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| Questions for science project on mealworms. | 11/20/2009 |
Q: I need to interview an entomologist/person who knows about bugs about a project I am doing for ... A: 1.I cannot give you the exact amount of water necessary but they water they get is from the food ...
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| Belostomatidae | 11/19/2009 |
Q: I am in an honers Biology class. I recently caught a Belostomatidae, I think that the scientific ... A: The accepted Genus name for giant water beetles is Lethocerus. Benacus is no longer used. I am not ...
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| identifying an insect bite | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I have just returned from 2 weeks in SE Brazil. I spent the last week in the area of Ubatuba, at ... A: Borachuga is a local name so I cannot tell you what the insect was. Thrtr are insects that deposit ...
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| Large spider | 11/17/2009 |
Q: My name is Candiece. I am not sure what information you may need to help me identify these strange ... A: You will have trouble finding a photo of this centipede because it is immature. Bleach is not ...
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| Worm Found in Bathroom | 11/17/2009 |
Q: My name is Candiece. I am not sure what information you may need to help me identify these strange ... A: This is a centipede and a young one. My earlier comments are the same. Make sure things are dry. ...
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| Worm Found in Bathroom | 11/16/2009 |
Q: My name is Candiece. I am not sure what information you may need to help me identify these strange ... A: This is either a millipede or an immature centipede. How and way they are in your bathroom I cannot ...
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| Tarantula eating | 11/15/2009 |
Q: So how do Tarantulas actually eat I always thought spiders inject there prey with venom and drink ... A: All spiders eat by injecting venom that liquifies the insect and then ingest the liquid. They do not ...
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| Yellow Garden spider-Relocate Egg Sacs ? | 11/13/2009 |
Q: We have found 2 egg sacs from the Yellow (and black) garden spider that lived in our small yard over ... A: I am guessing that the spider in question here is the black and yellow Argiope. I also assume that ...
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| unknown bug | 11/12/2009 |
Q: I am currently stationed in Iraq, and have recently started getting bug bites. The bites are in a ... A: I am afraid that without seeing one of these I cannot tell you much. Bedbugs are the size of apple ...
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| Two Problems | 11/11/2009 |
Q: Recently we have had bed bugs, we think we have removed most of them. We went from having bites ... A: If you are still getting bedbug bites you have not gotten rid of them and they will return. S for ...
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| I was biten by a spider and have some question? | 11/9/2009 |
Q: I was bitten on my hand by a spider about Three weeks ago. I've been to the doctor and had the bite ... A: I suspect from the description of the wound that this could be the bite of the Brown Recluse. This ...
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| Darn bugs! | 11/8/2009 |
Q: . I have been finding bugs in my carpet and just recently found 2 on the bathroom floor. Here is ... A: I guess we have to start over here. Most Rollie Pollies or pill bugs do not ro; up but thes eyou do ...
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| crickets | 11/6/2009 |
Q: My son doing a project on if crickets like salt or pepper and what it does to them i need help ... A: A cricket would not eat grains of salt or pepper. They may eat salted foods but if it is too salty ...
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| crickets | 11/5/2009 |
Q: My son doing a project on if crickets like salt or pepper and what it does to them i need help ... A: You probably cannot find out anything about crickets and salt and pepper because it is most likely ...
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| ID Mysterious bug(s) | 11/1/2009 |
Q: Since I returned from my vacations first to Lake Louise in Canada and then Puerto Rico, I have been ... A: I have been examining the photos carefully and I cannot determine what is involved here. With one ...
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| ID Mysterious bug(s) | 10/29/2009 |
Q: Since I returned from my vacations first to Lake Louise in Canada and then Puerto Rico, I have been ... A: First of all keep in mind that the problem of biting insects can be solved so there is no reason to ...
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| I think I have bed bugs | 10/28/2009 |
Q: Ok these bug I been having a problem with for like a month now They are flat, oval shape, little, ... A: These do look like bedbugs. You will have to completely strip the bed and wash all the sheets and ...
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| teeny tiny gray bugs/ spiders?? | 10/26/2009 |
Q: I am having a problem with some kind of spider, insect, or mite and I was hoping for some direction, ... A: I have a problem here because this has become a medical problem. Finding an insect will not solve ...
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| biting insects | 10/24/2009 |
Q: For the last few weeks my room mate and I have been feeling little sting like bites but there is no ... A: You can rule out bedbugs and spiders because we can see them. I can identify insects only when I can ...
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| biting insects | 10/24/2009 |
Q: For the last few weeks my room mate and I have been feeling little sting like bites but there is no ... A: When you are bitten but cannot see a bite nor an insect that did it, it occurs to me that this is an ...
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| LADY BUG or BEETLE BUG | 10/21/2009 |
Q: If this question falls in your area of expertise could you tell me why that in October of each year, ... A: Ladybugs are beetles and some are yellowish. They often migrate in the spring and they will also ...
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| earwig bite | 10/20/2009 |
Q: My husband was bitten by an earwig (he thinks) under his chin. At first I could see a red dot ... A: Earwigs do not bite and the pinchers on the back cannot hurt you. With a ping pong ball sized under ...
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| Insect Bites | 10/20/2009 |
Q: I am concerned about bites I'm getting from what I think are from an insect. I start getting these ... A: First of all let me tell you that I am sorry for your problem. I have gotten many questions from ...
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| Leaf footed bugs | 10/19/2009 |
Q: I live in Minnesota and have never seen a leaf footed bug until I moved into my dad's house. I keep ... A: These bugs are also called brown stinkbugs. They spend there time on green leaves. they eggs are ...
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| bug bit that blistered | 10/17/2009 |
Q: my dad and I went to AR. to see my brother, while we were there we both got bit by some kind of bug, ... A: A lot of bugs cause bites like this but without seeing one I cannot tell you what it was. Besides ...
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| ugly bug | 10/16/2009 |
Q: This bug scares us all to death. It looks to be a cross between a grasshopper and a cricket. This ... A: I will have to see a photo. It could be a jerusalum cricket or they may be long hored beetles but I ...
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| identification please | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I seem to be swarmed with a coctail of different tiny pests lets say that are slowly eating their ... A: Much of what you say here makes no sense whatsoever. Your bed and appliances being eaten and things ...
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| Situation, really need your help. | 10/15/2009 |
Q: Okay so i was in class and i had, you know a regular itch nothing serious. I itched it and a little ... A: I hope you understand Christina that without actually seeing an insect I cannot tell you what it is. ...
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| Science Project | 10/15/2009 |
Q: I'm a middle school student doing a science research project and I was just wondering if you knew ... A: Oddley enough Molly there is a growing concern that nightcrawlers are endangewreing th e forests. ...
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| crickets | 10/14/2009 |
Q: What are the crickets natural habitat? Do they like living in a place where the moisture level is ... A: There are many different kinds of crickets. They are found in all biomes except the Tundra and the ...
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| Please help-bug question | 10/13/2009 |
Q: I moved to NYC a month ago. I live in hi-rise bldg that has lots of dogs. I have no pet, plants, or ... A: I think the first thing you have to do is consult a dermatologist to take care of the bites and then ...
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| black beetle | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I have seen these black bugs in my basement. I looked up a picture and it said they are carabidae. ... A: If they are in the walls you will have to find out how they are getting in and out. Since I cannot ...
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| My bug escaped!!! | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I wrote you a question last night about the glowing "worm" that I had found. Well, I neglected to ... A: Let me put your mind at ease. This is a caterpillar of course . I have not been able to pin down yet ...
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| Chilean rose hair tarantula | 10/11/2009 |
Q: My rose hair, "Norman" (Think it's a girl, but whatever) had not eaten for about a month. Then he ... A: You came to the right guy I have had tarantulas for almost twenty years and all but one have been ...
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| Worm-like bugs killing my trees | 10/9/2009 |
Q: We seem to have an infestation of bugs that are killing our trees. Not exactly sure what kind of ... A: I have seen wooly aphids many times but when I saw them they were concentrated on a few branches. ...
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| Tiny little white bugs | 10/9/2009 |
Q: I have found 2tiny white kind of see through bugs on 2phones I can't see then anywhere else in the ... A: These sound like either spider mites or psocids (booklice). At this you do not seem to have very ...
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| Worm-like bugs killing my trees | 10/9/2009 |
Q: We seem to have an infestation of bugs that are killing our trees. Not exactly sure what kind of ... A: I am certain these are wooly aphids. Although they can cause damage to some branches, it is very ...
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| ID this cocoon please | 10/8/2009 |
Q: These things have been appearing all over the walls in my garage. I live in South Texas. Any idea ... A: This looks like one of two things. Break one open. Is it made of mud or a silky material. if silky ...
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| caterpillar | 10/6/2009 |
Q: my father has been bitten by a white fuzzy caterpillar with a black line down its back and 4 black ... A: You have described one of the Tussock moth caterpillars. Their bristles contain a toxins and are ...
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| Brown Recluse? | 10/2/2009 |
Q: Could you please identify this spider? I also have another picture from what the spider looks like ... A: This has the shape of a recluse. It depends upon the presence of a violin pattern on the upper ...
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| Pet praying mantis | 10/1/2009 |
Q: It is getting colder here in the carolinas, lower 40s last night, I want to do what is right by my ... A: You have a choice to make here. The life span of a mantid in the Carolinas is 10 to 12 months. She ...
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| bug identification | 10/1/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you could identify a type of bug that appeared here and there in my old Vancouver ... A: I am afraid that I cannot help you much without seeing these . I believe there were two different ...
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| interview | 9/30/2009 |
Q: Im a student at Boise state U and I'm writing an ethnography on Entomologists in my english 102 ... A: The biodiversity of insects and the strange behavior of ants No difficulty Nothing Some ...
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| cave/cambelback cricket | 9/29/2009 |
Q: How do I get rid of the cave/cambelback cricket in my basement. Never had them and about 3 years ... A: If you are sure they are not getting in from the outside yhjey must bre breeding in the house and ...
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| pottery nest | 9/26/2009 |
Q: A customer at our lodge found this at about 6000' elevation in southeast Utah, Pinion/Juniper ... A: A perfect example of the work of a Sphecid wasp called a mud dauber. Without seeing the wasp I ...
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| Mites | 9/23/2009 |
Q: I live in California. I was diagnosed with scabie mites. I have done all the treatments including ... A: Scabies is easily treated today. It should not be ruining your life. Have you been treated by a ...
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| caterpillar 'caravans' | 9/18/2009 |
Q: Last February whilst in Portugal we noticed many caterpillars in 'caravans' of 5.6 or 7 all ... A: These are known as processionary caterpillars and are common in France and Spain. They usually are ...
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| tiny black bugs | 9/17/2009 |
Q: Walter, for the last few weeks for a day here and there we have noticed tiny black bugs, that are no ... A: I was thinking that if they came in on flowers that they would not have gone and then returned. ...
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| strange ant behavior | 9/14/2009 |
Q: My question is about some ants in our garage. I live in western Nebraska in a semi-country setting. ... A: We live on ants. They are everywhere and they often do things that are strange to us. But there is a ...
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| Small Black Insect with 2 Horizontal Red Stripes on My Carpet | 9/12/2009 |
Q: I've discovered a number of very small (but definitely visible) black (glossy) insects, oval-shaped, ... A: I believ this is a n immature beetle of some kind. Unless you see an increase or sa lot of them I ...
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| Small Black Insect with 2 Horizontal Red Stripes on My Carpet | 9/12/2009 |
Q: I've discovered a number of very small (but definitely visible) black (glossy) insects, oval-shaped, ... A: Fleas are bad enough but fleas and beetles. Without seeing the beetles I cannot be sure. I would ...
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| Jumping bug | 9/10/2009 |
Q: I was cleaning out a drawer when all of a sudden I heard a slight snapping noise. I looked in the ... A: I think you hava click beetle in that drawer. They have a springlike device on the thorax and when ...
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| Bugs coming from son's diaper pale. | 9/10/2009 |
Q: I just recently started using a diaper pale after my son turned 1. Almost immediately I noticed tiny ... A: The diaper pail could be attracting these flies. You could try a disinfectant spray in the pail ...
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| strange bugs that look like moths but dont act like them... | 9/7/2009 |
Q: We live in Phoenix,AZ and for the last few months we have been invaded by this strange moth like ... A: They sound like Indian meal moths. They could be breeding in open dried foods in your cupboards. ...
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| Mysterious holes/bugs! Sanity at stake! | 9/6/2009 |
Q: I have some mysterious holes in my back yard and can not, for the life of me, figure out what is ... A: I think you may have stumbled on something with info about tiger beetles. Go to this site. ...
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| Please help identify this garden insect | 9/6/2009 |
Q: Good day, Walter. I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have two conifers in the garden, and for ... A: This is mysterious and I can't help but think I have seen something like this before. Unfortunately ...
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| Mysterious holes/bugs! Sanity at stake! | 9/6/2009 |
Q: I have some mysterious holes in my back yard and can not, for the life of me, figure out what is ... A: Now you have me going crazy over these critters. What is the blue color in the photo. And It ...
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| Mysterious holes/bugs! Sanity at stake! | 9/5/2009 |
Q: I have some mysterious holes in my back yard and can not, for the life of me, figure out what is ... A: Without seeing these my educated guess is that these are digger wasps. They dig a hole and then go ...
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| FRUIT FLY LIKE BUG | 9/5/2009 |
Q: I RECENTLY FOUND A NEST OF FRUIT FLY LIKE BUGS IN A SEALED PLASTIC CONTAINER OF NUTS. THE CONTAINER ... A: The only thing you can do is discard the infected foods. Then empty the cupboards and use a ...
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| florescent green bug | 9/5/2009 |
Q: About 35 years ago while I was outside I felt a prick on my leg and when I looked down I saw the ... A: I know of no flourescent green bugs that do this. I can only guess that you were maybe stung by a ...
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| Spider | 9/4/2009 |
Q: I live in Minnesota and I have never seen a red spider in my life until the other day. It was about ... A: There are a number of species of spiders that are reddish in color including the red house spider. ...
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| big black bees with white stripes | 9/3/2009 |
Q: i have a weeping willow in my yard that is full of these bees.what can i do to get rid of them? ... A: These sound like baldfaced hornets. They prey on other insects so they may be eating whatever is ...
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| eggs deposited on scalp | 9/2/2009 |
Q: I am New York City. I'll appreciate any help about where to go for help with this. 1 - worst ... A: The problems you have here are medical problems. No reputable person on the internet would diagnose ...
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| Sawtooth Grain Beetle | 9/2/2009 |
Q: Well I found out what these awful pests are they are Sawtooth Grain Beetles...I recently wrote you ... A: These beetles are breeding someplace in your cupboards i n dried foods . You cannot ge trid of them ...
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| LARGE Red eyed flies | 9/1/2009 |
Q: Since Sunday night (it is now Tuesday afternoon) I have killed over 75 of these flies in my home. ... A: Since I am not at the scene I cannot give you much help. There are just too many different kind sof ...
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| Tiny white flies? Mayflies? | 9/1/2009 |
Q: My husband and I rent an apartment in the Hudson Valley area of New York (Nyack, NY). This summer, ... A: There are many different kinds of white flies that emerge in the summer. These are not immature ...
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| severe allergic reactions getting worse... | 9/1/2009 |
Q: Hintz: I'm writing out of sheer desperation. I've been living in someone else's home with ... A: You have a severe medical problem which you cannot solve over the internet. You must see a doctor. ...
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| scavenger flies | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I took a sample to the local extension office and they told me that it was a scavenger fly. It is ... A: The only way you can get rid of flies like this is to find out how they are entering the house. ...
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| Need help identifying strange insect. | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I live in Orlando Florida. At work today I saw an insect I've never seen before. It was about an ... A: I think you may have seen a female velvet ant called a "cow killer" Velvet ants are really ...
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| HELP! Small black beetle-like bugs found in NYC apt | 8/30/2009 |
Q: I have found 20+ of these small beetle-like bugs in my NYC apartment. I have found them all over the ... A: This looks like some kind of a dermestid beetle but I could use a better photo or two. Us emy email ...
