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For the past two summers, we have noticed wasps going in and out of small holes in the mortar between the bricks at the front of our house. Last year, we sprayed several wasp control products into the holes. This past winter, we tried blocking the entry point with steel wool but this week, we […]
Hello, I’m trying to locate an definitive statement of what rodenticides and in what quantity I’m permitted to purchase in the USA and carry into Canada across the border. The products are commonly available at hardware stores such as Home Depot or online from Amazon.com. Most of the products that are available at hardware stores […]
7060. These insects have infested our house, especially around windows area. We went on vacation the last week of July and when got back we noticed some in our house and have not been able contain. Quispamsis, NB. Canada Number 7060. This appears to be a nymph of a hairy chinch […]
7059. They come out by the hundreds, only on hot sunny days, along the foundation and my deck. Glen Haven, Halifax. Canada Number 7059. This looks like a nymph of a hairy chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus hirtus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Blissidae), a lawn/turf pest – Click here for details including control recommendations.
7058. Want to know how is it different from grasshopper. What is the special thing near the neck part. Odisha, Dhenkanal. India Number 7058. This is a so-called ‘hooded grasshopper’ (Orthoptera: Acrididae; Teratodes sp.). They get that name from the shape of their pronotum, which is expanded into a high crest – […]
Hello!! I’m curious, we had a dead mouse in our laundry sink in the basement. I have never seen mouse droppings in our house other than behind the stove when we first moved in, 2 years ago, which has not made a re-appearance. I always keep an eye out for droppings since I am totally […]
I have leaf cutter bees that nested in the styrofoam around my house. We covered up the nests and built a deck but the bees are persistent and want back in their nests. I was wondering what I can do to get rid of them so they start making nests in my new deck! Bracken. […]
7057. Alabama, United States Number 7057. This is a robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae); Click here for an example. These are ambush predators on other small arthropods, mainly other insects..
7056. I found this guy walking slowly on the wall at night. Haven’t seen anything like this. From what I can gather online, it resembles a bit like a masked hunter. I’m wondering if his mottled appearance is due to cat litter. The picture is magnified as the bug is trapped under […]
7055. We have never seen this caterpillar around before and I have a garden so I’m outside all summer, weather permitting. It was first discovered on a sunny warm day on August 6th, 2020. I first saw one on my ornamental fig tree. I didn’t want to kill it so I put […]
7054. Rusty coloured caterpillar. Have also found more yellower ones with small patches of the rusty colour. This is a first with eggs. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada Number 7054. This looks like a yellow bear caterpillar (Spilosoma virginica; Lepidoptera: Erebidae); the adult is known as the virgin tiger moth. The white objects are […]
7053. These keep crawling out from behind the overhead fan above my stove. At first I thought they were flies but then I realized it doesn’t look to have wings. Then I thought it might be a roach but it doesn’t seem to have antenna. It’s summer time and very hot in […]
7052. Found inside our home during the spring summer months have never noticed them before until this year thanks for your assistance. Kamloops, British Columbia. Canada Number 7052. This is a broad-nosed/short-snouted weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae). These weevils often enter buildings in search of shelter, but do no harm there. Click […]
7051. Enid, OK. United States Number 7051. This appears to be a nymph of a bed bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Cimicidae). Click here for a very detailed fact sheet that includes some control recommendations.
7050. Found indoors on belt from closet. Body is approx 6mm long and 5mm wide (not including antennae). Aug 2020. Calgary, AB. Canada Number 7050. This is a nymph of a stink bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), but I cannot provide a specific identification. It may be a predatory species. Click here for […]
7049. Landed on my boyfriend’s back while he was watering the plants on our balcony. He came inside and I saw it. North York, ON. Canada Number 7049. This is a scarab beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). From the appearance of its flattened elytra, it may be in the genus Osmoderma. Those are not […]
7048. Finding these all over our house and seem to be living in our front door frame. They are quite small but large in number! Any idea what these are and how to get rid of them? Kelowna, BC. Canada Number 7048. This is an elm seed bug, Arocatus melanocephalus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), […]
7047. It was about 2-3 inches long. Kamloops, British Columbia. Canada Number 7047. This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the subfamily Prioninae; possibly Prionus californicus, one of the largest beetles in Canada. Commonly known as the California root borer, its larvae can cause serious damage to tree and vine […]
7046. Found in bathroom twice one July and one in August. Leduc, Alberta. Canada Number 7046. This is a larva of a larder beetle, Dermestes lardarius (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) or a close relative. Click here for some control recommendations.
