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5908 About 1 inch long slim body, always on wall near the ceiling, live in Manitoba so cold outside. Have seen about 15 in December and Jan. What are they and where do they come from? Thanks Larry S. This is a crane fly (Diptera: Tipulidae); see http://tinyurl.com/2fz8joo for an example. It is not unusual to […]
5907 Daniel from Dartmouth, NS. 17 Jan 2017. Indoors on 4th floor of apartment building. Body approx 3-5mm long, with tail almost same length as body. Has wings, but seems to only jump/hop rather than fly. Pair of long antenna on head. Golden-brown body. Group of at least 50+ found in corner of room high up on the […]
Hello, Any advice for sea otter control, capture or management? They are destroying large areas of turf on the golf course. HELP!! Paul Robertson, Links Superintendent, VICTORIA GOLF CLUB. The Sea Otter is protected by the Marine Mammal Regulations in the federal Fisheries Act. These regulations make it an offence to kill, harm, or harass […]
Hi, I have a quick question relating to an old wasps nest that I’m hoping you can help me with. I live close to Gatineau Quebec. Late July / early August last year I noticed what seemed to be a large number of wasps heading towards the underhang of my roof and disappearing. After watching […]
5906 Hello, Can you advise what the attached Bug is ? Came out of Vancouver BC. Thanks. Brendan. This is a larva of a snakefly (order Raphidioptera); likely in the family Raphidiidae. These are general predators on other small arthropods, mainly other insects. See http://tinyurl.com/hht3z5u for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, […]
5905 Found in large numbers in an apartment crawling on the floors and walls. I am in Saskatoon, SK and it has been very cold outside recently. Does not appear to be coming from any singular location (found in living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom). I have only found concentrated areas (10 bugs) in small piles […]
What would be the most ethical form on small mice control for a corporation? I work at a retail grocery chain that uses those little houses with poison inside – I see the mice convulse and I hear them cry out for 30-60 min after ingestion. A co-worker told me they could pay more to include fluoride in […]
5904 Hello Webmanager, My name is Jack and I found this creature on the mirrored backsplash in our kitchen. We’re in central Alabama where the weather is currently unseasonably warm (70°). Best regards, Jack This is a lacewing, most likely a green lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). These insects and their larvae are voracious predators on small, […]
5903 What is this ? It came out of my wood table I think….Kind regards, Jeff This looks like a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the tribe Clytini – see http://tinyurl.com/jefsb3t for an example. It would be very unlikely for this to have emerged from any finished piece of furniture. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; […]
5902 Hi, my name is Nancy. We have seen this bug inside around the house, in Winter months. In eastern Ontario, Canada. Have been looking all over the Web to try and identify but haven’t seen any pictures of it yet. thanks! This is a late-instar nymph of an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae), likely that of Reduvius […]
5901 What type of bug is this. found it in the bathroom. there’s more then 1 This looks like a household casebearer (aka ‘plaster bagworm’), Phereoeca uterella (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Related to clothes moths, these basically are nuisance pests, feeding primarily on old cobwebs and the like. See http://tinyurl.com/hhc6w4v for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired […]
5900 Hello, I live in Kitchener, Ontario and it’s January right now. I just got this new townhouse last February and never noticed these little guys in my basement (basement only), till this month. It’s been snowing a lot and the house is quite dry, Im not sure if the basement is humid though, but we […]
5899 Found a few under my mattress. I came back from Costa Rica less than a week ago, and have been getting bites around my hands, ankles, a few on my chest. Standard red and itchy…. I have not seen any live bugs yet. Thought they were bed bugs at first, but I had them a few […]
5898 My name is Esther, I’m a single mom of 3 kids, 2 dogs, and 1 crested gecko. I had been hearing noises at night, but i brushed it away thinking it was my crested gecko’s activity since he is nocturnal, until i seen a rodent dash behind my fridge. I purchased glue traps and set […]
5897 Hello, my name is Alex, I live in Hamilton, Ontario and it’s been a rather mild winter. I live in an apartment building with approx. 12 other units. This is the second bug of this breed that I’ve found. This one is much smaller than the first one I found though I was unable […]
5896 My name is Ian. – Photo was taken on January 8, 2017. – Insect found in apartment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – About 2mm in length. – Indoors, on wall in a carpeted room. – Winter. – Thanks. This is a larva of a beetle in the family Dermestidae (hide/skin/larder/carpet beetles and allies), likely in the […]