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| Small Dark Brown Beetle | 8/28/2009 |
Q: 5mm in length(100 thousandths),Dark Brown in color, very slow moving, somewhat flat, short antenna ... A: If these are collembola the situarion usually gets better by itself. They oftenhave population ...
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| Garden Bugs | 8/27/2009 |
Q: We have grey or greenish/grey bugs on the plants in our vegetable garden in So. NH. What are they ... A: I cannot identify them from this description since there are many species of garden bugs. Are they ...
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| i think they're mites | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I've been getting bit for a couple weeks now, and i thought we might just be getting more mosquitoes ... A: They sound like mites. Most mites do not bote but a few do. mites that affect hous emice do. I do ...
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| spider identification | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I recently visited my friend and she's been complaining about a number of spiders of the same type ... A: This resembles a wolf spider common in homes and usually in basements. They do not occur in large ...
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| White bugs in cellar | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I found two very small white oval shaped bugs on my wine bottle in my cellar(which are in a wooden ... A: These could be almost anything and without seeing one I cannot tell you what they but I m sure taht ...
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| spider | 8/23/2009 |
Q: HELP!! My husband saw this spider in our garden and he said that the body was about 3/4 inch in ... A: This beautiful spider is called Argiope. It is among the most beautiful of Gods' creatures.It does ...
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| Is this some type of fly | 8/22/2009 |
Q: Found this near our horse pens at Pandale. Have not been able to identify it from any picture. ... A: It is a fly then but it does bnot look a botfly or any horse fly. I have not heard from my colleague ...
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| weird bug | 8/21/2009 |
Q: Some new bug has suddenly started appearing in one of our bathrooms. It is dark brown to black in ... A: Maggot s are the larvae of flies and these are most likly from a single hatching which means that if ...
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| cocoon/nest & bites | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I live in central Pennsylvania. Last evening I picked up a stick in my yard to use while trying to ... A: My guess is that you came in contact with a caterpillar on the stick. Many of them have extremely ...
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| bug? | 8/16/2009 |
Q: recently i had a beg bud problem. apparently they got in my suitcase when i was traveling. back home ... A: These are fuzzy but look like some kind of a beetle. Knowing however will not help you get rid of ...
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| Insect Identification | 8/15/2009 |
Q: I have found a strange insect in my BED. It is light brownish with a translucent quality. It has ... A: Without seeing these I cannot be sure what they are. The "hooks" at the end seem strange. I don't ...
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| invisible spiders | 8/15/2009 |
Q: A few months ago someone with an exterminator business in Houstan, Texas wrote asking you about ... A: The term invisible spiders refers to tiny spiderlings that because of light color are hard to ...
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| Bug i.d. | 8/14/2009 |
Q: Can you identify this bug (I think it's a true bug) by picture? Location: garden, Dallas, TX A: This is a cicada. But the only blue ones I have ever seen are found in central america. I am going ...
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| bug? | 8/14/2009 |
Q: recently i had a beg bud problem. apparently they got in my suitcase when i was traveling. back home ... A: What you are describing are not bedbugs. Without seeing one I cannot tell you what they are. I ...
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| Tiny black bugs that bite and take blood | 7/28/2009 |
Q: My husband started to get bites on his body that itched, formed a fluid filled dot over the site and ... A: There are a lot of biting bugs so without seeing one I cannot tell you what they They sound like ...
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| Small black bugs near windows | 7/28/2009 |
Q: I've been going out of my mind trying to get rid of these small black bugs that I keep finding in my ... A: My initial response without seeing one of these is that they could be dermestid beetles. Dermestid ...
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| strange hovering insect | 7/27/2009 |
Q: I live in Oakland, CA and I have these strange hovering insects on my patio. They look like ... A: There are just too many kinds of bugs that hover around including (believe it or not) bugs called ...
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| What kind of bug is this? | 7/26/2009 |
Q: I live in north Jersey. We found this bug outside on the front porch, can you tell us what kind of ... A: This interesting insect is a female Eastern Dobson fly(Corydalus cornutus.) They spend most of ...
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| Query... | 7/25/2009 |
Q: My query is most unusual and I am hoping you will not dismiss my question like most. My situation is ... A: I have had many questions from people with this type of problem. This is a medical problem and not ...
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| Unidentified Flying Beetle | 7/25/2009 |
Q: I live in Colorado in a second story apartment. Recently, beetle-like bugs have appeared in my ... A: Without seeing one of these I cannot tell you much. With a shell they sound like beetles but beetles ...
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| Bugs in my Japan home | 7/23/2009 |
Q: Do you have any idea what this bug is? And, if so, how to get rid of them. I live in Hokkaido Japan ... A: This is the larva of a Dermestid beetle. Possibly a carpet beetle or a grain beetle. To get rid of ...
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| Identify bug | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I will try to describe this bug as best as I can. My dog started chewing on something that kept ... A: This was certainly a hardy bug still alive after b eing chewed on by a dog and dumped ito the ...
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| Help! | 7/21/2009 |
Q: I live in South East of Florida. I have been getting severe bites from vicious mysterious bugs ... A: I get questions like this at least once a week where somebody is being bitten but no bugs can be ...
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| giant leopard moth care | 7/21/2009 |
Q: I think I've identified these caterpillars I got from someone, who got them from Santa Cruz, CA, as ... A: I assume they are eating. They will eat a lot of leaves including cabbage anbv dandelions. Some of ...
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| Small black beetle looking bug ... | 7/16/2009 |
Q: .. I hope you may be able to help my son and I because we're getting infested with these small ... A: These certainly sound like dermestid beetles of some kind; possibly carpet beetles or pantry pests ...
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| What king of bug is this? | 7/16/2009 |
Q: I work at wendys in allentown. I was walking home from work today and i saw a little bug on my ... A: + Hi Breanna Every day I get requests to identify insects and most of the time I can only make a ...
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| DEAD BIRD BUGS | 7/15/2009 |
Q: I HAVE AN DEAD BIRD IN CHIMNEY LINER AND CAN NOT GET IT OUT BUGS THAT LOOKS LIKE LADY BUGS BUT HARD ... A: Without seeing these bugs I cannot tell you what they are. I am sure they are not dangerous or even ...
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| Spider Beetle? | 7/14/2009 |
Q: We live in New York City. My wife has been getting terrible bites (predominantly on her legs) over ... A: This is definitly a sider beetle and all references I have clain that they cannot bite people. They ...
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| identifying winged creature | 7/13/2009 |
Q: My 6 year old daughter found an egg on the underside of a leaf. We watched the "mystery egg" for ... A: This delicate little critter is called a green lacewing. It was not an egg under the leaf but a ...
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| Spider in Miami, FL | 7/12/2009 |
Q: I have been looking at the internet for hours trying to find the species of spider I just got off my ... A: It sounds like it may be an Argiope spider. This is a harmless (unless you are a bug) orb weaver. ...
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| bed bugs??? | 7/9/2009 |
Q: !! What a relief to find this site....So let me begin with my story. About one month ago I had itchy ... A: I see no evidence of bed bugs. Bed bugs are not tiny and white. You would have dark spots in the ...
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| spider identifacation | 7/9/2009 |
Q: For the last two nights this spider, see attachment, has made a lage web hanging from a large oak ... A: This is an orb weaver belonging to the Araneae possibly of the Genus Nuclenea. She is not at all ...
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| lots of spiders | 7/6/2009 |
Q: I live in MA, and after being away for a few days, I came back to my apartment and ... A: I am confident that you have encountered a group of spiderlings that have hatched while you were ...
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| Tiny, tiny bug/mite? | 7/6/2009 |
Q: We can't see to rid our house of these tiny bugs/mites. They remind me of the bugs that bite you ... A: This is a Collembola or springtail. They cannot bite. If something in the hous eis bitting you it ...
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| common house fly maggot | 7/6/2009 |
Q: My son is invovled in a science camp for teens this summer. He is doing a project on the life cycle ... A: All insects require an oxygen supply. Maggots never really enter into the body issues. Even bot ...
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| Bug Identification | 7/6/2009 |
Q: I have found some small brown beetle looking like brown bugs which fly in my pantry (kitchen) once ... A: Most beetles in the kitchen turn out to be grain beetles. They usually breed in opened dried foods. ...
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| Japanese bug | 7/4/2009 |
Q: Walter, some friends arrived from Kumomoto, Japan and were speaking of a bug that bites and leaves a ... A: There is no way to identify a bug without seeing it. I have never heard of any insect that bites ...
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| Grey Oval "Bug" with Shell | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I see someone already referenced this critter, but didn't see a final answer. Oval-shaped, grey ... A: I get this question at least once a week. This is small caterpillar that builds a case to hide in ...
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| spider control | 7/3/2009 |
Q: How can I get rid of spiders in my home? We have no carpet. All the floors are tiled. I was recently ... A: I know of no way to keep spiders from entering houses simply a spider does not distinguish inside ...
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| white fuzzy hoppers | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have what look like triangular leaf hoppers on my outdoor bonsai trees, they have a double white ... A: The identification of the cottony cushion scale was verified by Joe Keiper PhD Curator of ...
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| spider control | 7/2/2009 |
Q: How can I get rid of spiders in my home? We have no carpet. All the floors are tiled. I was recently ... A: I Am afraid that I cannot give you a satisfactory answer David because we can only get rid of ...
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| orange&black bugs | 7/1/2009 |
Q: i have found a orange bug with two black dots on it this is the same size as a lady bird but it ... A: There are lady bugs with all kinds of different spots so this could be one unless it is also eating ...
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| tiny gray bugs | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I have been noticing tiny gray bugs inside my house around my windows and doors. I have also seen ... A: They sound like spider mites. Check closely at your window sills to see if they are coming in under ...
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| Tiny black bugs. | 6/30/2009 |
Q: we've had a little bit of a bug problem. I first noticed them on our couch in our basement (we just ... A: I believe these are springtails or collembola. They are one of the most common soil insects on ...
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| bug bites | 6/29/2009 |
Q: My daughter like my mother can walk in the grass and within minutes have ankles covered with bug ... A: Bites around the ankles after walking in grass are usually caused be the larvae of harvest ...
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| New bug in our yard | 6/29/2009 |
Q: We live in Northern Michigan. We have box elder trees and are very familiar with box elders. This ... A: They sound like nymphs from a Hemipteran (true bug). Possibly stink bugs, plant bugs, or assasin ...
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| white fuzzy hoppers | 6/28/2009 |
Q: I have what look like triangular leaf hoppers on my outdoor bonsai trees, they have a double white ... A: These do not look like leaf or treehoppers and I have not seen these before. I an consulting a ...
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| being eaten alive | 6/28/2009 |
Q: My cat brought fleas in the house so I thought. I got pills from the vet for them, set off bombs the ... A: I cannot tell you how often I get questions about bug bites with no visable evidence of bugs. I ...
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| flies | 6/28/2009 |
Q: We have these small black flies (about the half the size of house flies). They have a jerky flight ... A: There are so many species of flies that look like this that without close examination I cannot tell ...
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| Bathroom (and possibly more?) bugs | 6/27/2009 |
Q: I've seen other questions you've answered about bugs in the bathroom and I THINK these might be ... A: These appear to be spider mites. They can get in from outside through just about anyplace. They ...
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| Sandflys (and other sand bugs) | 6/27/2009 |
Q: I was at the beach the other day with several friends and we were discussing how bugs can survive in ... A: A lot of living things are found in sand. You mentioned sandflies and quite a few bugs are called ...
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| Identify yellow bug with black spots attached to skin | 6/25/2009 |
Q: I live in Illinois and this evening I was outdoors near a wooded area playing sand volleyball with ... A: From the description irt sounds like this was a tick. It looks like you got it off before it got a ...
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| 5" Beetle Found...Cant Indentify.. | 6/23/2009 |
Q: Ok I stumbled upon a very large beetle..Made me jump when I first saw it, in fact thought it was a ... A: For some reason I was unable to access the web site you sent so I could not see the beetle. Tell me ...
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| white mites outside | 6/23/2009 |
Q: location - bergen county nj - very small white mites visible to the eye - crawl around - no jumping ... A: Mites have sporadic population explosions that soo dissapate. They may come back next years or ...
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| great black wasps | 6/22/2009 |
Q: hi i live in Wisconsin and have found 8 great black wasps in my window and someone in my house has ... A: I usually advice people to treat these problems themselves but sinc eyou have bee allergy problem I ...
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| Yellowish maggotty worms falling from tree | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I came home the other day to find thousands of little (1/4 inch) yellowish maggot-like worms all ... A: It sounds like you had a hatch of caterpillars from the elm tree.Unless you see lawn damage I do not ...
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| hello | 6/19/2009 |
Q: umm hi could you possibly help me in finding out how to take care of an assasin bug thank you A: Am I too assume you have an assasin bug as a pet? These re predatory insects and feed on other ...
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| Getting Rid of Carpenter Ants | 6/18/2009 |
Q: We have had a problem with carpenter ants especially in the ceiling of part of our house that is a ... A: It appears that these exterminators are doing no good but this is not surprising to me. I get at ...
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| Cockroach | 6/16/2009 |
Q: Would a cochroach survive through a nuclear blast? and if so would it have enough time to keep the ... A: There has always been lot of stories about this with the main idea that in an nuclear war the only ...
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| identification | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I would appreciate your assistance identifying a bug (I think it is a bug, anyhow), as I cannot seem ... A: From your description I am sure this is the chrysalis of a pupating butterfly. When a caterpillar ...
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| New infestation | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I have a lot of challenges with identifying this one. It is living in my Flowering Almond Standard. ... A: Unless there is extensive damage to the tree do not get involved with exterminators. Spraying toxins ...
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| tiny bugs in kitchen | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I have these tiny tiny black bugs, oval shaped in my kitchen cupboards, around cracks in my floor ... A: These look like grain beetles. Remove all foods from your cupboards and look at all opened dried ...
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| Flying Bug | 6/14/2009 |
Q: I have recently been over whelmed with a new bug i have never seen before. I live in Vancouver BC. ... A: The buzzing and bouncing suggests that these are flies of some kind. If you could catch one sitting ...
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| tiny bugs in tea | 6/13/2009 |
Q: On 7/24/08 you had a question on tiny bugs in tea. I have the same problem. Have you identified the ... A: The only way to get rid of these is to discard all food and spices where you find them. Pantry pests ...
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| tiny red insects? and tiny black insects or bugs? | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I live in IN and the last couple of years I have noticed MANY tiny red bugs crawling in a flower ... A: From what you have described I am sure that these are definitely spider mites. Most spider mites do ...
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| little red flying bugs | 6/12/2009 |
Q: i just got a new swimming pool but can't go swimming because of the little red bugs that showed up ... A: It appears that you need someone to visit your pool to determine what these are and where they are ...
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| carpet beetles, again... | 6/12/2009 |
Q: Last year I had a very terrible carpet beetle infestation which I suspect came from a lot of used ... A: 1. Have you seen any damage to your clothing or beetles in or on the clothes. If not storing them ...
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| Eggs falling from Ceiling | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I live in Southern California over the last 2 weeks have had insect eggs fall in batches of 10-20 ... A: I cannot see any detail on these insects but they do look a little like ants. However ant do not ...
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| Spider Identification | 6/11/2009 |
Q: While trekking in Nepal I came across this spider. Black, 4 dots on its back and striped legs. Any ... A: When I consider black and white spiders I usually think of jumping spiders but in this case I cannot ...
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| How to eradicate minute black insects which bites & jumps when I try to catch them? | 6/8/2009 |
Q: How do eradicate minute black insects (size of a period/comma) which bites & jumps when I try to ... A: Springtails do not bite so you can rule them out so they only thing I can suggest is that these ...
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| ants | 6/8/2009 |
Q: I discovered an ant in my yard that seems to excrete a web like strand from its behind. It can ... A: Since ants do not spin silk I believe this could be an ant mimic. Ant mimics are a type of jumping ...
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| spider identification | 6/7/2009 |
Q: We are in extreme SW North Carolina, at an elevation of 2100ft., in a wooded area. This past week ... A: The largest spiders found outdoors are wolf spiders. I believe this what you saw. As to the bumpy ...
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| Hard Shelled Brown Beetles | 6/6/2009 |
Q: This past week I started noticing tiny brown hard-shell bugs in our bedroom/bathroom area. The ... A: From seing this photo I can tell you now that is a Spider beetle. Spider beetles are food pests. ...
