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Termite swarmer

5498 My name is David. We have seen these maybe once a year on warm days at our home at edge of forest, Vancouver Island BC. Sept 25/09/2013 (photo of individual insect) & 13/10/2015 (photo of swarm near top of tall fir tree). The swarm is persistent and lasts at least an hour. Insect length (mouth […]

Case Bearing Caterpillar

#5522 Hello, I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and I’ve been finding these guys attached to the outside of my house. I have also found a few indoors either hanging from the ceiling or crawling up a wall. They first appear like dirt or a small splinter sized stick.. until you get up close and see […]

True fruit flies

5497 I live near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and these flies are inside in October, can’t seem to get them under control. Not sure how they are coming in. Can you tell me what they are and a control method? Smaller than a regular house fly. Tend to Walk sideways. Apparently like to make a home under […]

Biting Louse

#5495 I just found this on a my brothers puppy and was crawling on my finger and it bit me. I’ve tried all the pictures on Google a nothing has come close to what this is. I live in Alaska and some random guy gave him the puppy. I took a magnifying glass and took […]

Firefly Larva

#5499 I found this worm on my kitchen counter after taking a garden decoration inside for the winter (we are end of October and have had some nights below freezing already) and sitting it on the counter. The decoration sits on top of cedar mulch. I live on the South Shore of Montreal, Quebec. The flat, […]

Drugstore or Cigarette Beetle

#5496 Hello, can you please let me know what this is, there are several in the house, and they are very tiny. It was very hard to get a picture of this. I am very worried. And I’m unsure of how to get rid of them. Thank you. This might be either a cigarette beetle, […]

Little brown worms.

5500 Hello, I’ve been finding little brown worms (about 1/2″) with black tails in my bathroom for about a month now. Today I found a bigger one (about 1-1.5″) that was very similar but darker (photo attached). I live in Montreal in a basement apartment and my name is Jessica. Thank you. This is a […]

Bed Bugs

#5516 Hello: I was wondering what type of bug this is(photos attached)? I haven’t purchased any new/used bedding or furniture. I haven’t used a hotel in decades or traveled anywhere. These bugs sudden appeared when my husband brought some soft wood into the house. We heat with wood. It was around the end of August […]

Carpet Beetle Larva

#5518 Hello, I’m finding this critter increasingly inside my house – on walls, ceilings. It moves very little and is about 1/8 in long. Thank you for your help! Frank. New Jersey This is a larva of a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), likely in the genus Anthrenus (variegated carpet beetle and allies). These can be […]

Sphinx Moth caterpillar

#5502 Found in alpine ca. Today October 25, 3 inches long. Has little feet like caterpillar. This is a caterpillar of a sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the genus Errinyis; likely E. ello – see http://tinyurl.com/o55glld for an image. This species occurs from South America to the southern USA, and like many other species, the […]

Globular Springtail

5564 I live in Colchester Connecticut. These bugs come out in large bunches when it rains or is just moist outside. So far, we have not had any come indoors, but they seem to love hanging out right around our doorframes. They are very tiny, reddish brown, and jump kind of like fleas (but I […]

Assassin Bug Nymph

#5550 My name is Mark and I found this thing crawling on my wife’s blouse in the house this morning. We live in Franklin county Va. This is a nymph of an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in the genus Zelus. These are general predators on other small arthropods, and thus usually considered as beneficial. See […]

Bean/Pea Weevil

5581 We recently captured a photo of unidentified insects at a cottage while travelling in Nova Scotia. This was discovered in January inside the building, mainly in the kitchen area. If you enlarge the upper attached photograph, the object is quite clear. We are unable to find anything of a similar nature on-line. Could you help […]

Darkling beetle

#5549 Hi there, I live in Toronto, Canada. I recently moved in to a friend’s apt while he’s away for 2 months. I have felt itchy since the first morning I spent here, I also found what I thought could be bite marks on my hamstring and quad, I suspected that it could be a bed […]

Boxelder bugs

#5465 Found on raised garden bed in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. They have been in the yard since May and started clustering on the beds in August These are boxelder bugs (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Rhopalidae; Boisea sp.), possibly the western boxelder bug, Boisea rubrolineata. These basically are nuisance pests, see http://tinyurl.com/6q97uze for detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; […]

German Cockroach

#5527 Hello. My name is Craig. I live in Guelph Ontario and just found this bug in my apt. It’s November and the insect is about the length of my finger tip. So far just one and I’m wondering if this is a problem bug and should be reported to the building super. Thank you. […]

Sow Bug

#5488 I live in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I have tons of these in my basement and garage. They are under the rugs and up the walls. Don’t quite look like carpet beetle larvae to me. I call them trilobites. Thanks Eric This is a terrestrial crustacean in the order Isopoda. Commonly known as sowbugs, pillbugs, […]