7045. I found this little guy while dusting. Thought it was lint until I saw it moving. I have no idea what it is, pure white. Smiths Falls, ON. Canada Number 7045. This is a nymph of an assassin bug known as a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus; Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a cosmopolitan species often […]
7044. Hello, I have noticed my backyard infested with tiny black bugs, I can see them on grass, walls, patio furniture etc. Can you please let me know what is this and if any product to treat them. Milton, Ontario. Canada. Number 7044. This appears to be a hairy chinch bug, […]
7043. I have found these recently in my kitchen. We have a new exotic plant but other than that we cannot figure out where they are coming from. Killed 6 yesterday and usually see one or two per day for the last week to 10 days.Thank you. St. Albert, AB. Canada Number […]
7042. This crawler is skinny and about an inch long, and comes out in late July. They are near the pool and in the basement for about a month then disappear. Thanks for any light you can shed. Fenwick, Ontario. Canada Number 7042. This is a flat-backed millipede, possibly a garden millipede, […]
7041. Have been chasing these around for days. Cannot figure out where they are coming from and how to get rid of them. Thought they came from outside, but the house has been mosquito net proofed for days now. Raid Home did not really help. Montreal, Quebec. Canada Number 7041. You must […]
7040. Found at night, inside my house, in the bathroom. August 2020. 23 degrees Celsius outside. Oshawa, Ontario. Canada Number 7040. This is a predaceous diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). They and their larvae (“water tigers”) are general predators on other small aquatic life forms. They also are very strong fliers, and may […]
7039. There are hundreds of these small bug crawling all over the back of my house. Some have the white stripe some do not. I have no idea how to get rid of them or where they are coming from. Elmira, Ontario. Canada Number 7039. This looks like a nymph of a […]
7038. Been finding these on top of my dryer periodically. July, August. Usually 3 or 4 at a time. Will curl like a crescent moon if touched. About 1/4” in length. Didn’t realize they had furry multiple legs until I macro zoomed the photo. Ardmore, AB. Canada Number 7038. This is a larva […]
7037. I found it dead in my house, I am wondering what it is? Montréal, QC. Canada Number 7037. This is a bristletail (order Zygentoma) in the family Lepismatidae that has lost its scales and some of its appendages. It might be either a firebrat (Thermobia domestica) or a silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum); both […]
7036. We find them outside and inside. We live in Newmarket, Ont. Canada Number 7036. This is a broad-nosed/short-snouted weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; subfamily Entiminae). It might be a black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus; Click here for an image.
7035. Just out of the blue we found thousands of these bugs all over or front walkway, porch, planting areas and around the perimeter of our property. It’s been very hot with little rain until recently. I killed them the first time with a bug killer but found them again in full force […]
7034. Found this thing in my kitchen. Very frightening. Kitchener, Ontario. Canada Number 7034. This is nothing to worry about; it is the empty ‘shell’ (exoskeleton) of a cicada (Hemiptera/Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae), likely in the genus Neotibicen (annual/dog-day cicadas). Click here for a video of the molting process.
7033. Outside my room on balcony was trying to fly too. Kandal, Phnom Penh. Cambodia Number 7033. This appears to be an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae). These are general predators on other terrestrial arthropods; Click here for another example.
7032. Notth Bay, Ontario. Canada Number 7032. This is a star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, a most unusual creature with an incredibly sensitive olfactory system. Click here for more detailed information.