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| Spider Identification!!! Am I a Recluse? | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I found this spider crawling around my floor and into my closet... after half an hour of searching I ... A: This is not a recluse. The thorax is not raised in the recluse From what I can see the eye ...
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| Spider Identification!!! Am I a Recluse? | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I found this spider crawling around my floor and into my closet... after half an hour of searching I ... A: Could you just attach the photo and send it to my email address. I cannot possibly open this long ...
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| Hard Shelled Brown Beetles | 6/6/2009 |
Q: This past week I started noticing tiny brown hard-shell bugs in our bedroom/bathroom area. The ... A: It looks on the photo like this bug has a snout and taht is why I thought it could be weevil. By ...
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| carpet beetles, again... | 6/5/2009 |
Q: Last year I had a very terrible carpet beetle infestation which I suspect came from a lot of used ... A: 1. I am not in thee exterminator business and do not know what methods they use today so I cannot ...
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| tiny grey bugs and large white worms | 6/5/2009 |
Q: ok we recently came home from a week long trip and we came home to find these tiny littly greyish ... A: The grey bugs might have been mites but at least they are gone. AS for the worms they may be fly ...
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| Spider Identification | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I live in Colorado and I found this small and fuzzy black spider on my wall. I don't think it was a ... A: Fuzzy black and white spiders on walls are almost aiways jumping spiders (Salticidae) There are 500 ...
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| Tiny Bug Apartment | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I have a completely renovated apartment. I lived here before the renovations and I have never seen ... A: You are right in that it does look like a spider and that is because it is a spider beetle. Spider ...
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| Mysterious Bug Bites | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I am being eaten alive inside my new home by unknown insects. They bite only during the day and on ... A: Therein lies the problem. It is tough to stop a biting insect when you cannot see the culprit. Try ...
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| Tiny bug, size of a grain of sand | 6/2/2009 |
Q: Every time we step outside we seem to get swarmed by teeny tiny black/gray crawling bugs about the ... A: Without seeing on one of these I cannot tell you what they are. They could be little critters called ...
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| Brown Beetle Type Bug | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I have started to find these small bugs. It is a small brown oval shaped bug not visible legs but ... A: I cannot see much detail of this insect but it is definitely a beetle and it does not look like a ...
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| tiny black mites | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I have been bit by tiny black round mites they are no larger than a poppy seed. This has happened ... A: Biting mites are usually found in conjunction with rodents and birds. I cannot tell which kind you ...
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| bug? What is it?? | 6/1/2009 |
Q: What kind of bug looks like an ant or spider with black body and a big red backeand. They are all ... A: These are hatchlings of the wheel bug, a predatory true bug(hemiptera) They will not harm your tree ...
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| unkown bug | 5/31/2009 |
Q: I was hoping you might be able to help with an identification of a bug. It was seen once in the ... A: I am baffled by this. First of all 3 to 4 inches is a really large insect. Then I do not know of ...
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| Night time Bites also | 5/31/2009 |
Q: old daughter and recently she started to get bites on her backside and crotch we suspect bedbugs we ... A: I am sorry Elton but this is a medical problem and there is no way that I can second guess a doctor. ...
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| wasps and palm trees | 5/30/2009 |
Q: next to our pool we have 2 large palm trees. this season the wasps have taken residence on one of ... A: Not being there to see the trees nor the type of wasp limits my ability to tell you much. I do not ...
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| Strange bug - can you help me identify? | 5/29/2009 |
Q: We have several of these bugs living under the patio stones in our yard, and have found a few in our ... A: These certainly sound like isopods or sowbugs. All sowbugs do roll up and some are brown. Their ...
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| Tick, Bed Bug or other?! | 5/29/2009 |
Q: We are moving out of our apartment. I removed the sheets from my bed, did laundry, came back in and ... A: This does not sound like a bedbug and certainly not a tick. it sounds like a beetle of some kind ...
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| Household Bugs | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I have a small black insect in my home. It looks like a flea but does not jump. It moves real slow. ... A: I believe these are beetles and probably dermisted beetles or grain beetles but unless I see one I ...
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| Do I have a bug infestation? And if so, what kind of bug is it?! | 5/28/2009 |
Q: Hintz, I've never done one of these things before, but I am getting desperate. I've looked ... A: These could be a species of dermestid beetle or carpet beetle. I wouldn't say you had an ...
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| bug infestation | 5/27/2009 |
Q: Mr. Hintz, I am hoping you can help me in identifying a pest that has taken up residence in and ... A: You have described bedbugs. They can bite while leaving no evidence of the bite. Pick up a couple ...
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| black specs biting and itching | 5/27/2009 |
Q: Seems this happens in early spring and in the fall the last few years. I live in Chicago and the ... A: The problem here is that it seems impossible to make a connection between the skin problem and a ...
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| something biting in home.. | 5/26/2009 |
Q: 9 months back in an apartment in louisville ,KY something started biting us in all rooms.We had no ... A: You would not believe how many questions that I get asking for identification of an invisible biting ...
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| Small Brown Hard Shell Bugs that don't fly | 5/25/2009 |
Q: Over the past few days we have been invaded with small hard shell brown bugs. If they have wings we ... A: There has been a population explosion and such explosions are usually temporary. They sound like ...
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| Unusual Bug | 5/25/2009 |
Q: We found this unusual bug on our kitchen floor yesterday...I have no idea what it could be. Could ... A: The name soft tick is descriptive. Wood ticks and deer ticks have hard bodies. They usually attack ...
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| Unidentified Insect/Mite London, UK | 5/24/2009 |
Q: I have this unknown insect/mite just appeared in my house. I first noticed a few of them on my ... A: I believe you are correct in calling these mites Lee. They sound like the non biting spider mites ...
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| Ants/springtails? | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I have two pest problems. The first is little black ants inside my house (kitchen window/bathroom). ... A: The ones in the back are springtails. You cannot get rid of them except by keeping as dry as ...
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| Unidentified Bee hangs out on deck | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I have some bees that simply hang out and hover above my deck. Last year there was one, now there ... A: I am quite sure this is a carpenter bee. Examine your wood on the deck carefully. Look for a small ...
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| black widow? | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I'm wondering if you can tell me whether the attached image is a black widow spider? I found it ... A: This is not a black widow.It is harmless. The hourglass on a widow is red and this spider is not ...
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| black and orange stinging bug | 5/19/2009 |
Q: My son at school Friday got stung by some type of bee or bug he said it was orange and black caused ... A: I can only make a guess here Amy because there is more then one bug of that description that stings. ...
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| What kind of spiders are these | 5/18/2009 |
Q: These spiders are black and either have a metallic blue/green spot? at one end and a white dot at ... A: #Every once in a while I get more evidence that exterminators do not know what they are talking ...
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| umm.. what kind of ladybug is this? | 5/17/2009 |
Q: uh. hi! i was wondering, i found a very strange lady bug around my house so i brought it to school, ... A: First of all the picture you drew on Paint is excellent. This is definitely a Ladybird beetle. Most ...
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| mystery bites | 5/16/2009 |
Q: My 2 dogs also have small red patches on their bodies. As I was closely examining them today I ... A: It looks like this is a medical problem at this point. Have you consulted a Vet. The patches on ...
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| Rare bug spotted | 5/16/2009 |
Q: Can you identify this bug or know where it has emerged from? I have never seen it until about 2 ... A: This is the house centipede,Scutigera coleoptrata. It is definitely not rare. They are probably ...
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| Insect bites | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I live in Houston, I'm having problems with insect bites. they are very tiny black flying bugs ... A: There are so many biting bugs that unless I can see the culprit I cannot tell and most bites do not ...
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| tiny white bugs | 5/13/2009 |
Q: there are tiy white bugs every were they get into the mateial of all my clothing in my ears nose bed ... A: Wow! This seems to be a real problem. The problem is that I have no idea what these could be. They ...
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| Oak tree | 5/13/2009 |
Q: We have a huge Oak tree in our front yard and have noticed that we have these white bugs climbing up ... A: Since I do not what these insects are I cannot comment. Are they caterpillars? Ae there a lot of ...
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| regal jumping spiders | 5/11/2009 |
Q: why did my regal jumping spider stop eating, was it the size of the jar it was a mason jar was it to ... A: Spider behavior is unpredictable so I cannot be sur ewhy they often do not eat. But they can go for ...
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| Large Brown Bug | 5/9/2009 |
Q: I live in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida and found three, inch-sized, maybe a little bigger, flying ... A: Only a few species of roaches fly around so we can rule them out. Your description fits so many ...
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| Vermont bug | 5/7/2009 |
Q: While removing an old swimming pool yesterday I found a bunch of 2.5 to 3 inch long narrow winged ... A: I have been staring at this photo for days. The green grub is obvious and looks like a Dytiscid ...
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| roaches | 5/7/2009 |
Q: IF you look at animals such as shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, crabs, scorpions, cockroaches, etc they ... A: WE are not born with attitudes toward different kinds of animals. We learn our fears and ...
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| Baby Yellow Spiders | 5/6/2009 |
Q: My husband and I were in the backyard and saw what we thought was a mass of moss on our flower pot, ... A: Nice photo. You do not see this that often right after hatching. Thes eare orb weavers and I ...
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| question | 5/4/2009 |
Q: i was cleaning and happen to look real close to the window sil (which is white) and i noticed really ... A: Small bugs on the windowsill are usually spider mites that have crawled through the crack under the ...
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| Unknown/Unidentified spider | 5/2/2009 |
Q: This spider was found indoors of a residence in Metro-Detroit, Michigan. In the picture, the spider ... A: I based my identification on body structure an pattern Understand that to make a complete ...
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| tiny hard shelled bugs | 5/2/2009 |
Q: I live in the UK and have got an invasion of tiny hard shelled bugs that come down into my bathroom ... A: I am sure these are beetles but there are so many that I cannot tell you what kind without seeing ...
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| springtails | 5/2/2009 |
Q: I have two little ones, and I am afraid that this bugs are going to bite them or cause other damage ... A: Springtails do not bite nor do they jump on people. They try to avoid people. They thrive in moist ...
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| Please help me ID this bug | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I've been suspicious of bed bugs in my bedroom. I itch like crazy all night, but it could also be ... A: You have not described a bedbug nor seen any evidence of any. You would have distinct red bites. ...
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| Small black bugs in bathroom | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I found a few of these bugs in my bathroom. Called exterminator then I went on vacation. When I came ... A: First of all stop wasting money on extermintors. I cannot believe an exterminator can charge you ...
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| what is this? | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I live in the Antelope Valley in Lancaster CA. I've lived here over 15 years and know what kind of ... A: Nice photo. This is a wind scorpion.They are also called sun spiders. It is an arachnid and belongs ...
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| Mystery spider nest? | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I found a strange looking honeycomb type of nest on my tree that was maybe a few centimeters tall & ... A: I have seen these before. These are probably immature wheel bugs or assassin bugs that have just ...
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| Unknown/Unidentified spider | 4/30/2009 |
Q: This spider was found indoors of a residence in Metro-Detroit, Michigan. In the picture, the spider ... A: This is a jumping spider possibly of the Genus Phidippus. They are harmless and actually popular ...
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| Brown stink bugs | 4/30/2009 |
Q: I know that these bugs are not supposed to bite, but I'm seeing a ton of web discussion where folks ... A: Brown stink bugs are plant feeders and suck juices from plants. They are programmed to pierce any ...
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| unknown parasite that is little and white | 4/29/2009 |
Q: I mail you a sample some time ago and it look fuzz or lint.But I am finding some people on this ... A: I have had samples sent from at least four people with the same problems and I have never been able ...
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| Tiny dark/redish-brown bathroom bugs; you say are mites? | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I noticed an answer you posted to the question (in the link at the bottom) for someone and it seems ... A: Springtails accumulate in damp areas so they can be controlled by keeping things very dry. As to ...
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| bugs | 4/26/2009 |
Q: I live a few blocks from the beach. I have an ongoing problem. I see mostly dead bugs around the ... A: I cannot tell you if these are ants or not. Do they look like ants? Anyway knowing what they are ...
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| moths | 4/25/2009 |
Q: I have always wondered why moths fly in such an erratic pattern. They seem to fly aimlessly, ... A: This is a good question Peggy and one that is difficult to answer. Often when we wonder about ...
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| iron cross blister beetles | 4/24/2009 |
Q: My back yard and graden are covered with iron cross blister beetles, are they dangerous to my dogs ... A: All blister beetles contain a irritating compound and can cause a problem if ingested. They have ...
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| tiny red bugs around home | 4/22/2009 |
Q: Hey the past week or so me and my boyfriend have been noticing these tiny dark red mite looking bugs ... A: This is definitely not a bedbug. Bedbugs and spider beetles look nothing alike and if you had ...
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| Electric/Ultrasound Repellant | 4/22/2009 |
Q: Does electronic pest control work? Below is from the site www.electronicpestrepeller.com: (They ... A: They will work only if, at the same time ,you use pest control methods such as traps, chemicals, and ...
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| Bugs... | 4/21/2009 |
Q: Haii Mr.Hintz well i came home from school and decided to get on my laptop. i usually stay in my ... A: It is very difficult to identiy animals without seeing them. About all I can do is put them into a ...
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| BIRD MITES!!!!!!!!! | 4/21/2009 |
Q: Please tell me how we can get rid of BIRD MITES. We have spent THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS trying to rid ... A: To get rid of any population of insects or mites you first have to find out the source. If you have ...
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| Negro Bugs | 4/19/2009 |
Q: I have an invasion of very tiny beetle type bugs on my plants, especially snapdragons. They first ... A: These are true bugs not beetles. They are har to combat because the suck plant juices rather then ...
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| unidentifyied flying insect | 4/19/2009 |
Q: I live in Canada and I have seen, a few days ago, one of the weirdest flies I've ever seen. ... A: This is quite confusing. There are no two legged flying insects. From the fuzziness and the clear ...
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| nature of insects | 4/18/2009 |
Q: it's me again. Your answer to my question was quite helpful, and I just wanted to follow up with ... A: I do not separate life forms on the basis of their place in the ecosystem. All life is connected by ...
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| Tiny pinhead size bugs | 4/18/2009 |
Q: I live in Columbus, OH in the United States and all around my siding around my doors (front and ... A: From the large numbers and the red stuff my guess is that thes eare mites. Getting rid of mites and ...
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| insect | 4/15/2009 |
Q: There is an insect in Japan that is referred to as a "dango mushii". Dango means "sweet" (a popular ... A: If it looks like a caterpillar it probably is one but what it turns into I do not know. I found this ...
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| Praying mantis | 4/15/2009 |
Q: I am hoping you can clarify something about praying mantises for me. I understand that the female ... A: I have observed the female eating the male in the wild. It is important that she does it because as ...
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| Little black beetles with orange spots | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I am finding these really small black beetles, with what looks to be orange spots, in my bedroom ... A: I can only guess here without seeing on eof these but they could be dermestid beetles or carpet ...
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| Bugs attraction to Light | 4/13/2009 |
Q: A friend is selling an led light panel for commercial use and is saying they are bug free because ... A: Heat and light are electromagnetic waves and insects are attracted to both. The larger wave lengths ...
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| Is this a roly poly? | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I can not tell if this is a roly poly, or something else. Can you help me? There is a picture of the ... A: Yes Lauren This is an isopod but this does not look like the roly poly. Pliibugs are isopods that ...
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| Orange Assasin Bug | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I have orange assasin bugs in my home. I live in central Maryland. Please let me know what I can ... A: The orange assassin bug is not a blood feeder but does prey on invertebrates. They are programmed to ...
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| in home biting bug | 4/10/2009 |
Q: for the last week or so i have been biting by something, itches to high heaven, the bites just look ... A: You can rule out hives. Hives cause a welt not a bite mark but I still at a loss here. It does ...
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| tiny Beetles | 4/10/2009 |
Q: For several years now I have been getting a couple dozen or so tiny beetles on my kitchen windowsill ... A: I cannot identy these without seeing one. They could be caroet beetles or small dermestid beetles. ...