Fly Larva (maggot)

#5545 Hello, I found these dark brown worm shells underneath my washing machine’s legs (around all four legs of the machine). White worms were hatching out of them. They were about 1cm long and stank a lot. Google suggests that they are house fly larvae. But I think the shells are too big for a […]

Giant Water Bug

5580 Hello sending this photo in from traverse city Michigan this weird little beetle was found under a bucket outside as it is winter right now how is this possible was hoping if you could tell me what kind of beetle this is thanks Allissa. This is a giant water bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Belostomatidae); aka toe […]

Powder Post beetle

#5571 Hello, my name is Trent, and currently live in Red Deer Alberta. Earlier today Jan 5th 2016 when moving a 16 inch tall, 4 inch base, soft wood hand carved sculpture brought back to us from South Africa I noticed some small (tic tac) sized piles of very fine saw dust and three living bugs. The carving also […]

Grain beetle

5562 My name is Craig and I’m located just North of San Francisco, near the coast. These are very small, on the order of 1mm. I found them in a recessed light fixture; they may have been there for . I’d like to make sure they are not wood boring beetles that might be eating […]

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

5584 This tiny beetle was found in my bathroom on a wooden stool this afternoon. It is mid-January and about -15 C outside. My house is kept at about 18 C if that helps. I’m in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This guy, or lady, is pretty small, smaller than a lady bug. I don’t think […]

Western Conifer Seed Bug

5614 Here are some better photos than the previous I sent. Found in Feb on warmer day. I wondered if it was leaf legged bug? As long as not harmful to health for folks with weakened immune system we’ll manage, in the meantime we are trying to sort out where our infestation of ladybugs and these are […]

Dermestidae Beetle Larva

5608 What is this Bug found a few of them this one on the bathroom counter on February 23,2016 @ 11:00pm where i been finding numerous dead tiny black ants that all of a sudden are invading my bathroom all to be found dead ,In Klamath falls Oregon cold outside approx. 25 degrees outside . […]

Silverfish

5612 I find at least 3-4 of these slithery bugs in my basement bathroom every wk, depending on weather. I am located in the GTA (Toronto, On) they look black and alien like in person, but as I took a picture they don’t look as scary. They still move very fast. Ty This either is […]

Adult Carpet Beetle

5610 I live in a suburb outside of Vancouver, BC. We are finding these bugs on the floor of the kitchen dead, a few in the toilet near kitchen and two alive in our bed which is upstairs from the kitchen. Thanks, Gord. This is a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), possibly a varied carpet beetle, […]

Common Cockroach

5611 Found this critter in our hallway in Toronto (Feb. 28). It’s very lively! It’s about 1.5cm long, not counting the antennae (which are themselves a little longer). It’s been below 0 outside for a few days now, but was warmer before that. Maybe it crawled in from the outside? Do these insects hibernate? I’d […]

Mud nest

5615 I found this larvae in a mud tube under my fascia on the brick wall. I have these tubes at the front and the side of my house. At the front it looks like spiders but not sure at the side. I do get a lot of wasps around my house in July and […]

Weevil: Broad nose, short Snout

5607 Not sure what kind of bug this is but I have been bitten several times in the last few weeks. All bites swell to a great degree are extremely itchy and sting and large red rash appears at bite site expanding several inches beyond bite. was just bitten 2 days ago found this bug […]

Roach?

5616 Hello, my name is Abby. I took these inside my bedroom, in Tennessee. I’ve seen about 3 of these over the 2 months I’ve lived here. I’m worried because they look like a cockroach but the place is very clean I can’t imagine how they got here. please help! Also the picture makes it […]

Plant seeds, not bugs

5609 Hello, Susan from Staten Island, NY. I found this bug shell (looks like the shell of a bug because there is no body to it – see pictures) in various places within my home: 1) first, many were found stuck to a scarf I had in a closet. The scarf was hanging off of a […]

Future Queen Ant

5613 I have attached a pic of an ant (there are more than just this one). Found inside home, early March, Valley, Nova Scotia. Would really appreciate your help in identifying this as we are concerned that it could be Carpenter ants. Thank you. Valerie This does look like a queen carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.). See http://tinyurl.com/zbfx3m8 […]

Predatory stink bug

5617 The bug in question is the top one. Found in Southern Ontario (rural Wellington area) in mid July/14. At the time, this was one of a very few I had seen in that year. Last year, they were quite common. It is approximately 1 cm in length, has six legs, and a poker that […]