5895 Thanks for helping identify this bug. It was indoors, in the master bedroom (bed) at 2am. Felt it crawling on my back. It was a good size bug, able to cling to a q-tip, while I was trying to shake it off. I just spoke with my wife, and she said her friend found a […]
5894 I found this bug it has a brown back with stripes on it it looks like a bed bug but im not sure. Brandy. Yes this is a bed bug. There could be many more where you found it. You would be wise to have a professional do an inspection and discuss methods to […]
A controversial pesticide banned in Canada has been discovered in products sold by a federally licensed medical marijuana producer, The Globe and Mail has learned, but neither the company nor Health Canada have informed the public. Myclobutanil, a chemical that is also prohibited for use on legal cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Oregon because of […]
5893 My name is jen i found this on my kitchen stove in toronto ontario i was wondering if someo e can help me please im terrified of bugs This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; possibly in the subfamily Entiminae (broad-nosed/short-snouted weevils) – see http://tinyurl.com/heh23d5 for an example. Weevils such as these often enter buildings […]
5892 I am from Nova Scotia. Last week we came home to find these beatle/ bugs in our kitchen. They are black , hard shell, can fly or jump a little about 1/8 inch long max. We have killed about twenty so far I squashed them with my thumb as they seem hard to kill any […]
5891 Please help us to identify the insect who left these cocoons in our books. We found about 15 hard dark brown cocoons 2cm long attached to opposite side of the books in a bookshelf. Inside them there are light yellow larvae. Now when we found them it’s the end of august. We live in […]
5890 See attached Photo a friend of mind took on New years eve, found in a home in Eastern Newfoundland . Just curious as flying bugs in Winter doesn’t seem the Norm. The image is not clear enough for me to be certain, but I believe that this could be a caddisfly (order Trichoptera) – see […]
5889 My name is Allan and I live in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario. Size is approx. 15 millimeter’s. Month – December. Temp – minus 6 to plus 6. Found indoors of home, main floor. I looked at the list of bugs on your site. Not sure if this is a wood wasp. This is […]
5888 Can you identify this bug? It appears in our house occasionally. Can they bite? We are in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Thank you, M. Berkson This is a milkweed bug, an occasional invader in homes. They are very similar in appearance to boxelder bugs. See the comparison here: https://bedbugexperts.com/box-elder-bugs Both are harmless in your […]
5887 Hello, I live in Kitchener Ontario (southern Ontario) and just moved into a newer house. I keep seeing These small bugs that I thought were ants until closer inspection. Any thoughts? Josh. This is a grain beetle (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in the genus Oryzaephilus, either a saw-toothed (O. surinamensis) or merchant (O. mercator) grain beetle. […]
5886 Can you tell me what type of insect larvae this is? Thanks Sherry This appears to be a dead, mummified caterpillar of an Imperial moth, Eacles imperialis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). See http://tinyurl.com/bzm7v3h for more detailed information on this species. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5885 I keep finding this bug in the beds of my house. they often appear dead. sometimes i find them on the floor also. what is it ? Ashley This is a click beetle, Coleoptera: Elateridae; see http://tinyurl.com/7b399st for some more examples. Their occurrence indoors is strictly accidental; they will do no harm there. The larvae […]
5884 Hi I have lived in Washington state all my life and have never ran across anything like this before. I was out at night in late fall and found this guy under a bunch of leave next to a “rollie pollie” bug, a big rollie pollie bug! Wondering if it’s related to the rollie […]
5883 What is this bug found in hotel. Raymond This is a brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced species that has become a serious pest in some areas of North America. See http://tinyurl.com/nkexo3 for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.
5882 Hi there, my name is Remi. Geological location is British Columbia, Canada. I have looked over your site a bit and I would figure this is a beetle, but what kind of beetle is unsure, matter of fact I didn’t even notice the antennas they had until I took a zoomed up picture of […]
5881 Hi, I found a number of these bugs in the space above my garage in Nova Scotia. Last year and this year a woodpecker has done considerable damage and I just discovered why (I think). What is it and how do I get rid of them? Thank you, Liam This little moth would not […]
There is something clawing through my floors just under my trim I have put up traps and poison for rats but no luck I have no idea what it is but the holes get bigger very night. The most common pests that make a clawing or chewing noise in a home are rats. They can […]