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| black beetle bugs | 4/7/2009 |
Q: We have noticed a small black beetle looking insect in our basement laundry area recently.(in the ... A: There many kinds of weevil. But you mention 2 cm. No weevils are this long. Do mean mm.. Do you have ...
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| How to live our lives | 4/5/2009 |
Q: (I am not david wood and this is not my e-mail address. I do not own a computer, or have an e-mail ... A: I will agree about indiscriminate killing of any living thing but you must understand that an ...
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| Something is biting me | 4/5/2009 |
Q: About a few weeks or so I awoke with a few bites on my hand and a few on my foot-both on the right ... A: Since you have not seen any insects I am sure that these are not bites and definitely not bedbugs. ...
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| Disgusting little black and yellow bugs | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I've been finding little black and yellow striped bugs on my bed. They are about the same size as an ... A: These are probably beetles that most likely do not want to be in your bed no more then you do. Beds ...
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| kitchen insects | 4/2/2009 |
Q: my name is pearl and i live in Bakersfield Ca. i found a little insect the size of a rice grain, ... A: Only spiders have 8 legs and thes eare not spiders. They sound like beetles. Without seeing one I ...
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| ANTZ | 3/31/2009 |
Q: OK..I HAVE A HUGE ANT PROBLEMS..I HAVE LOOKED AT PICTURES OF ANTS AND NEVER SEEN THE ONES I HAVE IN ... A: These could be fire ants since they bite or sting. There are commercial lawn care chemicals for ...
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| narrow hard black bug in So Calif | 3/29/2009 |
Q: For the past few years I am finding a narrow hard-shelled black bug on my patio on occasion, but ... A: This is a ringnecked earwig (Euborellia annulipes). Earwigs are common throughout the US and Europe. ...
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| Hi | 3/28/2009 |
Q: what does body lice actually look like?Does it look like pimples on your leg?If it does how can you ... A: The lice themselves are small and white. The bite looks like a small red dot and later develop into ...
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| recurring necrosis -different spots | 3/27/2009 |
Q: In May, 2008, I developed a one and three-quarter inch "necrotic" ulcer that, after several visits ... A: I am not qualified to diagnose medical problems but from a standpoint of invertebrate zoology I find ...
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| Stink BUgs | 3/27/2009 |
Q: My 7 year old boy has decided since he cannot have a dog or cat or sibling, he can have bugs as ... A: Your son reminds me of myself when I was a boy. I tried to make a pet out of everything. Stink ...
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| Littl black bug | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I have some little black bugs. They are very small and black with a silver or gray stripe across the ... A: They may be dermestid beetle of some kind. Check all drien opened foods and pet foods as they may ...
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| House flies- hundreds- on my 3rd floor room | 3/23/2009 |
Q: We have a house in northern Illinois in the country which has been vacant for several months, and on ... A: The sudden appearance of large numbers of flies often remains mysterious. All we know is that need ...
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| crickets | 3/23/2009 |
Q: We would like to know if we can feed "wild" crickets to our bearded dragon. Is there any possibility ... A: I have a Beardie myself and I only feed him crickets from the pet store. In the wild they eat wild ...
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| Maggots & beetles | 3/23/2009 |
Q: I have maggots in my kitchen,near food or in it even noodles,I've cleaned my whole kitchen top to ... A: It sounds like you have beetle larvae all right. Beetles do go through a larval stage and some of ...
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| Insect in apartment, crawling the walls | 3/21/2009 |
Q: Keep finding this kind of bug in my apartment. Crawling on walls in both kitchen and bathroom. It ... A: This sounds like Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede. They are found in amost all houses and ...
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| Unidentified nest | 3/16/2009 |
Q: There is a nest about the size of 1/2 softball attached to a limb on an oaktree in my back yard. See ... A: It is a possibility that this is a cynipid wasp gall. They are common on oaks but the damage is ...
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| Pumpkin seed looking bug | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I have recently seen a number of bugs in my house in southern Calif. The cocoon/shell looks like a ... A: These are plaster bagworms a moth caterpillar that builds a little type of cocoon and drags it ...
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| I know it's a Tarantula, but what is the complete Scientific Name? | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I know it's a Tarantula, but what is the complete Scientific Name? I have the Aphonopelma, but not ... A: Where do you live and did you collect this in the wild. The common tarantula in the US is the ...
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| large black beetle | 2/28/2009 |
Q: We had a trailer in Haliburton Ont. Cnd . There was a small stream that ran behind the trailer , ... A: These sound like beetles but without seeing one I cannot be sure because there just too man large ...
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| FLAT GRAY COCOON LIKE BUG | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I’ve found several flat, gray body, oval-ish shaped bugs in my kitchen (the shape of this bug ... A: These are Plaster bagworms. They are moth caterpillars and related to the clothes moth. The ...
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| centipede....but not... | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I have this bug in my house. Looks like it should belong in the centipede family. less than 1 inch ... A: No photo is needed. You have described perfectly Scutigera, the house centipede. Everyhouse them. ...
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| Cardboard Infestation | 2/24/2009 |
Q: For many years I have stored empty cardboard boxes, mostly from electronics, on a concrete platform ... A: What state do you live in? I ask because states do not have termites. These could be termites ...
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| large mosquito-like black flying insect... | 2/22/2009 |
Q: About four years ago, I was asleep in bed and was awakened by something that I brushed off my cheek. ... A: I am sorry arlene that I could give you a definitive answer but this is a medical problem and I am ...
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| large mosquito-like black flying insect... | 2/22/2009 |
Q: About four years ago, I was asleep in bed and was awakened by something that I brushed off my cheek. ... A: First of all let me say that you my sympathy since I had a Mohs procedure from a skin cancer on my ...
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| small black bug with a white dot on it's back | 2/21/2009 |
Q: I live in Georgia & about 1 week ago noticed small black bugs with a white dot on its back in my ... A: Without seeing one I cannot be sure but from where they are I suspect they are dermestid beetles ...
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| A Winter hatch? | 2/20/2009 |
Q: I have seen these bugs before but in small numbers, maybe 1 or 2 at a time. Now for some reason ... A: You can send me other photos but I am sure that these are drone (mail) ants. Mail emerge ...
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| flying insect | 2/19/2009 |
Q: I found an insect this morning and I have never seen it before. It looked almost like a bee, and had ... A: It looks like we are neighbors. I live in Wickliffe and you are correct in that it is cold. The ...
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| flies | 2/14/2009 |
Q: I have a large amount of little flies in my basement windows. I have vacuumed them up a few times, ... A: Do they have red eyes? Fruit flies have red eyes. Flies are very difficult to identify. If not ...
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| BLACK COCOONS | 2/11/2009 |
Q: PLEASE HELP! I HAVE SPENT HOURS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THIS CATERPILLAR. THE COCOONS ARE BLACK AND STUCK ... A: I need a little more information here, hopefully a photo or two. You have described the cocoon , ...
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| identification | 2/7/2009 |
Q: Could you tell me please the name of this insect? We found a few of them crossing the trial in the ... A: This is definitely a beetle. The trouble with identifying beetls that distinguising the kind ...
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| unidentified insect | 2/7/2009 |
Q: Any idea what this is? Took it back in summer 2008 on a tree by a canal near Cleeve Prior in Warks. ... A: This is an insect in the Order Mecoptera (scorpionflies) You can see why they are called scorpionfly ...
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| What is this bug? | 2/7/2009 |
Q: Okay,I have a cat, but I found a black looking bug on him. I, myself, thought it was fleas, so I got ... A: Without seeing one I cannot be positive but they sound like fleas especially around the head and ...
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| entomology | 2/6/2009 |
Q: I live in South Florida, there are many, many insects stuck on the outside walls of my house. They ... A: They could be some kind of a bagworm. Could you send me a photo waltjh@sbcglobal.net Followup ...
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| moth | 2/4/2009 |
Q: My son found a caterpillar I believe late august here in Madison,Wisconsin. It cocooned, around ... A: A riker mount is a rectangular box about 8 x 10 x 1 inch deep. it is filled with cotton and has a ...
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| moth | 2/4/2009 |
Q: My son found a caterpillar I believe late august here in Madison,Wisconsin. It cocooned, around ... A: The eggs laid by the moth will not be fertile since it emerged in captivity and did not mate. I do ...
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| Black and red bug | 2/3/2009 |
Q: There are these bugs that keep showing up in my mother's house. They're almost like a thin tear drop ... A: Could you give me just a little more information. How big are they. Are they strong fliers. Do ...
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| Flying insect | 2/2/2009 |
Q: I found this bug at my work in Northern BC on the coast. I have never seen a bug like this and would ... A: These wasps are solitary and nest in tree trunks. They are predators on beetle grubs in tree tree ...
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| Kitchen cabinet bugs | 1/30/2009 |
Q: How do get rid of these tiny black bugs that are in my kitchen cabinets? They don't seem to be ... A: If they have a hard shell they are beetles. If soft and very small they could be mites. Do you hsve ...
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| bugs no bigger then a speck | 1/27/2009 |
Q: I have a problem with little bugs no bigger then a speck of pepper (Fine ground). They were first ... A: Without seeing one I cannot tell you what they are. Even if I could identify them it would not solve ...
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| Bugs in bathroom/kitchen | 1/27/2009 |
Q: Good afternoon - I have been trying to identify a bug that I've been seeing usually in my bathroom. ... A: Boric acid works well with ants. It comes in powder form and get ito cracks easily. I don't know ...
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| Bugs in bathroom/kitchen | 1/27/2009 |
Q: Good afternoon - I have been trying to identify a bug that I've been seeing usually in my bathroom. ... A: Silverfish are not always silver so you could have them. They are teardrop shaped. you are correct ...
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| Biting Mite | 1/27/2009 |
Q: At the end of November I went on a trip to South Africa and purchased a cloth pillowcase which I ... A: Go to on eof the universities where is a biology department and see if they have a entomologist. ...
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| hissing cockroaches | 1/26/2009 |
Q: Our hissing cockroach shed her exoskelton on 12/25/08. She seems to have had problems after molting. ... A: The roach can survive with a partial antenna. If the exoskeleton looks really ready to come see if ...
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| questionable insect bite (double puncture, one raised more and slightly larger than the other) | 1/25/2009 |
Q: Hintz, back on 11/10/07 Rachel from Toronto, Ontario wrote questioning a possible insect bite. ... A: I checked back to see my reply to Rachel and I must offer basically the same advice that I gave her. ...
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| Bug Bites | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I've been getting bug bites at night, in my dorm, just this past week. Only on my legs though, and ... A: They do not sound like bedbug bites because of the pus and ants do not leave bites like that. ...
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| Tiny reddish worms around shower walls | 1/21/2009 |
Q: I've been seeing really tiny reddish (almost translucent) worms inch along the walls around my ... A: It is most likely that these are caterpillars of some kind or drain fly larvae. I think this is a ...
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| Un-identified Cocoon | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you could identify this cocoon I found on the ground in rural Colorado. When I ... A: This is butterfly chrysalis. The movement means that it is still alive. Put it in a container and ...
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| Gasteracantha cancriformis | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I'm pretty sure that I've ID'd this spider correctly and I know you said to someone else that ... A: These spiders are indeed harmless. They are hanging around the house because they are finding food ...
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| catipillars | 1/19/2009 |
Q: Can you tell me the process that caterpillars go through when they break through their cocoon. I've ... A: Most cocoons are made from silk and silk is a protein. When read to emerge the moth secretes an ...
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| bugs | 1/18/2009 |
Q: I have very small bugs i keep finding in my kitchen drawer, bedroom drawer etc... the ar no bigger ... A: 'These sound like beetles of some kind, possibly grain beetles. To get rid of them you must locate ...
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| Spiders | 1/17/2009 |
Q: Do you think that a tarantula would be a good pet?? My mom won't even consider it, but I think ... A: I have kept tarantulas for quite a few years now.. I keep them because I conduct hands on science ...
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| Brasilian pest | 1/16/2009 |
Q: Help! I am living in Braasil and there is a bug invading my house..... or a couple thousand at ... A: From your latest description I am sure these are a species of fly. They could be drain flies or ...
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| Brasilian pest | 1/16/2009 |
Q: Help! I am living in Braasil and there is a bug invading my house..... or a couple thousand at ... A: It is difficult for me to identify insects without seeing them, especially the very small ones. I ...
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| Silverfish | 1/15/2009 |
Q: My husband and I remodeled our bathroom three yrs ago and we noticed that we have silverfish. They ... A: Silverfish are found in probably all bathrooms. The other insect you find sound like Collembola. ...
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| Box Edler removal by freezing | 1/10/2009 |
Q: I have a pretty serious infestation of box elder bugs in my Salt Lake City home. Three years ago ... A: The eggs are laid under the bark of the tree. The larvae need the tree for energy. In the house they ...
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| Box Edler removal by freezing | 1/10/2009 |
Q: I have a pretty serious infestation of box elder bugs in my Salt Lake City home. Three years ago ... A: I would consider dropping the house temperature drastic and I do not know about the insecticide you ...
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| What is this? | 1/8/2009 |
Q: My wife found this in he bath tub. It is small enough to fit on the head of a pencil eraser. It ... A: They live in all parts of the world. There are 200 species in N.A. They do no breed in drains and ...
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| Entomology Volunteering | 1/7/2009 |
Q: Good Morning: My 16 year old son has wanted to be an entomologist ever since he learned the word ... A: Entomology is just one branch of biology. To be an entomologist your son will need a degree in ...
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| Insects and Sounds | 1/1/2009 |
Q: Do insects (ants in particular) make sounds that we are just to big to hear? If you have seen the ... A: Many insects make sounds that we cannot hear. Ants relay on chemical messengers called pheromones ...
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| cockroaches | 12/29/2008 |
Q: I have a rental home in Spring Valley Lake Victorville, Ca. My new tenant claims to have seen a huge ... A: There is no such thing as one cockroach in a house. There are wood roaches that live outdoors so ...
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| brown bug that jumps | 12/23/2008 |
Q: lately i have been finding a bug that is light brown and jumps when i try to kill it. it is not ... A: It is true that they increase in wet conditions. They do not get in through drains. They enter ...
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| brown bug that jumps | 12/23/2008 |
Q: lately i have been finding a bug that is light brown and jumps when i try to kill it. it is not ... A: I believe these are Collembola or springtails. Collembola are one of the most numerous insects on ...
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| Spider | 12/23/2008 |
Q: Ok, I really am scared of spiders. I have had the "luck" of being bitten by a black widow and then ... A: Arachnaphobia is certainly not uncommon but it is irrational. There are a lot of things in this ...
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| Bugs on my kitchen counter tops | 12/21/2008 |
Q: Recently i have found these tiny black bugs that look and move like worms. I first noticed them in a ... A: I am sure that these are larvae, probably beetle grubs. Check all opened dried foods in your ...
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| bathroom bugs | 12/18/2008 |
Q: i have these little critters crawling in my bathroom they are like little black specs, i think they ... A: It is likely that these are some kind of a small beetle and not dangerous in any way. To get rid of ...
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| My Scorpion | 12/13/2008 |
Q: My name is Teddy Kesting-Handly and I am also an expert in this category. Now, my question is about ... A: It is difficult to identify a scorpion from a photo but this dot look to me like a Centroides. ...
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| There are little flying bugs all over my house | 12/11/2008 |
Q: Over the last week I have noticed a lot of little bugs, they look very similar to fruit bugs flying ... A: These sound like they could be Indian meal moths. Look through all your opened dried cereals and ...
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| bugs and spiders | 12/11/2008 |
Q: I'm considering moving to Hemet CA, Do you know what kind of bugs I might run into especially the ... A: Since I live in Ohio I am not acquainted with bugs in Hemet but they are no different then bugs in ...
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| A clinician who will just look | 12/7/2008 |
Q: Hintz, I am only in Medina and at age 62 would never have imagined bothering anyone this ... A: I have already stated that no one but me sees this message. As a psychologist I am sure that you ...
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| Infestation not resolved: possibly microscopic | 12/2/2008 |
Q: I moved into an apartment in a house a couple of years ago that was poorly maintained. I learned ... A: First of all I am sorry for all the troubles you are having. You have consulted two bug experts ...
