| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
|
| love bugs | 7/4/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I've been to Florida and have seen love bugs. I swear we have an infestation here -- in our yard -- ...
A: but they appear to be true bugs (Hemiptera), whereas 'love bugs,' in spite of their name, actually ...
|
| love bugs | 7/4/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I've been to Florida and have seen love bugs. I swear we have an infestation here -- in our yard -- ...
A: I would say "no." To the best of my knowledge, 'love bugs' (Plecia nearctica) have not been reported ...
|
| yellowjackets ?-underground | 7/4/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: i'm here in riverside, ca. and have 50 or more flying bees flying over about 20 to 25 small holes, ...
A: Allan: Please stop what you are doing! The insects you describe are SOLITARY female bees or wasps ...
|
| mystery bug | 7/4/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: there was a bug on my door and i it looks like a moth with a scorpion tail. I want to know what it ...
A: Chris: Thank you for attaching the nice image with your question, as it leaves no doubt what you ...
|
| little brown worms | 7/4/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: Ed... I have these tiny ( millimeters long--a little bigger than a pin head) brown worm like ...
A: //www.ext.colostate.edu/cedirectory/county_detail.cfm?index=16&countyA=Denver for contact ...
|
| Little Orange Bugs | 7/4/2008 | Miki D. |
Q: I have a question for these tiny little orange bugs, they are most common around pools and are ...
A: These are insects called Thrips. They are very plentiful pests that feed on any plants, so besides ...
|
| Possible steel blue cricket hunter wasps | 7/4/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: We live in Olympia, Wa. and can't seem to get rid of some type of bee or wasp that are living in our ...
A: Shaniqua: Thank you for your question. I grew up in Portland, Oregon, and in my experience, the ...
|
| bugs in couch | 7/4/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: Help!! All of a sudden for the past week, in the evenings, only on 1 couch I sit on, we have small ...
A: your description is not sufficient for even an educated guess at what you might be seeing, but it ...
|
| little brown worms | 7/4/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: Ed... I have these tiny ( millimeters long--a little bigger than a pin head) brown worm like ...
A: particularly the bit about them scarcely moving. Rather than have me make wild guesses, if you tell ...
|
| shed skins | 7/4/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have found shed skins of some kind of insect. Would you know where I could get them looked at? ...
A: Bed bugs do not shed skins in laundray baskets. They are most like larval skins from dermestid ...
|
| Trying to identify a large, black beetle | 7/4/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: Just yesterday(July 2nd, 2008) around 7:00~7:30pm, my girlfriend found a strange insect hanging ...
A: Paul: You are no novice by any stretch! I'm very impressed with your existing knowledge (not many ...
|
| small grey bugs that jump and bite | 7/3/2008 | Miki D. |
Q: my girlfriend and I live in Astoria, NY which is in the queens borough and we have a problem with ...
A: From this description, I can vaguely guess that they are springtails. Here is a photo: ...
|
| edible flies and spiders | 7/3/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I am a performance artist living in Brooklyn, NY. I need to swallow as many as three spiders and ...
A: Obviously you should avoid highly toxic spiders such as the widows and violin spiders but that is ...
|
| Bug swarms | 7/3/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I live in western pa and have a flowering magnolia bush in my yard. This week - for the first time ...
A: If magnolias were more susceptible to aphids, I would guess that an aphid infestation would attract ...
|
| Insect swarm | 7/3/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: I live in Western Pennsylvania. I have a beautiful flowering magnolia bush in my yard. Over the ...
A: I would bet money that your magnolia is covered with aphids or scale insects. Those insects secrete ...
|
| tiny red ants -chicago | 7/3/2008 | Miki D. |
Q: I notice very tiny reddish colored ants on my dresser this morning not very many but enough to freak ...
A: Well, these could be a number of different things, none of which I am completely familiar with. If ...
|
| tiny white bugs inside - on electronics | 7/3/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: My staff came into work this morning, and all along one wall (an outside wall) they found tiny white ...
A: Michael: I'm assuming the insects (or whatever they are) are indoors, and that your electronics are ...
|
| Concerned about a bug. | 7/3/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I was wondering if there is a new species of a bug 1/2 inch in length with black resembles a ...
A: but there are some stinging insects whose sting is so painful that it might be taken for a shock. ...
|
| Lightning Bugs/fireflies | 7/3/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania in the 1940's we would see numerous "lightning bugs" every ...
A: but here in southeastern West Virginia, they remain quite abundant - we get a 'light show' in our ...
|
| bed bugs? | 7/3/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I recently moved into a new apartment two weeks ago. My things were in a storage unit for two weeks ...
A: as not only do most ‘bug bites’ look pretty much alike, there are several other conditions causing ...
|
| bug identification | 7/3/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: I really hope you can help my dad has this bug in his yard we don't know if it's good or bad. I've ...