Biting bug in bed

Hi #5628 I found this bug in bed biting me. Obviously indoors in spring time (March). Its small about 3mm big or so. In ottawa Ontario. Ginette Biting? In bed? It seems that you have bed bugs (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Cimicidae; Cimex sp.). See http://tinyurl.com/hwz5tea elsewhere on this site for control advice. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks […]

Stink Bug Carcass

5620 Hi my name is Angela and I’m from Conyers ga, found this strange looking creature under my bathroom sink.Can you please tell me what it is? Thanks in advance. This is a very dead stink bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) that has lost all its appendages (legs and antennae). Stink bugs are not usually found indoors, […]

Long Horned wood boring beetle

5618 Good Morning, I found this bug in my kids bedroom crawling across the floor. Could you please identify for me? Is it harmful? Thanks. This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the genus Monochamus. Known as sawyers, some species in this genus can be serious timber pests, but unless you count being […]

True Fly

5622 Hi, I work outside at works yard and I come across a lot of bugs and especially mosquitos (Pemberton, BC). I’ve just noticed them coming back around but noticed the past 5 or 6 of them are all black and not the usual brown colouring you find here. Can’t find any white spots or […]

Mite

5619 Saw this guy today on Vancouver Island in Qualicum beach. Was about 8 degrees and partly overcast. He was on a large granite boulder that is covered in lichen and moss. Maybe 1/3 centimeter in length. Scarlet red. Thought a spider because 8 legs but looks like a tick. But has a long proboscis […]

Fleas

#5630 My name is Lisa. I live in Calgary, Ab. We have had a very mild, dry winter and an early, dry spring. The gophers are out and my dog has been sticking her head down their holes. Within a few days I noticed one of these bugs crawling in her fur. It was hard […]

Sow Bug

5631 We found these bugs all around our garage tonight. It is very obvious that they were hiding around boxes left in the garage over winter. Now that spring is here I found them inside the garage and some around the outside if the house. My brother and friend are telling me they are […]

Dermestidae Beetle

5625 Hi, these photos were taken in downtown Toronto in my condo. It’s winter, but I’ve seen these bugs in different seasons. I’ve only seen them a handful of times and only on the floor. They are only ever these tiny little things that I can barely see. What is it?! Do I need to […]

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

5621 These are about 1.5cm long, moves very slowly, you can poke it and it won’t mind, can fly but do so rarely. It’s brown despite the picture, they look identical to eachother. Enjoys moisture, often found near faucets and certain old window frames, I’m assuming it eats wood because my house is old and […]

Pseudoscorpion

5623 Hello, I have found a few of these tiny bugs in my bathroom recently and while I am usually not afraid of, or grossed out by insects, this one looks particularly creepy. It is small; only 1/4″ long; jet black in colour, has 8 legs and 2 disproportionately large pincers of some sort extending […]

Boxelder Bug invasion

# 5627 Can you tell me what these bugs are? They are all over our apt building. We have never had them here before. Thanks. This is a Boxelder bug. For more photos and information see our web page: http://pestcontrolcanada.com/box-elder-bugs

Moisture Ant

5626 Hi these just showed up today on the side of my house. Thousands. So thick i can sweep them with a broom. They look like ants but have wings. Can you figure out what they are. Thanks. David. Toronto. This is an ant, possibly in the genus Lasius (- see http://tinyurl.com/zwxcakh for an example (this […]

Click Beetle

5632 Found this guy in a piece of rotting wood in panhandle north Idaho. Jeff This is a larva of a beetle, possibly that of Alaus oculatus, a click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae); see http://tinyurl.com/ha7xyh9 for an image. These larvae are predaceous on other insects found in rotting wood or under bark of dead trees/logs. Ed […]

Stink Bug

5624 Hello, I found your site and looked through your photos and could not identify one that matches what we have. These are in our home, I have killed over 25 of them since moving in aprox. one year ago. The length is 5/8 in long x 3/8 in wide and they do fly. […]

folding-door trapdoor spider

5640 I live in Kelowna bc and I accidentally killed the one that’s all scrunched up. Then this other guy showed up and I’ve searched and searched for his species and can’t find it anywhere. He is about the size of my thumb. Thanks in advance. This looks like another folding-door trapdoor spider (family Antrodiaetidae); […]

Click Beetle

5635 This bug was found crawling across the floor of my living room. I live in the rural area of Osoyoos, BC. The weather today is cloudy and 10 C. The insect is a 1/2 inch in length. Would appear it has 6 legs and no antennae that I can see. The back appears to […]

long-horned wood-boring beetle

5634 Please help me identify this insect. I found it in my house Kitchen floor and on walls. They only show up one or two at a time. Location: Waterford, CT. Thank you, Joyce This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae); it looks like a Megacyllene sp. (locust borer and allies). They will not […]

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