Pest Identification Photos

6844.         This centipede dropped out of a planter I picked up at the store. Wondering if it’s invasive to Canada? Winkler, MB. Canada

Number 6844. This is a stone centipede (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha); it looks like Lithobius forficatus, an introduced species now widespread in North America, including Canada. They are harmless to humans. Click here for an example.

6842.         Dozens suddenly on my balcony and windows, with the first warm spring days. Helsinki, Finland.

Number 6842. This looks like a birch catkin bug, Kleidocerys resedae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a species that occurs in Europe and North America. These basically are nuisance pests that do no real harm. Click here for more detailed information.

6840.      1st dealing with black carpet beetles, a woodlouse spider early may & now found this bug in my apt of building in city. Been thought all beetles & insects in Ont being orange & black but none matched. Was on my bathroom counter middle of may 2020. Cornwall, ON. Canada

Number 6840. This is a checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Most of these are general predators on other small arthropods; a few species are pollen feeders. Click here for an example

6838.      Want to know if this could be a kissing bug, it’s small back it has you small antennas and almost like a mosquito type nose thing. It’s about or just over 1/2 inch long. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada

Number 6838. This is an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae). True kissing bugs (subfamily Triatominae) do not occur in Manitoba. Click here for more detailed information

6836.         Found on strawberry plants on balcony in Victoria. Alberta Gibbons. Canada

Number 6836. These are aphids Hemiptera/Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae. Also known as plant lice, these all are sap feeders. Click here for more detailed information

6834.        Found this guy near a door to our patio, and kitty litter (pine chips). I found another one approx two weeks ago in the same spot. Unable to figure out what it is. It looks closer to a beetle than a cockroach but has the colouring of a cockroach. Thanks for identifying! Toronto, Ontario. Canada

Number 6834. This appears to be a wharf borer, Narcerdes melanura (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae); their larvae bore in very moist/wet wood, usually in contact with soil or water. Click here for more detailed information.

6832.       Can you help me identify these bad boys? They appear to be worms that I found stuck between cedar shakes that had stacked and half-buried in dirt under our front porch for many years. The webbing surrounding them was so sticky that it was very hard to pull the shakes apart and their bodies left indents in the shakes after I scraped them off. They only was I could tell that they were actually living creatures is because the little green heads on a few of them were wiggling. I Googled ‘worm cartridges’, but couldn’t find anything under this heading 🙂 Any idea what they might be?! Burnaby, British Columbia. Canada

Number 6832. These appear to be cocoons of a bee/wax moth, Aphomia sociella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). This is an introduced European species; possibly entered in bee hives. Click here for an image and additional information.

6830.        This guy is just over an inch long. I have not seen him here before. He slept on my outside broom handle. I almost grabbed him! Wondering if he is normally here and I just didn’t notice before. Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Canada

Number 6830. This is a bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Like most of its ilk, it can deliver a very painful sting, but in spite of its reputation for aggressiveness, I have never been stung by one, even when I have been quite close to a nest. Click here for more detailed information.

6828.        Looked at an apartment today filled with these bugs. Some this size, lots of small ones. The apartment is being fumigated, but because the apartment has been vacant, I am worried about the possibility of them returning. Kitchener, Ontario. Canada

Number 6828. This looks like a German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), a peridomestic species difficult to bring under complete control. Click here  for some control recommendations.

6826.       The beetle is about 1.5cm long, black except for a bright yellow head and a yellow horizontal stripe across its hind area. Looking at these and 6 other pictures, none much better (!) it appears furry and has furry legs, more like a spider than any beetle I know about. which is very few. It appeared to be trying to dig a burrow, or to dig up some prey. I watched it dig, turn around twice to look away then turn back to the excavation. Then it flew away, very quickly. I took 8 shots within about a 30-second period, should have focused better. These are cropped edits from areas about 5x the size. New Westminster, BC. Canada

Number 6826. Not a beetle; it looks like a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii (Hymenoptera: Apidae); Click here

6824.      Will like to know what kind of insect is this ? It was found on my kitchen floor. Whitby, Ontario. Canada

Number 6824. This is a house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, an introduced species with a cosmopolitan distribution. Click here for more detailed information.