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| tiny tiny black jumping bugs | 11/30/2008 |
Q: on the web page the lady asked about the itny black jumping bug i have millions of them allover my ... A: These are collembola or springtails. They occur in huge numbers when it gets moist. They are ...
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| Unidentified bugs in dining room/kitchen | 11/28/2008 |
Q: I have found three of these bugs recently. I live in Seattle, but recently received a pine table ... A: This insect belongs to the Order Hemiptera or true bugs. They get their energy by sucking juices ...
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| Bite marks appearing overnight | 11/28/2008 |
Q: I have recently been discovering about 1-2 new bite marks when I wake up every morning. They are the ... A: You have not mentioned seeing bugs and I cannot identify insects that I cannot see so my advice to ...
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| Nighttime bites - bed bugs not suspected | 11/24/2008 |
Q: After living in my apartment for several years, for the last month or so I have been finding 1-3 ... A: When you have bedbugs you never have only a few. I think we can rule them out. Do you have pets ...
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| bugs in my kitchen | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I have recently found little brown bugs with serrated edges on the body on the wooden cutting board ... A: First of all I am sure that these insects are no danger to your children. Having exterminators ...
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| Household Insects | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I occasionally find a single insect in my apartment, and do my best to capture it and release it ... A: It is actually remarkable that you only find one or two bugs. House centipedes are always in houses ...
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| Booklice problem | 11/19/2008 |
Q: I have a problem with booklice that are living in my attic and falling through gaps around my lights ... A: The bugs are certainly breeding in the attic so the cleanup must begin there. Do you have old books ...
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| Little bugs. | 11/13/2008 |
Q: For the past 4 days there have been little insects in my room. I don't know what they are but they ... A: They sound like meal moths. You will have to find out where they breeding to get rid of them. They ...
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| small fuzzy insect | 11/12/2008 |
Q: I found out i have this small fuzzy insect around the house biting at night anywere. i was able to ... A: I will look the stuff over byr you must realize that this has become a medical problem which is ...
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| small fuzzy insect | 11/12/2008 |
Q: I found out i have this small fuzzy insect around the house biting at night anywere. i was able to ... A: This is mysterious. I am amazed how doctors just pass this off and treat the problem without ...
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| Golden silk orb weaver spider | 11/11/2008 |
Q: When do the baby spiders come out of the orbs? I have been observing a female spider for several ... A: When they hatch depends upon where you live. If you have a cold winter where you are the female has ...
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| small black specks | 11/10/2008 |
Q: For several weeks I have been waking up with multiple bites on mostly my legs and then find small ... A: The only insect that I know of that fits this situation is the bedbug but these are too small. They ...
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| tiny bugs | 11/9/2008 |
Q: I found those tiny tiny tiny bugs in my bathroom. They are sooo tiny almost invisible. They are ... A: I am sure these are Collembola or springtails. They are everyplace there is any moisture. The only ...
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| Spiders | 11/8/2008 |
Q: We had a furry, black spider with white on it and thick legs and big green eyes in our garage in ... A: I do not know about any green eyed spiders. Jumping spiders can jump but they are very small and ...
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| Identification of a spider | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I live in southeastern Virginia. We found a spider in our house that looks unlike anything I could ... A: It is difficult for me to identify this spider from the photo.The range of this spider ends in ...
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| Unknown bites | 11/6/2008 |
Q: My 7 yr.old son and I live in a 3 story building in Northern Ontario (top floor). For the past few ... A: What these are and whether they are causing the problem I cannot tell without seeing them but if I ...
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| spider | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I attached a picture of a spider below. it bit me while i was sleeping and actually woke me up. it ... A: All spiders have a venom but only widows and he recluse are really dangerous. This spider is ...
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| house bugs | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I have been finding tiny little brown beetle looking bugs around my house. Specifically in the ... A: To get rid of beetles you must locate the source. Start by looking in the kitchen cupboards in ...
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| nymph???? | 11/5/2008 |
Q: I live in NC, and it has recently rained. My dog found a big bug on the floor. It looks similiar to ... A: I cannot be sure without seeing this. What picture did you compare it with on the net? Can you send ...
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| stink bugs diet | 11/4/2008 |
Q: i was wondering if u could best tell me how to attract food for stink bugs, as my 7 year old ... A: Wow! a seven year old little girl who keep pet bugs. Marvelous!. If you have The brown stink bug ...
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| Little white bugs in pet food | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a large bag of dog food and put it in a clean 55 gallon trash can, there were lots ... A: I suspect that these are mites but whether they are causing teh dogs problem I do not know. They ...
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| thin larvae that hangs from my ceiling and "inches" along the counter? | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I have some really thin larvae looking things hanging from my ceiling and window sills in the ... A: H Cal These are plaster bagworms. They are small caterpillars that made a little house to hide in ...
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| NUTS or am I? | 10/30/2008 |
Q: Traveling thru KS,OK and down to Galveston TX was driving alone and started feeling a buzz in my ... A: You definitely have a problem and it is a medical problem that only a doctor can solve. I am not ...
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| Giant centipede? | 10/30/2008 |
Q: My dad recently told me a story about when he was a kid. Him and his friends were riding up a ... A: What can I say Kaiya except there are no known arthropods that get to be 4 feet long. My Grandpa ...
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| Bugs on Stucco walls outside and found one inside | 10/26/2008 |
Q: Walter: I live in central Florida and I found a strange looking bug (I think) on my stucco walls on ... A: This is a plaster bagworm. They are common in Florida. This is a case with a small caterpillar ...
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| mantids | 10/26/2008 |
Q: I recently caught a green mantid and want to keep it as a pet. I have read about caring for, and ... A: I have held a lot of mantids. If you get your fingers in the folds of the front legs the spines are ...
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| Assassin Bug | 10/25/2008 |
Q: My children found a bug that my husband and I have never seen and we have lived in SW Indiana all of ... A: The bite from an assassin bug is very painful and she would have felt so I am inclined to think that ...
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| millipede-like bug rolls into circle | 10/25/2008 |
Q: I live in northeast Alabama, and this fall after rainy days I would find 5-6 1-inch milli or ... A: These small Millipedes always roll into a circle when disturbed. They are not harmful in any way. ...
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| Spider | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I found a spider in the backyard and over the past couple of days have noticed more and more of them ... A: Wow Anna! Great photo. This is a spiny backed orb weaver with the scientific name Gasterocantha ...
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| Spiders | 10/23/2008 |
Q: I sww alot of spiders guarding their egg sac now that the weather is getting colder. I am sssuming ... A: Many spiders spin a silken cacoon to hibernate in during the winter and some die. It depends up on ...
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| ID strange insect | 10/23/2008 |
Q: I searched Google for hours to find an image of this insect, we have no idea! Found in some clothes ... A: I am leaning towards a rove beetle larvae but I will consult a colleague on Monday. Is this a ...
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| ID strange insect | 10/23/2008 |
Q: I searched Google for hours to find an image of this insect, we have no idea! Found in some clothes ... A: This is quite strange. It resembles an aquatic larvae bit you found it in dry conditions so I think ...
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| weevils? | 10/23/2008 |
Q: We have an extremely clean house and discovered very small, ligth brown/tan bugs in our kitchen ... A: I am sure these are grain beetles and they are still breeding in the dried foods. Check all foods ...
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| tiny red bug | 10/21/2008 |
Q: Can you help out? I was walking in the wood, more precise, in Quebec, Canada and suddenly I add over ... A: Ticks remain on the skin unil they finish the blood meal. The mouth parts and head are buried under ...
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| rove beetle ? | 10/21/2008 |
Q: i live in ireland and literally 10 minutes ago in my hallway i killed what seems t be a rove beetle. ... A: Without seeing these beetles I cannot tell you what they are but they do not sound like rove ...
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| tarantula hawk | 10/18/2008 |
Q: I just moved to the foot hills below Yosemite National Park. Immediately I noticed an excessive ... A: We do not have this wasp in Ohio so I do not know a lot about them. I do know however that nature ...
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| Can you identify this spider? | 10/17/2008 |
Q: I took the attached picture several weeks ago because I thought the web was particularly ... A: This beautiful spider is one my favorites. It is the Argiope. It is the only spider that makes that ...
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| puss caterpillars | 10/17/2008 |
Q: my 6 yaer old daughter who is an up and coming entmologist just learned that the puss caterpillar is ... A: Next to the saddleback caterpillar the puss caterpillar is probably the worst.. Spraying the bushes ...
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| Could you identify brownish-black flea like insects attracted to my screens and foilage? | 10/15/2008 |
Q: We have flea-like insects that are attracted to my screens mostly on the North side of my house. ... A: I really would have to see these . There are too many insects taht fit this description. Can you get ...
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| Tiny brown bug | 10/14/2008 |
Q: We've suddenly discovered these extremely tiny brown bugs (no word of a lie - literally hundreds) ... A: I cannot identify these without seeing them but they like mites. I do not know what state you live ...
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| madagascan hissing cockroaches | 10/14/2008 |
Q: i've got 2 males as pets and think they make excellent pets. needless to say, i don't know many ... A: I have kept hissing roaches myself. They are extremely interesting and I use them for teaching ...
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| options | 10/10/2008 |
Q: im year 9 and about to take my options. If i want to be an entomologist should i try and take as ... A: Absolutely Esther; Read everything you can get your hands on about insects and other invertebrates. ...
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| mantis | 10/10/2008 |
Q: A mantis had been hanging around our garage door for a week, and then died. Upon close inspection, I ... A: All living things including insects are subject to infections and invasion of parasites. The ...
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| Larva ? | 10/9/2008 |
Q: Hintz, Being a relatively recent transplant to Oklahoma from California I have seen many new ... A: OK I found the previous question. No need to send it again. The fringe on them makes me change my ...
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| bugs in the body | 10/9/2008 |
Q: My daughter has been getting what looks like small bites on different parts of her body. last ... A: You have a medical problem. Without seeing an insect we cannot come to any conclusions I can ...
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| praying mantis | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I know a praying mantis CAN bite a human, but will they? If so, can it cause a great deal of harm? ... A: I have handled mantids plenty of times and have never been bitten. They can give a slight pinch ...
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| Weird bug | 10/5/2008 |
Q: I found some of these weird bugs at home. I'm from Argentina. And they have a white diamond-shaped ... A: This is a bagworm. These are caterpillars that build a little house to drag around with them. They ...
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| Gray with orange spots flying beetle | 10/4/2008 |
Q: What is this insect, does it bite? why doesn't bug spray kill it? A: For some unknown reason I cannot enlarge this photo. Could you resend it to my email addess ...
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| No-See-Ums | 9/30/2008 |
Q: For the past 4 months, I've been getting bitten by an invisible insect in my apartment that I ... A: I just do not know what to say Cynthia with two exterminators and a dermatologist involved and no ...
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| paper nest of yellowjacket | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I recently identified a paper nest of a yellowjacket hanging on my house. I read that only the queen ... A: First of these are not yellow jackets but bald faced hornets. Yellow jackets nest in the ground. It ...
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| Juvenile Black Widow spiders | 9/28/2008 |
Q: We are in the midst of a spider infestation inside and outside our home. We have regular pest ... A: First of all I see that you have found that paying pest control companies is a waste of time and ...
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| Itching like mad. | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I am freaking out about bites I've been getting in my apartment. Haven't yet been to a ... A: The problem is that this is one of those problems where there are bites with no biters present so ...
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| gnats | 9/27/2008 |
Q: Here is a question that came up one night We were talking about bugs someone asked if a gnat has a ... A: Insects have an open circulatory system and the blood is the body fluids so a pump (heart) is ...
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| Beneficial insects | 9/27/2008 |
Q: Is there any way to increase ones population of lightning bugs and dragon flies? ANSWER: Hi Roy ... A: Dragonflies will attack almost all flying insects. Only larval Fireflies are predators feeding on ...
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| spider identity | 9/26/2008 |
Q: Saw a 1 1/2 inch spider in my flower garden. It was black with yellow wing-like markings on its 3/8 ... A: J. This sounds like the black and yellow Argiope. Does it have a jagged line in the center of the ...
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| Becoming an Entomologist | 9/26/2008 |
Q: My friends 13 year old son would like to become an Entomologist when he gets older. Are there any ... A: He will probably not be able to take entomology course until he enters college but he can prepare by ...
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| Can you help me identify this insect? | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I live in Orlando, FL, and my husband came across a giant bug this morning (Sept. 25). Its body ... A: This an insect called a Ranatra or water scorpion. They spend most of the time in the water but ...
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| Beneficial insects | 9/25/2008 |
Q: Is there any way to increase ones population of lightning bugs and dragon flies? A: No. Changes in insect populations follow environmental changes. To increase the populations of ...
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| Tiny white insects in bedroom. | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I was hoping you might be able to advice me on a problem that has recently come up. I have started ... A: It is quite posible that these are book lice. They feed on the glue in book bindings and on fungi. ...
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| White larvae/small brown beetles | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I have several eye pillows filled with buckwheat seeds that I use to sleep with. Yesterday, I found ... A: I an sure these are dermestid beetles. They feed on organic materials like the seeds in the ...
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| pillbugs "rollie pollies" | 9/22/2008 |
Q: The last two days I have found "rollie pollies" in my bedroom carpet. They look to be fully grown ... A: You cannot get rid of them until you discover how they are getting into the house. Do you have a ...
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| black widow piders? | 9/21/2008 |
Q: Here recently I noticed spiders in my house that I think may be black widows, but I'm not sure. They ... A: These do not sound like widows. Black widows have a red hour glass on the abdomen and they never ...
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| Solpugid ??? | 9/20/2008 |
Q: Last night while half asleep I slapped something crawling on my cheek and immediately felt what I ... A: This does indeed sound like a wind scorpion (solpugid) They are quite common in desert areas where ...
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| insect identification | 9/20/2008 |
Q: I have found this insect with pinchers...this beetle like bug digs a funnel in the dirt to trap ... A: This remarkable insect is the larva of an ant lion. It is often called a doodlebug. There are a ...
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| Help identifying an insect. | 9/20/2008 |
Q: My name is Kendall Gordon. I live around Portland Oregon. The other day my brother and I found a ... A: This is the caterpillar of the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly. If you still have it put in a ...
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| bugs in the bathroom - black or grey | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I have a dry composting toilet and it works wonderfully with sawdust. For a year there has been no ... A: The photo is quite blurry but this looks like a beetle of some type. I am not acquainted with this ...
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| stinging ants in Vancouver, Canada | 9/19/2008 |
Q: There are ants in our lawn that sting. They are smaller than the usual black ants we see here, and ... A: It is a natural insecticide and your dog will not mess with fire ants more than once. Look for the ...
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| presurving a black widow spider | 9/17/2008 |
Q: i was bitten around a week ago and we used raid to kill it and it is fully intact in a jar where can ... A: You can preserve it in alcohol. Rubbing alcohol will do. I do not know of any commercial ...
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| small worms with black heads and silky string | 9/17/2008 |
Q: I have found very small (measured in mm's and not inches) brown worms with black heads that are ... A: Since they are wormlike and make silk they are caterpillars and probably the larvae of some kind of ...
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| Black Widow | 9/16/2008 |
Q: I have captured two Black Widows, both appear to be female, but I was wondering about the eggs. Our ... A: Tell your boyfriend to get a rose hair tarantula. They are available at most pet stores for under ...
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| Black Widow | 9/16/2008 |
Q: I have captured two Black Widows, both appear to be female, but I was wondering about the eggs. Our ... A: If the spiders are laying eggs they have already mated. They only mate once and the eggs are ...
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| spiders in my bed | 9/16/2008 |
Q: So basically whats going on is that I have bites on my arms and legs... not many and I thought there ... A: I do not know what this is. Send me the picture (walthg@sbcglobal.net) I think I can safely sat ...
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| help | 9/15/2008 |
Q: i was wondering if you could help me, my room is in the attic of my house and i have been noticing ... A: First of all silverfish are harmless. They are hard to get rid of. They hide in walls and around ...
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| Honey bees | 9/14/2008 |
Q: do honey bees feel pain after stinging you - when they are dying ? A: This is a good question with no good answer but it is very unlikely. Pain is a defense mechanism ...
