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| Tiny black bugs that can fly but generally seem subdued | 11/18/2009 |
Q: It is summer here now, and they have only recently appeared during the heat. I spray them with bug ...
A: While I certainly can understand the frustration you must be feeling, I can't say what they are, ...
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| Bug question | 11/18/2009 |
Q: I keep finding these very tiny bugs on my walls and around stuffed animals. They appear to be a ...
A: Michelle, Could your bugs be moth flies: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3128/bgimage or possibly a ...
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| help! | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I have the strangest bugs in my apartment. They look like daddy long legs. They are light brown, ...
A: Brandi Is this what you're seeing? http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=house+centipede If ...
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| Re: Unknown narrow-winged insects in basement | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I am responding here as the follow up question link wasn't working. I believe the insects I found ...
A: Termites should have two pairs of wings, so double check on that. If you have termites, you will ...
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| Cigarette/Drugstore Beetle Problem! | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I am literally beside myself with trying to deal with a problem that started one or two months ago. ...
A: Sarah, The only thing I can think of is there might be a dead mouse in a wall void, OR a live mouse ...
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| Looking for Bug Identification | 11/17/2009 |
Q: My husband and I live in southwest Florida (Bradenton) and we stepped out onto our screened-in lanai ...
A: Sarah, My best educated guess is that this creature is a type of conehead katydid. It looks enough ...
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| black bug in arm | 11/16/2009 |
Q: My son had a black bug in his arm. I used tweezers to try and remove it. The body was very black ...
A: Ellen, To be honest I have no idea what the insect (or arthropod) could be. I also consulted with a ...
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| Unknown narrow-winged insects in basement | 11/15/2009 |
Q: I was cleaning my basement today, and vacuumed around my laundry area. About a 1/2 hour later, I ...
A: I have a diagnostic question for you. Crush one of these bugs and smell it. Does it smell like ...
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| Stinging 'worm' | 11/15/2009 |
Q: I found this creature while inspecting some dug up dirt from what I think is an armadillo that ...
A: That appears to be the pupa (resting stage) of the tomato hornworm moth, or a similar species. The ...
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| Sml bugs in the appartment | 11/14/2009 |
Q: I live in a very old unit its been built 30 yrs ago. I ve noticed this sml fish like bugs coming out ...
A: It sounds as if you have silverfish (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish for an ...
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| Insect or Larvae ID | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I am not sure I can take a picture of this creature due to the size and color. It is about 8-10mm ...
A: Hmmm...without seeing it, I can only guess. If it is clear and fragile, that suggests to me that is ...
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| FLAT OVAL BROWN BUG | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I am finding in my bathroom a flat oval shaped brown bug pod. The pod is about 1cm long with a ...
A: I can't tell what this critter is from your description. Can you photograph it? If you have ...
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| biting gnats? | 11/12/2009 |
Q: I have to sleep with my window open and happened to look below me to see the neighbor had endless ...
A: Juanita, You need to check your mattress, boxspring, bedframe, headboard, and working out from ...
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| Spider in son's room | 11/12/2009 |
Q: Sorry for the horrible resolution. My camera battery was dying, plus the spider was in an area where ...
A: Marcy, Well you're in luck, it's not a black widow or a brown recluse. From the photo I can't tell ...
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| bugs | 11/12/2009 |
Q: My mother has been suffering from what seems to be some type of infestation of a bug that maybe goes ...
A: Lisa, I'm afraid to say that your mother's symptoms and her observations resemble a classic case of ...
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| Moth species | 11/12/2009 |
Q: I have a photo of a moth and I would like to know the species. ...
A: Definitely not a sweetheart underwing. http://www.pbase.com/bowdood/image/33751228 Probably the ...
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| Mortar Bugs | 11/11/2009 |
Q: bugs in the mortar of my inside fireplace hearth. Making small piles of very fine ground up mortar, ...
A: Marla, Hmm, this is a perplexing question. Generally insects that cause structural damage, such as ...
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| Caterpillars | 11/10/2009 |
Q: I am a first-grade teacher, and the students keep finding black caterpillars outside. We are keeping ...
A: I am suspecting that what your kids are finding are wooly bear caterpillars, which will spend the ...
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| possible chigger mites in my home? | 11/10/2009 |
Q: My husband and I have been getting bitten (it seems only when we are on couch) by something that we ...