A: You are right, it is a beetle! Thank you for including the image with your question, as it leaves ...
|
| Invisible biting bug | 7/3/2008 | Nathan Riggs |
Q: For the past 3 weeks or so, (since it finally warmed up here in Minneapolis), I've been getting bit ...
A: Possibilities include thrips, mites (chiggers, bird, rat, clover, or grain), or no see ums (very ...
|
| cast skin | 7/3/2008 | Nathan Riggs |
Q: I hope you can help me. I have become obsessed witht the notion that I may have bed bugs, carpet ...
A: Wow! The picture you've sent is really blurry and I'm having a difficult time getting an idea what ...
|
| another mystery bug | 7/3/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: i currently have a mystery bug in my garden. I am trying to identify them so I can decide if I ...
A: it just about has to be a fly larva of some sort, and the only fly larvae commonly found on leaf ...
|
| what are these things! | 7/3/2008 | Miki D. |
Q: After a good rain, my neighbor and I have both found these piles of dark powdery substance stuff ...
A: I'm very sorry, but I cannot answer this question with only that much detail. Here are some ...
|
| catalpa worm | 7/3/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I plan to harvest my worms. How long and how do I keep them alive?
A: I assume you are talking about the larvae of the Catalpa Sphinx moth. Eventually they will pupate ...
|
| a mystery insect in my flowerbed | 7/3/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: there is a bug eating tomatoe plants in my flowerbed it appears to be a stinkbug but it has a bright ...
A: I'm afraid that you have not given me nearly enough information. Where on the planet do you live (I ...
|
| Small larvae? | 7/2/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: On Saturday while weeding a flower bed, I suddenly felt stinging sensations in an area about 2 ...
A: I'm sorry that you are suffering, and I hope you get well soon! Surprisingly, there are many ...
|
| indoor plant bug identification | 7/2/2008 | Nathan Riggs |
Q: i have an indoor banana tree in my nyc apt. i have noticed, after repotting (with new bagged soil,) ...
A: It is quite possible that you've developed an infestation of fungus gnats. They feed on fungus that ...
|
| indoor plant bug identification | 7/2/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: i have an indoor banana tree in my nyc apt. i have noticed, after repotting (with new bagged soil,) ...
A: Sivan: I would bet on the 'pest' being "dark-winged fungus gnats," family Sciaridae. They commonly ...
|
| Flying wasp? | 7/2/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: I have what appears to be a large flying wasplike insect that has both red and yellow on its body. ...
A: Joyce: First, we have to determine whether these are social insects or solitary ones. If many, ...
|
| deer flies | 7/2/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: We live in north NJ and have an inground pool. For some reason this season tons of deer flies are ...
A: you could scarcely stay outdoors very long without being assaulted by them. That aside, color and ...
|
| Small moving things in Hampster cage | 7/2/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: First thank you for your time. I have a two year old hampster and have no problems untill now. There ...
A: small insects called booklice, or mites of some kind. Booklice have six legs (see ...
|
| Spider | 7/2/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: There was a good sized spider walkin on my wall outside tonight approx.12:30am. I live on Oahu I ...
A: Michele: It was likely a female huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria, or a related species. ...
|
| insect ID | 7/2/2008 | Nathan Riggs |
Q: There are these tiny insects that we have around our town that my dad used to tell me that they were ...
A: They kind of look like a fairy, don't they? This is a winged form of the woolly aphid. They feed ...
|
| baby masquito | 7/2/2008 | Sue Kayton |
Q: what is the other name of baby masquito?
A: Mosquitoes go through four stages 1) egg 2) larva (also called wriggler) 3) pupa 4) adult. The ...
|
| moth or fly? | 7/2/2008 | Nathan Riggs |
Q: I live in Pittsburgh, PA and last year we had tiny black flies with triangular wings in our bathroom ...
A: It's a fly...named after a moth! You have an infestation of moth flies. They develop in drains. ...
|
| Mystery very small red/brown flying beetle | 7/2/2008 | Eric R. Eaton |
Q: I've read several questions attempting to ID small brown flying beetles in homes. I live in KS, but ...
A: Jim: You are most likely describing a carpet beetle (family Dermestidae, especially genera ...
|
| another mystery bug | 7/2/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: i currently have a mystery bug in my garden. I am trying to identify them so I can decide if I ...
A: it is very difficult for me to do anything other than guess at what it might be. Did it bear any ...
|
| Unidentified Flying (Biting) Object | 7/1/2008 | Ed Saugstad |
Q: I am from a city in central New Jersey and have come across a biting flying bug that resembles a ...
A: Other common flying insects that bite in New Jersey are black flies (see ...
|