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| bold or regal jumping spiders | 9/13/2008 |
Q: Hey, I have a bold or regal (not sure) jumping spider it is about 1/10 inch. It eats fruit flies ... A: My first was a Mexican red leg but they became harder to get and quite expensive. They were being ...
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| Fireflies | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I have just returned from a small village on the Volga River about 200 kilometers north of Moscow, ... A: I do not know about the legality regarding this but if fireflies are not already there transporting ...
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| caterpiler | 9/10/2008 |
Q: hey i have found this weird caterpillar i need to now if it is vinous it has lots of yellow bot's i ... A: This is the caterpillar of the balck swallow tail butterfly. When in danger from another insect or ...
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| tiny red bugs in shower | 9/10/2008 |
Q: I live in Louisville, KY and for the past few months I have continually found little red bugs in my ... A: They sound like Collembola but the red makes me wonder. But knowing what they are will noy get rid ...
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| yellowjacket population | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I am doing research on the yellowjacket population this year (2008) in the Atlanta region of ... A: I have not heard of a population increse but tere could be in your local. Here in Ohio I have not ...
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| Do baby cicadas have ears? | 9/7/2008 |
Q: That's my 8-year-old son's question about the nymph stage of a typical cicada. My guess is that they ... A: Well an ear is something we hear sounds with. Many insects especially those that make noises can ...
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| bugs in tea | 9/7/2008 |
Q: I read that someone wrote you about tiny bugs found in tea bags. I am wondering if anyone sent you ... A: Some species of beetles get into tea and spices especially if the tea has been around a long time. ...
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| flying bug...never seen | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I live in Ft. Worth,Texas and when we moved into this house we started seeing this flying bug. It ... A: One pair of wings tells me this is a member of the order Diptera (flies) but there are so many that ...
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| "pin hole" bleeding bite | 9/6/2008 |
Q: Mr. Hintz, Last night while watching TV my husband and I kept getting bit by mosquitoes, as we live ... A: It looks like some kind of a bug that secretes an anti-coagulant was the culprit but I do not know ...
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| Behavior of insects | 9/6/2008 |
Q: Why light attracts insects so much? I've been very curious to know the answer. I'd be very glad if ... A: Briefly it has to do with reproduction. Why questions belong in the area of evolutionary biology. ...
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| Spiders! | 9/4/2008 |
Q: Hey Walter, My roommate and I just moved into a new apartment and outside our patio door there are ... A: First of all Ashley I can tell you definitely the recluse is not found in Ohio. even if there was ...
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| bites of some sort | 9/4/2008 |
Q: i have bites all over my stomach.this is the 3rd time an outbreak has happened each time it seem ... A: Unless we see something biting you it is difficult to name the culprit. I can tell you that these ...
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| big problem | 9/2/2008 |
Q: my family has been getting stings or bites from a insect and we don't know what it is ....could you ... A: This one really puzzles me. If a bee of some kind it would not be constantly stinging someone and ...
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| Tiny, reddish brown bugs | 9/1/2008 |
Q: I am really hoping you can help. I saw a posting from a woman named Betty, with very similar ... A: These sound very much like a group of insects called Collembola. They thrive in moist conditions. ...
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| Bugs in my kitchen! | 8/31/2008 |
Q: I've been seeing tiny little black bugs on top of our fridge for a month or so. I'd kill them when ... A: These are beetles and look like dermestid beetles. Since you saw larva they are breeding in the ...
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| Flying bug that eats spiders? | 8/31/2008 |
Q: We have quite a few spiders at our front door which we usually feed insects to if we see them not ... A: I suspect it was a mad dauber wasp. They put spiders in their mud cells as food for the developing ...
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| reddish-brown and black striped spiders in Nassau County, NY | 8/31/2008 |
Q: My husband and I just moved from Queens, NY to Nassau County and are discovering the "interesting ... A: You have described the "good Guys": Orbweavers of the Genus Araneus. I have them all over my deck. ...
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| Rash from a caterpillar | 8/30/2008 |
Q: I brushed it off and immediately felt a burning/itching sensation. Washed the area and now the next ... A: I am not acquainted with this caterpillar nor can I find any reference to the Genus. Is there ...
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| Mass Hatching of ??flying ants?? | 8/30/2008 |
Q: I have just witnessed an absolutely stunning specticle. Thousands of small, 1/2 inch, flying insects ... A: These were drone or male ants. Periodically there is a mating ritual whereby the queen leaves the ...
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| hopping insect in basement | 8/29/2008 |
Q: We've recently discovered numerous light coloured insects in our basement. They have long back legs ... A: These do sound like Orthoptera.(crickets and geasshoppers) It seems that you have had a hatching in ...
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| There is a new bug in my home and i would like to know more about it. | 8/28/2008 |
Q: I don't know what it is, but my sister found one at grandma's house in a non carpeted room, and my ... A: I ca see that if you hate bugs you would hate this one. This I believe is a house centipede( ...
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| giant mystery bug with wings | 8/26/2008 |
Q: Last year around this time, I saw a giant dead bug with wings. I've attached a picture. I have ... A: This is Corydalus cornutus, the Dobsonfly. It is a male adult. It is an aquatic insect and the ...
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| Midges | 8/26/2008 |
Q: I have a problem with midges that I cant find any information to help solve. My new home attracts ... A: Its is a buggy world and midges are often part of it. The larvae develop in water and then emerge ...
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| small grey, hairy caterpillar | 8/25/2008 |
Q: Around my horse barn there are a bunch of small 3/4" caterpillars. I see them mostly on the floor ... A: There are just too many kinds of caterpillars for me to identify without seeing one. Most hairy ...
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| Strange critter... | 8/24/2008 |
Q: Walter, I have seen a few of these interesting critters on my ranch in the middle of nowhere in the ... A: This is an adult male western dobsonfly (Corydalus cognata). It is common in Texas and is an ...
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| Spider mud cacoon or wasp mud cacoon? | 8/23/2008 |
Q: I live in Scottsdale Arizona and I found a sealed mud cocoon about an inch long and the ... A: This was the mud cell of the mad dauber wasp and the spiders were victims of the wasp. The wasp ...
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| i need to find a local ento | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I'm trying to find an entomologist ASAP in the Portland, Oregon,(or surrounding areas) or Vancouver, ... A: I am in Ohio so do not not know about biologists in Oregon. I suggest you first check with the ...
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| mystery bug | 8/20/2008 |
Q: I recently found this bug flying in my garage. I have never seen anything like this before. The ... A: This is the giant Ichneumon wasp. The tail is the ovipositor. It locates bower (beetles)tunnels in ...
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| New name for old spider? | 8/20/2008 |
Q: Could you tell me what type of spider a Thanatos Flavidus Simon spider is? This type of spider was ... A: Information on this spider is hard to locate. It has been called the Bedbug spider but I do not ...
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| tick ? | 8/19/2008 |
Q: Several ticks (??) are getting into my bathroom each day - they have 8 legs, black, about 0.5cm and ... A: The thing that confuses me here is that the fact that there are eight legs.Only spiders, ...
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| bugs found in my koi pond | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I was just in my pond cleaning and when I got out I had about 10 small flea like bugs on my legs. ... A: Were these flying insects that got on you after you left the water of flying bugs that you picked up ...
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| tiny bugs that jump in my bathtub and countertops | 8/17/2008 |
Q: I have noticed these tiny brown bugs in the sinks and on the countertops in my bathroom and kitchen. ... A: The exterminators who cannot identify an insect never cease to amaze me. They are supposed to know ...
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| identify an insect | 8/15/2008 |
Q: There is an insect that looks like a very large bumble bee that burrows into the ground. I have ... A: I believe these could be Cicada killer wasps. They are not harmful to people (unless you try to ...
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| insect nests | 8/13/2008 |
Q: found 3 cylindrical,perpendicular and attached tubes on the siding of my house which is cedar. ... A: It is most likely these are the nests of mud dauber wasps. They cause no damage to the house. The ...
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| small biting insects in Central NJ | 8/13/2008 |
Q: We are being infested it seems by a small black flying insect that bites like mad. I go out into my ... A: I am sure these are biting gnats. They are almost impossible to get rid off unless you find out ...
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| insect | 8/12/2008 |
Q: there this red and black bug it looks like an ant but bigger its black and red and it looks like ... A: This sounds like a velvet ant also called the cow killer so named because there is a myth that it's ...
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| Spiders attracted or repelled by color | 8/12/2008 |
Q: Our house has been painted a green (actually a blue green) for the last 30 years and I have had ... A: Little is known about a spiders response to color. Spider mites respond to colors at the ultra ...
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| pets | 8/12/2008 |
Q: i'm considering purchasing a pet. my problem is im always afraid of injuring or not providing an ... A: During my life I have had just about every possible pet and I have had Rosehair tarantulas for the ...
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| worms in carpet | 8/11/2008 |
Q: This is the 2nd time I have stayed in a motel that has what appear to be white/cream colored worm ... A: This a complete mystery to me. They must be larvae of some sort and why they would be in two motels ...
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| pray mantis | 8/9/2008 |
Q: how do you take care of a pray mantis? i just got one. what should i feed it?and can you hold them ... A: You cannot really care for these insects. They have to catch live insects. The females are larger ...
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| Millipede species and sex differentation | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I am a graduate Zoologist from Newcastle University. I know that Millipedes are not insects but both ... A: Are these the African Giant millipedes that are kept as pets? You can sex the millipedes and that ...
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| Help!!! Weirdest spider found... | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I found what appeared to be dirt in my closet floor and dried dirt on the wall at the door of my ... A: You found a nest from a solitary wasp. The wasp builds a cell and stings spiders then places them ...
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| Tiny black beetles | 8/8/2008 |
Q: Over the last few days we have noticed more and more tiny black beetle-like critters all over the ... A: There are just too many kinds of beetles that are small and black for me to identify but knowing ...
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| Flying Insects in Nashville, TN | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I was recently in Nashville, TN at a place called at Nashville Shores. It is a water slide park that ... A: These were Cicada killer wasps. They dig a hole in the sand and sting a large insect (usually a ...
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| Camel Spider | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I was wondering about a type of spider, is the camel spider in any sense real? If it is what damage ... A: Yes they exist but forget all the hype you have seen or heard about these arachnids. You probably ...
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| MYSTERY BEE | 8/6/2008 |
Q: Lately i have noticed some very large insects buzzing around (ecspecially around my porch light at ... A: First of all Rose, these hornets are only found in Asia. Secondly they are no more dangerous that ...
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| bug question | 8/6/2008 |
Q: well the question that I have for you is about a bug of course. I work at a welding company that is ... A: This sounds like a Dobsonfly. The males have huge pinchers that are used in mating. These insects ...
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| flying ants?? | 8/3/2008 |
Q: so i just moved in to this basement suite in vancouver bc, and i have noticed ALOT of ants. not just ... A: You can send a photo to waltjh@sbcglobal.net Drone (male) develop wings periodically but do not ...
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| bug bite on toddler | 8/2/2008 |
Q: my toddler has a bad reaction to any bites. they swell really bad, get hard & hot to the touch. once ... A: I do not know what bit your child but it makes no differenc as the problem is a medical one and ...
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| sow bugs? | 8/2/2008 |
Q: We have hundreds of little itty bitty (what look like to me) very very smal sow bugs in all our ... A: They can crawl under the window crack. Wipe them up and roba bar of soap on the sills and into the ...
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| Collecting | 8/1/2008 |
Q: My son is working on his insect study merit badge for Boy Scouts. One of the requirements is to ... A: I assume he has some insect pins. If not he will have to get some. For really small insects he can ...
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| cow killers | 7/31/2008 |
Q: How do you get rid of them? Thank you A: Velvet ants will invade beehives and the attack bumblebee nests. What is your situation regarding ...
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| Pet Chilian Rose Tarantula | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I have had a pet Chilian Rose Tarantula for about the past four years. I bought him from a shop when ... A: I have had Rose hairs for the past few years. I would say that it is not normal for one to stop ...
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| june-fly | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I found a bug like the one in the picture. (copy and paste the address from below) I found on ... A: The picture you sent is that of a Cicada commonly called a 17 year locust. They very from black to ...
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| I think it is some kind of a little black moth | 7/28/2008 |
Q: All of a sudden about a week ago, my daughter discovered she had many little black moths in her ... A: They could be meal moths. Check you cupboards. Look in all opened dried foods. They may be getting ...
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| bugs where dog lies down | 7/24/2008 |
Q: Yesterday we noticed tiny bugs on the carpet where our dog sleeps in two different rooms and also on ... A: This is the second tick question I have gotten in the past week. The other people sent me photos and ...
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| Tiny Brown Bugs in Tea | 7/24/2008 |
Q: I know you already answered a similar question, which is how I found this website. In your answer, ... A: You can certainly send some of them to me at the address below. I suspect they are some kind of a ...
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| fly ID | 7/23/2008 |
Q: I have a shop on the ocean breakwater, in Eastport Maine. The building was built to allow the tides ... A: There are so many species of flies that without seeing them I cannot tell you what kind they are. ...
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| tiny black bugs | 7/18/2008 |
Q: Two days in a row I found tiny black bugs where my dog was previous laying. They are seed like ... A: Your dog is indeed hosting parasites. These are ticks and they look nymphs engorged with blood. ...
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| Acarus siro - how to kill | 7/16/2008 |
Q: I accidently left bread in a bread bin before going on holiday. My kitchen is now covered in ... A: MY guess is that the bed bin was the source and if that is cleaned up they decrease in number. ...
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| Tiny brown insects that jump | 7/15/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if you might know what the type of bug I am having tons of issues with? It is a ... A: These are not mites. Mites do not have antennae and they do not jump. These are springtails or ...
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| biting or sting insect | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I live in Denver Co. I was bitten by a very small bug. It was about the size of a large matchhead. ... A: I am afraid that with the information you have given I cannot identify this insect. Giving it a ...
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| Larvae (?) in my new backyard pond | 7/5/2008 |
Q: Last summer I had built two small backyard ponds and they are connected with a 10' long creek/small ... A: 1. These certainly sound like blackfly larvae especially since there are biting flies around. 2 ...
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| canadian tiny black bugs | 7/5/2008 |
Q: do you know the name of these tiny black bugs that flourish in the grass, and when get under skin , ... A: The only parasites that I know of that lay eggs under the skin are Botflies but they are not small. ...
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| golden metalic egg clusters | 7/5/2008 |
Q: My mesculn and bib lettuces have a lot of golden metallic colored egg clusters on the undersides of ... A: I did some research on these eggs. Squash bug eggs can have a golden cast to them. But squash bugs ...
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| shed skins | 7/4/2008 |
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 ...
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| edible flies and spiders | 7/3/2008 |
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 ...
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| catalpa worm | 7/3/2008 |
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 ...
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| baby spiders | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I live in Northern New Jersey, in a pretty populated suburb. We have these little baby (i am not ... A: These are just spiderlings and they are harmless. All you can do is vacuum them up when you see ...
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| infested trailer house with four year old | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I'm not sure exactly what to ask about first because there are so many bug problems in my trailer I ... A: Good Gosh Martin. It is almost like you are living out of doors on top of an ant hill. I do not of ...
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| Tiny jumping bugs!! | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I read a response from you regarding another person's problem with these tiny jumping bugs...it was ... A: I do not know for sure if you have collembola (sprintails) but it sounds like it. You have asked a ...
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| Flying insects that bite in the Pacific NW | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I'm in a quandary! I thought I was familiar w/ every insect known to man, but this one has me ... A: I too am in a quandary here Twila. This sounds like a thrip but the bite of a thrip is not nearly ...
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| I've been finding dying caterpillar's on my porch? | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I find them at night. They seem to have crawled up from my small area of grass, once they make it ... A: It is difficult to say what is killing them. Have you used any chemicals on your lawn lately? I ...
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| Bugs in my car | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I have an infestation of what I now believe may be drugstore beetles in my car. I have a 2.5 year ... A: This is the first time I have heard of an infestation in the car. They are surely beetles but what ...
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| White Bugs in my dog's water bowl | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I've been trying to find out what these little white bugs in my dog's water bowl are. Everything ... A: They would not be fly larvae (maggots) as they would not be in water. Are they under the water or ...