A: Chigger mites, like you mention, are found outdoors and probably wouldn't survive long indoors. That ...
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| bug | 11/9/2009 |
Q: I have a white bug in my home. It is everywhere. It is on the carpet, table tops, and most obviously ...
A: You would have to capture or collect these bugs and have them positively identified to know what ...
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| little black bugs with wings | 11/8/2009 |
Q: about a week ago I was in a nook of my basement when I looked down to find a few tiny little black ...
A: Victoria, You should probably gather up a sample of what you're seeing and bring them to a ...
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| MAGGOTS | 11/8/2009 |
Q: CAN YOU GET MAGGOTS FROM A DEAD RAT OR MOUSE? HOW CAN I GET RID OF MAGGOTS THAT ARE DROPPING OUT OF ...
A: If there is a dead animal (rodent, bird) up inside the ventilation system, there will be maggots for ...
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| Bug found on bedroom walls | 11/8/2009 |
Q: I have found 4 of these now over the past few months. The first was on my 2 year old's bedroom wall ...
A: Krysti, These are carpet beetle larvae (larvae, like caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies or ...
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| little bugs on window screens | 11/8/2009 |
Q: I recently have an infestation of little bugs on my window screens. The little creatures cant be ...
A: Patrick, Your critters could be one of a number of things, moth flies, psocids (booklice), ...
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| Borer??? | 11/7/2009 |
Q: I'm writing from Southern Vermont. This bug is about an inch long. 6 legs. 2 long antennae. It ...
A: Well without a photograph I can't say for sure if it is western conifer seed bug, but they regularly ...
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| Tiny white bugs | 11/6/2009 |
Q: I have started a new job and where I sit, I get bitten all day by tiny, tiny white bugs. Nobody ...
A: You will first need to collect some of the little bugs and have an entomologist or pest control ...
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| worm like, in cloth, sticking straight out, tan | 11/5/2009 |
Q: In terry cloth, folded, and put on a shelf (house 1920's) I found 3 little worm like bugs, sticking ...
A: Massachusetts has many cooperative extension offices. See this website to find the one closest to ...
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| Strange bug | 11/4/2009 |
Q: I found this group of creepy looking bugs laying eggs at the rim of my toilet window. I wonder why ...
A: Well these are the nymphs of some kind of true bug, like a western conifer seed bug (which come ...
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| Help! | 11/4/2009 |
Q: Ok...So I live in Central New York and I started noticing this bug in the summer of 2008 when we ...
A: Do you have a photograph? Does it look like the insect in the following photograph? ...
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| small black wom like things | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I have found thousands of these little, about 1/2 inch, worm like things around our house. They ...
A: These sound to me like millipedes, which can appear in huge numbers when weather conditions are ...
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| Small, white bugs swarming on a cell phone | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I was surprised today when my wife screamed out and I went to find a swarm of small, white bugs ...
A: Booklice are harmless, they do not invade your hair or body. They simply exist in moist places as ...
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| Small, white bugs swarming on a cell phone | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I was surprised today when my wife screamed out and I went to find a swarm of small, white bugs ...
A: It sounds like they could be either booklice (psocids - see ...
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| Identification | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I keep getting these 'things' blown in through my bathroom and kitchen windows. They are light ...
A: Well it's not a carpet beetle adult or larva. The image isn't terribly detailed and truthfully, it ...
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| worm like, in cloth, sticking straight out, tan | 11/2/2009 |
Q: In terry cloth, folded, and put on a shelf (house 1920's) I found 3 little worm like bugs, sticking ...
A: Very strange. I do not know what these are but since they look large enough to collect, I would ...
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| This bug stung me in my bed. | 10/30/2009 |
Q: I live in Chicago, Illinois. I was taking a nap and woke up to a stinging pain on my shoulder. I ...
A: From your description, I can't say what the critter was. Any arthropod that has wings is an insect. ...
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| bed bug | 10/30/2009 |
Q: my building was recently found to have bed bugs in some suites. I personally have not had any ...
A: Nicole, What you found in the cupboard is some type of stored product pest, probably the larvae or ...
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| Panama caterpillars | 10/29/2009 |
Q: What are these Panama caterpillars? Found on the ground at elevation 5000+ last week
A: John, Although it would be very hard to figure out the species of these larvae, they appear to be ...
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