Click […]
6460. It bit me about 3 weeks ago its still swollen tonight i have fever. Society Hill, South Carolina. United States Number 6460. This is an earwig (order Dermaptera); it is extremely unlikely that it was the cause of your distress. They very rarely bite, and are more likely to pinch you with their forceps-like cerci. […]
6463. Have found about 4 of these at different times the last few days inside the house. 2-3cm? One on shower curtain, two others around windows at night. This one flew short distance. We recently had some construction done in a basement bathroom. July 2019. Toronto, ON. Canada Number 6463. This is an assassin bug known […]
6458. Cambridge, Ontario. Canada Number 6458. This is a female predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). These are general predators on other small aquatic life forms; they are strong fliers that may be found quite some distance from any water.
6464. It was on my back yard door. Niagara Falls, ON. Canada Number 6464. This looks like a female summer fishfly, Chauliodes pectinicornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae; subfamily Chauliodinae); their larvae are aquatic and sometimes called hellgrammites. Click here for more detailed information.
6455. Is this a carpet beetle larvae? Scarborough, Ontario. Canada Number 6455. It does look like a larva of a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the genus Anthrenus.
6459. Very curious about what this big is. Thank you. Penetanguishene, Ontario. Canada Number 6459. This is a sugar maple borer, Glycobius speciosus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Click here for an image. Their larvae mine under the bark of living sugar maple trees.