6822.       This huge (twice the size of a bumble bee) bee was digging a tunnel in our back flower bed on Mother’s Day, 2020. Is it a Carpenter Bee? Thanks for your attention… Delta, British Columbia. Canada

Number 6822. Looks like a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii (Hymenoptera: Apidae);  Click here

6820.        Tiny bugs. Keep finding them on the floor of my kitchen. Now just found 2 outside of kitchen. I cleaned everywhere 10 days ago (behind fridge and oven) and I hadnt seen them since but now they are back. I don’t have carpet in my house. We tiny black with a little hard shell ( brown and black). Vaudreuil, Quebec. Canada

Number 6820. This looks like a carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)in the genus Anthrenus. In spite of that name, the larvae of these beetles will feed on a wide variety of organic materials besides carpeting and other fabrics containing wool or silk. Check any dry stored food products in your pantry for signs of insect infestation. Click here for detailed information.

6818.        Found underneath my bed. Sunnyside, Manitoba. Canada

Number 6818. This looks like a white-marked spider beetle, Ptinus fur (Coleoptera: Anobiidae; subfamily Ptininae). Like other spider beetles, these will feed on a very wide variety of organic materials and sometimes can be pantry pests. Click here for additional information.

6816.         I found this insect while digging in my garden, begging him of May, I found one exactly like this last spring as well. Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canada

Number 6816. This is a larva of a beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Commonly called white grubs, some species can be quite destructive lawn/turf, feeding on roots of grasses. Those found in garden soil more likely are feeding on decomposing organic material there.

6814.         Interested to know what variety of bee this is. I photographed it in early April. London, ON. Canada

Number 6814. It’s a wasp in the family Vespidae; likely an eastern yellowjacket, Vespula maculifrons – Click here for detailed information.

6812.         This has been seen multiple times at the apartment. What is this bug? Is this harmful? How can we get rid of this? Size: small (about 0.5 cm), month: April, May, season: Spring, seen inside of an apartment floor. Toronto, ON. Canada

Number 6812. This is a spider beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae; subfamily Ptininae). They can feed on a very wide variety of dry food products, and can become pantry pests.  Click here for more detailed information.

6810.     May 2020. Found inside home near a lake near Napanee, ON. Have seen at least 10 of these in our home over the last 3 weeks. Erinsville, ON. Canada

Number 6810. 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.

6808.    Is it a bed bug? If not what is it? Thank you very much. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada

Number 6808. This looks like a cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae).This is a cosmopolitan species that can become a pantry pest, feeding on a very wide variety of dry stored food products. Click here for more detailed information.

6806.        I am trying to identify a bug that I have been seeing in my home in Wisconsin. I have only see three so far and they seem to be in the same area. One on a chair, one on the table next to the chair, and one on the floor next to the chair. Looking at pictures in trying to figure out what it is, it looks the closest to stink bug. I don’t think it is a cockroach, but I am not sure. It is light brown in color, kind of flat, has antennas and looks like some black spots. West Allis, WI. United States

Number 6806. This is a brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). This is an introduced species that has become a pest, primarily in orchards, in many areas of North America. They will come indoors in search for shelter, but do no harm there. Click here for more detailed information

6804.        Probably brought in house on my dogs from bushes or trees. Saskatoon, Sask. Canada

Number 6804. This is a sowbug, a terrestrial crustacean in the order Isopoda; the vast majority of these are harmless scavengers on decomposing organic matter. They breathe through gills that must be kept moist, so keeping your environs as dry as possible will discourage them from staying. It likely strayed indoors accidentally on its own.

6801.       These show up on or near my bedroom window (on the inside) in the spring and summer months in Toronto. It’s April and I have seen one or so per day. During the summer, I find maybe ten per day. Ontario North York
Canada

Number 6801. The image is not clear enough for me to be certain, but it might be a black carpet beetle (Coleoptera: Dermestidae; Attagenus sp.);  Click here for control recommendations.

6800.      A little black bug about a quarter of an inch long. Brownington, Vermont. United States

Number 6800. This is a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); its shape is suggestive of that of one of the grain/granary weevils in the genus Sitophilus – Click here. Because of that, you should inspect any areas where you store whole grains of any kind (including bird seed) for signs of insect infestation.

6798.    Found in Vancouver BC on our back porch today, April 19th. The blue and pink shimmer stood out and we have been trying to identify it. Body type seems closest to several borer beetles but not really sure. Vancouver, BC. Canada

Number 6798. This is a European ground beetle, Carabus nemoralis (Coleoptera: Carabidae), an introduced species that is a general predator on other small invertebrates. Click here for detailed information on this very interesting species.