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| bed bugs | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I was watching tv when I caught something out of the corner of my eye. I got the bug and quickly ... A: Did you find it in the bed? Are you sure it is a bedbug? Do you have any bites? If so it is highly ...
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| Desperate for answers (bugs) | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I have had a problem with bugs since last November. I just heard today from the Orkin man over the ... A: Mites can enter under a window crack. Rub the sill with soap and into the crack. The soap repels ...
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| Backswimmer Problem | 6/21/2008 |
Q: Okay, I understand that you are probably a bug lover, but I have a real problem with backswimmers ... A: I know of no way to keep backswimmers out of a pool. Extra chlorine might but the increased ...
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| Desperate for answers (bugs) | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I have had a problem with bugs since last November. I just heard today from the Orkin man over the ... A: You seem to have insurmontable problems. The one you can see sound like mites. Do you hav ethem on ...
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| possible insect bite to hand | 6/18/2008 |
Q: I woke yesterday to my right hand (from ring finger to thumb) swollen and red. I don't see any ... A: Whenever somebody has a mysterious bite it is concluded that a spider did it but spiders do not roam ...
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| white/brownish flat bug | 6/18/2008 |
Q: Over a period of several years, I have noticed we have crawling on walls white/brownish/grayish flat ... A: It sounds like the plaster bagworm. They are moth caterpillars in a silken case and are often in ...
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| Do I have bedbugs or something else? | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I have a lot of skin allergies and problems, so I often have skin irritations and get rashes from ... A: I think we can rule out ticks, fleas,stinkbugs and moths.. Bedbugs leave a distinct red mark, not a ...
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| bugs,tiny red ones | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I live in Yuma,Az. Very hot here, 100 to 110 at this time. In a shaded area I have a worm box. ... A: These sound a lot like velvet mites. They are common soil organisms. They do not attack people but ...
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| bristletails | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have seen some almost transparent and some are darker in color in my house. What do they eat and ... A: I assime you are talking about silverfish and I have no good news for you. Silverfish are common ...
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| flies in scalp | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have a friend,who for several months now has been loosing hair on one side and directly on ... A: I wish I could help but if dermatologists who have actually examined your friend cannot arrive at ...
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| Flying Insects | 6/4/2008 |
Q: In the past 3 weeks I have noticed these black with red on the body and wings in my back yard.They ... A: I am sre these are beetles and as I said they sound like box elder bugs. Do you have a maple tree or ...
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| weird spider thingy | 6/4/2008 |
Q: i was wondering if you could shelp me id this strange insect. i live in flagstaff arizona and i was ... A: There is a type of a nematode worm that develops in the intestines of grasshoppers and crickets. If ...
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| Unable to identify spider/insect | 6/4/2008 |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me. I've found very small, spider-like insects (~2-4 mm)in my home, usually ... A: If there are webs these are either spiders or moths of some type and since you have not mention ...
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| Cockroach? | 6/3/2008 |
Q: and the question and answer follow. But I did reseach as to what he thought it might be, and it ... A: I must assume that if you looked at a mantis and rejected it then it was not what you saw. It is ...
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| Unidentified beetle infestation in home and attracted to light | 6/2/2008 |
Q: We have an unidentified beetle infestation in our home. They seem to be attracted to artificial ... A: I cannot see any detail here but it appears to be some kind of a pantry beetle ( a dermestid) or a ...
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| bug on skin | 6/2/2008 |
Q: Tonight my 18-year-old daughter came to me with a new one. She has tiny (about the size of the dot ... A: They could be mites. Deer ticks do not move fast. Do they brush off easily?. AS for the biting; ...
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| Red Mites / Chiggers ???? | 6/1/2008 |
Q: We have these tiny red mite looking things on our porch and on our cement walkway. They are even in ... A: These are velvet mites. They are harmless and do not bite. They suddenly appear in large numbers ...
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| mosquitoes | 6/1/2008 |
Q: I just found this site and it seems very useful! thank you for taking the time to read this. I am ... A: Do they bite? If not they are probably midges Neither comes in through drains. They are getting ...
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| LARGE BLACK FLY | 6/1/2008 |
Q: ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE FIND 3-4 VERY LARGE BLACK FLIES IN OUR HOME. WE ARE ON THE JERSEY SHORE, IT IS ... A: There are a lot of fly species that are big and black. Most large black flies are horseflies that ...
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| ? gnats | 5/31/2008 |
Q: About two weeks ago had very small flying insects that I am assuming are gnats start collecting ... A: As I said the emergence is temporary so they will begin to disappear. You do not have to have water ...
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| ? gnats | 5/31/2008 |
Q: About two weeks ago had very small flying insects that I am assuming are gnats start collecting ... A: Do they resemble mosquitos without biting? If so they are midges. They do not feed but emerge from ...
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| Spider Egg Case ? | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I have an egg case that I think is Spider but not sure. It is about 3" long hanging from a very ... A: No spiders involved here. This is the pupal case of the common bagworm. The caterpillar spins a ...
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| tiny bugs on windowsills | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I recently moved into a first floor apartment with older casement windows in Cincinnati, OH. I have ... A: More then likly these are spider mites coming in form outside Colleen. Try rubbing a bar of soap on ...
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| Tiny bugs in my bathtub | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I live in southern Alberta, Canada. I have been noticing these very tiny beetleish looking bugs in ... A: First of all you have not described anything harmful. I know of no harmful bugs that are found in ...
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| Mosquito like bug | 5/29/2008 |
Q: I live in upper Westchester County in NY. In the summer around 8:00 pm every night, these Mosquito ... A: I am sure these are midges. We have them on the shores of lake Erie also. They are a fact of life ...
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| little black flies! | 5/29/2008 |
Q: we have noticed tons of little black flies, dead, on our windowsill and floor. they only appear on ... A: I cannot see them too well in the photos but they look like some kind of a midge. I am sure these ...
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| small red bugs on windowsills | 5/28/2008 |
Q: These bugs look like ants (?) and are very small (red dots) and are covering our windowsills. I ... A: Bugs on windowsills are usually spider mites that come in under the window. They come in population ...
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| Insect id | 5/28/2008 |
Q: I frequently get an insect around my house that I don't know what it is. I have two places on the ... A: I would love to see one of these. Can you send me a photo (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) They definitaly ...
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| Big Black Flying Bug in Bolivia | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I was in Bolivia recently, in the Eastern Chaco region, and the village I was staying in was ... A: I see two different insects here. The smaller one is too smashed to be sure but it looks like a ...
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| bites | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Okay, I bought this immaculate condo in Tarpon springs about six weeks ago. it was so immaculate ... A: There are two possibilities that come to mind here Lori. Since you wake up with bites and you find ...
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| Tiny Black Insect Identification and Aid | 5/24/2008 |
Q: I need some help in identifying a mystery bug as well as possible aid is eradicating them from our ... A: They do not sound like fleas since they do not jump and unless you have a pet you would not have ...
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| spiders | 5/23/2008 |
Q: I recently killed a spider, on accident, while trying to get her outside of our 4th grade hallway. ... A: Wolf spiders do carry the egg sac around so it probably was a wolf spider. When the spiderlings ...
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| Spider identification | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I have a question about the spiders near my house in New Jersey. I don't think I'll be able to get ... A: The problem with having a single species is that wolf spiders do not weave webs and orb weavers do ...
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| Spider identification | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I have a question about the spiders near my house in New Jersey. I don't think I'll be able to get ... A: I think you have more then one kind of spider here and neither represent anything dangerous to your ...
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| Little Black Bug | 5/22/2008 |
Q: For the past couple of months now, I keep finding these little black bugs. The first time they were ... A: You can rule out bedbugs which do not appear in the kitchen. My best guess is that they are beetles ...
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| Tiny bugs | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I live in Southern Indiana and on 5/16/08 my wife noticed tiny bugs on our kitchen counter. They ... A: Most often when you have very small bugs in large numbers they are either mites or springtails. ...
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| "Huge" Spiders in my house! Brown Recluse? | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Being a total phobe towards spiders... i come here to ask you a question after many sleepless nights ... A: First let me clear up the Brown Recluse bit. First the range of this spider does not include ...
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| Spiders. | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I have a question. What does the banana spider of South America eat and what are the symptoms if you ... A: There are a number of spiders called banana spiders. The usual one and the one I believe that you ...
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| ant? | 5/18/2008 |
Q: I have a bug ID question... I live in SE PA and have a flying insect that gets all over my laundry ... A: Two wings means a fly of some kind but the body you describe indicates a Hymenoptera (ants and bees) ...
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| Tiny bugs | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I live in Southern Indiana and on 5/16/08 my wife noticed tiny bugs on our kitchen counter. They ... A: Without seeing one my guess is that these are spider mites. They have population explosions and I ...
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| Rasing Praying Mantids | 5/15/2008 |
Q: since September last year, i've been searching for praying mantids and today, I FINALLY found about ... A: The survival rate is quite low because as soon as they hatch they turn into cannibals and eat each ...
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| Poisonous Caterpillars | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I found a lot of caterpillars in my driveway today and I was woundering if it was poisonous. It has ... A: There are so many different kinds of caterpillars that without seeing one of these I cannot tell you ...
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| midges? punkies? gnats? | 5/11/2008 |
Q: okay, ive always called them noseeums, but after a lil research on the net, the pest im trying to ... A: The common names you mentioned are interchangeable but these sound like biting gnats. Giving them a ...
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| Fly infestation in Kitchen | 5/10/2008 |
Q: I woke up this past Friday morning to see about 15 (i counted) flies sitting on the ceiling and ... A: It seems quite likely that an animal has gotten into the walls or ceiling and died. You probably ...
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| hard like cocoon with spiders in it | 5/10/2008 |
Q: I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and I recently found a hard like cocoon on my curtain. I saw ... A: This is not a spider cocoon. I believe this is a cell of a solitary wasp. The female wasp builds ...
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| myasterious insect bites | 5/8/2008 |
Q: I keep getting these bites on my legs but I cannot find any bugs in the house. I thought it might be ... A: I get a lot of questions about mysterious bites for unseen insects. In your case we can rule out ...
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| Inchworms in sync | 5/8/2008 |
Q: We had the strangest infestation today. Small inchworm-like creatures about 2 cm long, deep green ... A: There was probably a hatching recently. What type of caterpillars these were I cannot tell without ...
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| Springtails | 5/6/2008 |
Q: For the past three years I have had a huge springtail problem. They come in all over my house and ... A: I am sorry if I sound pessimistic but trying to get rid of Collembola (springtails) outside of a ...
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| primitive insects | 5/5/2008 |
Q: I have heard butterflies, dragonflies, mayflies, deerflies and horseflies all referred to as ... A: The term "primitive" is not a scientific one. It refers to the position of the insect with regard to ...
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| spider | 5/5/2008 |
Q: I found a spider on the ceiling of my kitchen. I thought it was a house spider but I'm really not ... A: First of all the spider you describe is certainly not a dangerous one but without seeing it I cannot ...
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| Ladybugs | 5/5/2008 |
Q: Years ago, (before the digital age) I was hiking and came upon a hoard of ladybugs. I have this ... A: Ladybugs migrate to Mexico during the fall and I suspect you came upon a flock ready to do so. You ...
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| Furry Caterpillar? | 5/4/2008 |
Q: I live in central Alabama. Every summer I find these cute, furry little caterpillars on the back of ... A: There are a number of different caterpillars that fit this description so without seeing one I ...
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| Bee ID | 5/3/2008 |
Q: I found the bee pictured in my home. I wasn't too worried about it until I started seeing more of ... A: I cannot tell you exactly because it is pretty beat up. It resembles a hornet of some kind. Do have ...
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| gnats | 5/2/2008 |
Q: We can hardly go outside because of the gnats. (I call them gnats) They are black, small(Not a no ... A: Unfortunately midges and biting gnats are a part of life. There is little we can do unless you can ...
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| Bathroom Bug in Japan; what is it? | 5/2/2008 |
Q: Recently, and since then every day, I have found these little brown bugs in my bathroom. They ... A: I am quite a few thousand miles away and it is tough to tell what these are without seeing one. ...
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| pesky little flies | 5/2/2008 |
Q: We live in central Michigan, and every spring and summer we are bombarded with these little flies ... A: My guess is that these are midges. Some midges bite and some do not. You must live near a body of ...
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| i need to know for school | 5/1/2008 |
Q: the six legs of an insect are not always identical. Why is this? what kinds of adaptations are made ... A: Having a bilateral symmetry does not mean that an animal has two equal sides. Just as the legs on ...
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| bugs in bathtub | 4/29/2008 |
Q: I am not one who normally gripes about things I read or hear, but when i read your answer to the ... A: Please accept my apologies Rex. I am aware that there are legitimate well meaning pest control ...
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| Black bug looks like cockroach in my bed | 4/28/2008 |
Q: I saw a black bug looks like roaches in my bath tub twice. However, I had never seen them in my bed ... A: I would have to see one before I can tell you what they are. Roaches do not usually clinb into beds ...
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| spider or bed bug bite? | 4/28/2008 |
Q: Every summer for the past two years, I have been getting some crazy looking bites. The first year, I ... A: I cannot tell you much about the photo as I am not a skin doctor but they do not look like bedbug ...
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| black flying mating insects corpus christi texas | 4/27/2008 |
Q: I am not from Texas but moved to Corpus Christi 7 years ago. Since I have lived here, I have never ... A: Smith These are lovebugs. They are a species of fly found all along the gulf coast and especially ...
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| Question about weird ladybug behavior | 4/25/2008 |
Q: I have a very strange question regarding ladybug behavior. I have a habit of closely watching ... A: There are two things that can be happening here. The first as you suggest is that they could be ...
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| Car overrun with 1" light green spiders | 4/25/2008 |
Q: I'm fairly sure that my car (located in Stockbridge, MA, USA) is hosting a nest of spiders. They are ... A: Interesting. I cannot tell what they are without seeing one. If you can get a picture that would ...
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| Biting grass bug | 4/24/2008 |
Q: The past few days I've been lying out in the sun, and I end up covered--and I do mean that ... A: I am at a temporary loss here. Beetles have rounded shapes but beetles do not bite people. They ...
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| Biting grass bug | 4/24/2008 |
Q: The past few days I've been lying out in the sun, and I end up covered--and I do mean that ... A: My first gues is that these are thrips. They are plant eaters but will bite anything soft. Are ...
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| spiders | 4/23/2008 |
Q: I am having a problem with large spiders in my house now that the weather is getting warmer. I live ... A: Many spiders look so much alike that it is hard to identify one unless I can see it. The spiders ...
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| Little tan bugs | 4/22/2008 |
Q: ) I have a question about these little tan colored bugs that I discovered in my room today. I was ... A: Without seeing these I cannot be sure. They sound like beetles of some kind. I would have to see ...
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| Unknown Insect | 4/20/2008 |
Q: I haven't had any success identifying this odd looking insect. It was an inch and a half long and ... A: This one freaks me out. I have to do some research and consult a colleague. I will get back to ...
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| bugs in our apartment....HELP PLEASE! | 4/20/2008 |
Q: The other night in our apartment, we found 8 bugs that had small white-silver bodies, 1/8". We ... A: I am afraid that I would have to see one of these. If you see more could you send me a photo? ...
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| Dark brown to black with light gray underbelly | 4/19/2008 |
Q: We live just outside of NYC. I'd say it is an urban area with lots of real estate development. ... A: We can rule out bedbugs they would not have been on the windowsill nor crawling on the bed in the ...
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| mystery bug | 4/18/2008 |
Q: I have just found between 75-100 tiny little bugs near my couch. They are about a centimeter long ... A: Are you sure they are a centimeter long? At first I thought about spider mites but a centimeter is ...
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| Camouflage question - found likely answer | 4/15/2008 |
Q: I believe I have found the likely answer to the camouflage question I sent you. From reading a host ... A: As I stated previously I am not acquainted with the topic of wastes of insects and I look forward to ...
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| What kind of bug or insect is this? | 4/14/2008 |
Q: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8020/dsc05241ui5.jpg I know it's a bug or an insect because its ... A: I have to consult a colleague about this one and I will get back to you. We have identified this ...
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| Clover Mites in Tallahassee | 4/13/2008 |
Q: Walter. We are being invaded by clover mites in Tallahassee. I wondered how long their life cycle ... A: Mites have population explosions and do not hang around long. Try to find out how they are getting ...
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| can you identify this bug found in bedroom? | 4/12/2008 |
Q: Can you id this bug? Found about 100 of them in bedroom, on walls, window ledge, base board. About ... A: I believe this is some kind of a dermestid beetle or grain beetle. Check all opened foods in the ...
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| nest or cocoon | 4/12/2008 |
Q: We moved into a 1960's bungalow a few months ago and have begun renovating the garage-cum-workshop ... A: This is the nest of a solitary wasp. It is usually made of mud and silky material. The was lays an ...
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| carpet beetles? | 4/11/2008 |
Q: About a year ago I found maybe three larve under my daughters bed. I fugured it was from my cat who ... A: It does not sound like an infestation. I do not think an exterminator is called for. Carpet ...
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| Winged ants | 4/11/2008 |
Q: Walter, I have to say I appreciate you taking the time to answer questions such as mine. Having ... A: They are indeed trying to scare you into something. Otherwise they would not diagnose the problem ...
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| miniature wall bugs | 4/10/2008 |
Q: I find these tiny bugs in the corner of my room on the wooden floor near the wall (away from ... A: This looks like a fly of some type but at this point I cannot tell you exactly what kind. I will ...
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| house flies | 4/9/2008 |
Q: Suddenly there are very lethargic flies in our home. Where could they be coming from and why are ... A: This is always a mystery. A long time ago it was thought that they generated spontaneously but ...
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| HOUSE CENTIPEDE REMOVAL | 4/9/2008 |
Q: HOW CAN ONE RID THE HOME OF THE CENTIPEDE IN A "GREEN" METHOD..IE: SALT , BAKING SODA ... A: You will probably not like my answer but It is literally impossible to completely get rid house ...
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| Tiny Jumping Gray Bugs with Antennae and Many Legs | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Trying to identify a tiny gray bug with antennae and many legs that jump when you go to squish ... A: I am quite these are Collembola, commonly called springtails. They are sporadic and will soon ...
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| unknown tick-like insect in Northern Ontario | 4/7/2008 |
Q: I have recently moved to Northern Ontario, Canada and have purchased a house. My husband and I keep ... A: You have described completely a pseudoscorpion. They are snall predators. Google them and see some ...
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| flat creepy crawler | 4/6/2008 |
Q: I keep finding these gray, flat crawly bugs mostly in my bathroom. They are the smaller than the ... A: These are probably case bearing moths called plaster bagworms. they are related to the clothes ...
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| Little brown bug | 4/3/2008 |
Q: I need help identifying a bug that has recently infested my home this spring. It's very small, maybe ... A: It sounds like a species of beetle. I cannot tell without seeing one. Can you get a photo. ...
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| Bug Bites | 3/31/2008 |
Q: I was reading an article about someone who also has had weird un-explained bites. I too live in ... A: You would not believe how many questions I receive about bites without seeing anything doing the ...
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| mystery bug | 3/28/2008 |
Q: In the last few days, I have been finding these weird looking bugs on my bed. They look similar to ... A: This is some kind of a beetle. I think it may be a dermestid of some kind but sine it is squashed I ...
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| TINY BLACK BUGS | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I have little black bugs on my window sills, bedroom and bathroom. They seem to have little ... A: I need more information to identify them. How big are they. Do the fly at all. They could be ...
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| mystery bug | 3/28/2008 |
Q: In the last few days, I have been finding these weird looking bugs on my bed. They look similar to ... A: Arte they under the covers and pillows or on the bed. Are you getting bitten. I am trying to rule ...
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| Cannot identify or rid our home of something that is biting us | 3/27/2008 |
Q: Whenever we lay down on our carpet or couch we experiencing itching. I am the most bitten and the ... A: Before identifying a culprit we have to see one. Is it possible you have a pet that has fleas? ...
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| general | 3/27/2008 |
Q: I live in RI and have a 2 year old daughter and she loves bugs all of a sudden. It is fun for me ... A: We live an a buggy world and RI is no exception. Look under logs and rocks. Get a good insect guide ...
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| tiny insect eggs? | 3/24/2008 |
Q: In two separate areas of my home I found small piles of what looks and feels like light brown sand. ... A: I came upon a similiar problem about a year ago and the person sent me samples. A colleague and I ...
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| centipede | 3/22/2008 |
Q: there an army of centipede at my back yard....they are all dark brownish in color. they are moving ... A: These sound like common centipedes that are harmless. It looks like a population explosion outside ...
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| BITING BUG!! | 3/17/2008 |
Q: CA. I have been getting bug bites while I sleep. My mom recently killed one and when she smushed ... A: This sounds like a bedbug. Strip the beds and wash all shhets and blankets. Turn the matress and ...
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| Red Flying Insect | 3/16/2008 |
Q: I am in Central Florida and saw this red flying insect crawling across our drive today and wonder ... A: This is a Florida bug called a cotton stainer (Dysdercus saturellas). It is a true bug, a member of ...
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| ant/ homoptera interaction | 3/16/2008 |
Q: I am currently doing some research on ant association with homoptera for a university project. from ... A: I assume you are referring to the mutualistic symbiotic relationship between ants and aphids. There ...
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| Tiny black bugs in bedroom (Look like Grain Weevils) | 3/16/2008 |
Q: For the last week or two I've noticed the odd tiny black bug around my room (on the floor, on the ... A: I am sure you have described a weevil but whether it is a grain weevil I do not know. I suspect they ...
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| inidentified slug | 3/15/2008 |
Q: we have this pale grey slug crawling around on our verhanda. it's 15-20cm long and 3cm thick. it's ... A: This is a really big slug. The red circles have me stumped but the opening is called a gonopore. It ...
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| tiny white - yelow bugs crawling on the walls | 3/14/2008 |
Q: about a month ago I noticed tiny white/yellowish/light brownish oval bugs crawling in the bathroom ... A: These could be mites. Check your windowsills as they can get in under windows. If you see any there ...
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| little grey bugs | 3/14/2008 |
Q: I to have little grey bugs in my kitchen. I took a photo but they are so tiny you can't see it ... A: They may be grain beetles or they may be spider mites. The population may be temporary. It you have ...
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| Strange large insect in winter | 3/14/2008 |
Q: We are living in Connecticut and we are trying to find out what strange insect might have crawled ... A: You have given me a pretty good description but I still cannot tell you much without seeing it. If ...
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| indian meal moth | 3/12/2008 |
Q: I,ve been seeing the larvae of the indian meal moth at my house i understand that they are usually ... A: The meal moth does not eat clothes and they will spread throughout the house searching for food and ...
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| little black/gray bugs | 3/11/2008 |
Q: I've been getting these very very tiny slow moving bugs throughout the house...they are gray and ... A: I could use a little more information. They sound like beetles of some kind. Are they on ...
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| unknown flying insect | 3/7/2008 |
Q: i live in astoria, oregon. i have seen a very large flying insects of some kind. they are about 1 ... A: The only bug that comes to mind from your description is a species of Horntail Wasp. You may look ...
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| springtail fleas or snow fleas | 3/6/2008 |
Q: I built my house 5 years ago in Superior WI. It is on a heated slab. We noticed the springtails the ... A: We live in a buggy world and springtails are everywhere. Of course there is nothing that will ...
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| Samurai bug? | 3/6/2008 |
Q: I would like to know about the samurai bug. But Im not talking about that horned beetle, Im talking ... A: I found it Drake, It is s bug belonging to the Genus Catacanthus. This genus has a number of human ...
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| Samurai bug? | 3/6/2008 |
Q: I would like to know about the samurai bug. But Im not talking about that horned beetle, Im talking ... A: This bug is knew to me and I can not find out anything about it. It may have another common anme. ...
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| bugs on bricks and lights | 3/2/2008 |
Q: I live in Clt,nc. We have hundreds of oval shaped black bugs, andeach has a single orange stripe on ... A: These could be box elder bugs. Goggle them and see some photos. let me know this is what they are. ...
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| insect/bug identify | 2/27/2008 |
Q: I would be very grateful if you could help me identify a bug i found in my hair. It has a small ... A: It is unlikely that I could identify a squashed bug and even if I could unless you have more of them ...
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| crawling bugs with wings | 2/26/2008 |
Q: I have these bugs not gnats. They have small heads with a long body, long wings and the bug is a ... A: You have to destroy the nest and that can be difficult. There are some ant poisons available that ...
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| Ants | 2/20/2008 |
Q: Is it possible for an ant to eat it's own body? ANSWER: I suppose it could happen but it doesn't. ... A: The behavior of ants has not changed in millions of years so there is no reason to suppose that they ...
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| Cocoon | 2/20/2008 |
Q: I discoverd this cocoon hanging from a branch on our maple tree this weekend. Can you tell me what ... A: I responded to this question on Feb 16. Perhaps you did not receive it. This is the pupal case of ...
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| Small, flea like insect | 2/17/2008 |
Q: My partner has just noticed and showed me a small flea like insect in our bathroom, it had two wings ... A: I really have no idea without seeing it. It could be a drone ant since they have wings. If you see ...
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| Bees | 2/16/2008 |
Q: This may sound childish but...do bees have vaginas? A: Interesting question Paul. They do not have a vagina per se but they have a sperm repository in the ...
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| bug | 2/16/2008 |
Q: I live in Southern California near the coast. Have a strange cocoon shaped problem. I have several ... A: This is a plaster bagworm, the larvae of a small moth. They can poke out of either end and drag the ...
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| Why don't i ever get bitten by mosquitos? | 2/14/2008 |
Q: I was just curious... I went on a holiday with my family not too long ago, on a river cruise. There ... A: I wish I knew the answer to this because they rarely bite me and if they do I never get much of a ...
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| Bugs | 2/11/2008 |
Q: I live in Maryland and around the base of my house (on the sunny side) I have a bug problem. There ... A: What you describe are definitely not box hedge bugs. Most exterminators do not know one bug from ...
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| weird bugs outside & in my home.. (pictures included) | 2/9/2008 |
Q: there are these weird bugs that usually hang out in the trees around our house. about a few months ... A: This is a box elder bug It is harmless to people and pets Just an addition to my comments; Box ...
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| identifying household bugs | 2/8/2008 |
Q: black bugs I haven't seen before, after living here for 12 years. They are very small -- a little ... A: There are too many possibilities for me to identify them. They could be mites of small beetles. You ...
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| The same siuation as Carrie from Zanesville | 2/7/2008 |
Q: did you ever discover what the mites were that Carrie had in her house as the situation is exactly ... A: I answer hundreds of questions but I am not sure about Carrie from Zanesville and her problem. Do ...
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| weird smelling bug | 2/7/2008 |
Q: i found a weird textured round brownish colored bug hanging from my sons curtain it had wings its ... A: the toad shape and smell tells me that this is a stink bug, a member of the Hemiptera or true bugs. ...
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| Small insect with wings | 2/6/2008 |
Q: I am really hoping you can help me on this one!! I've got these bugs in my house, they are very ... A: Thrips feed on plants and are programed to pierce anything soft so as far as they are concerned you ...
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| Small insect with wings | 2/6/2008 |
Q: I am really hoping you can help me on this one!! I've got these bugs in my house, they are very ... A: These are strange kristin especially with the middle legs you describe. They sound like some kind of ...
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| red ant | 2/6/2008 |
Q: I have these very tiny red ants in my bedroom and bathroom. I have also been getting bites that are ... A: We live on a world of ants. Most of the mass in the rain forest is made up of ants and termites. A ...
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| Live Oak | 2/5/2008 |
Q: On a branch of my young live oak (5 yrs. old), a group of very tiny (1/8"), very thin black bugs ... A: I cannot identify these bugs as there are too many possibilities but identification will not solve ...
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| Treatment for stink bug bites | 2/4/2008 |
Q: I live in E PA and have been infested with marmolated stink bugs. I have received severe bites from ... A: It is possible there is another culprit like cat fleas. Have you treated the cat lately? Do not ...
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| Treatment for stink bug bites | 2/3/2008 |
Q: I live in E PA and have been infested with marmolated stink bugs. I have received severe bites from ... A: re yoiu sure of the identification here. This stink bug is not known to bite people. Are yous ure ...
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| what are these cream colored fabric eating bugs | 2/1/2008 |
Q: i have found small hard shell things for use of a better word eating my clothing, on the seams.I ... A: I cannot tell you exactly what these are without seeing one. Theer a a number of insects that feed ...
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| Shield Bugs | 1/31/2008 |
Q: After asking my other question I did a little more research and I think what I have in my house is ... A: I would agree that they are some type of a true bug and possibly shield bugs. Stink bugs and ...
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| Bug Bites or parasite? | 1/30/2008 |
Q: I have spent many, many hours on the internet trying to find an answer for this problem and have ... A: Every once in a while I get questions like this regarding bites when there seems to be nothing doing ...
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| praying mantids | 1/30/2008 |
Q: Sir, Please give me the answer of the following questions about Praying mantids. Q.1. Do male ... A: 1.Most mantids in temperate zones live one season so there is no difference in maturation 2.The ...
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| bite | 1/29/2008 |
Q: My mother is in the hospital. Saturday she felt like something bit her and she had a mark on her ... A: I am not a doctor and cannot comment on the medical condition of your mother. I can tell you that I ...
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| Phobia | 1/27/2008 |
Q: Hintz I know this might be a strange question,but I really need someone who can tell me the best ... A: I am afraid that a place like the one you seek would not be one where you would like to go. Bugs ...
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| tiny, tiny black kitchen bug | 1/27/2008 |
Q: i keep getting these very tiny black bugs, only in my kitchen, mainly on my white corian counter ... A: Since you have captured some try to get a photo to send me (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) My guess is that ...
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| thin black line looking bug | 1/25/2008 |
Q: I have these very tiny black bugs that look like a thin black line. They bite and they are on my ... A: The thinness makes me think they may be thrips but without seeing one I cannot be sure. Thrips ...
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| Scary/ mutant spider | 1/20/2008 |
Q: I live in Mount Morris Michigan. I was in my basement and I moved a tote, and saw a mutant/strange ... A: With only four legs it is certainly not a spider nor an insect unless some legs had been broken off. ...
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| Identifying a flying insect | 1/17/2008 |
Q: If you leave milk out or a few days...you see them on it. If you dont take the garbage out for a few ... A: These could be almost anything but I am sure they are flies, possibly fruit flies. Without seeing ...
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| i thought spiders lay eggs? | 1/15/2008 |
Q: i'm really curious about an incident involving a spider.. i came into the kitchen tonight to find a ... A: All spiders lay eggs but some like wolf spiders carry around the egg sac attached to the rear and ...
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| Please help | 1/13/2008 |
Q: I live in Hawaii, and I found this in my bathtub this morning when I got up. I have no idea what it ... A: This is a plaster bagworm. It is a moth caterpillar. It builds that little house and drags ir ...
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| bugs in my bathroom, starting to freak me out!!!!!hhhheeelllppp | 1/12/2008 |
Q: This past week I started to notice these very small bugs in my bathroom. They are about the length ... A: Just look at insec ticides and read the ingrediants to be sure it has pyrethrum. I suggest it ...
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| bugs in my bathroom, starting to freak me out!!!!!hhhheeelllppp | 1/12/2008 |
Q: This past week I started to notice these very small bugs in my bathroom. They are about the length ... A: They sound like silverfish. Wipe them up and dry everything around the fixtures as much as ...
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| spider nest | 1/11/2008 |
Q: my daughter was playing today and found a spiders nest under my mom's bed. We live in North East ... A: I am having a problem booting up this photo. Could yous end the photo to my email address- ...
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| Spiders | 1/11/2008 |
Q: I think I have Arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and want to clarify the one thing that creeps me out ... A: First of I want you to disregard all of the horror stories you have heard about spiders. Secondly I ...
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| bed bugs? | 1/10/2008 |
Q: yesterday i woke up with hundreds of terribly itchy, red bites, which have not gone away. in fact, ... A: Without marks on the sheets I think we can rule out bedbugs. I think that the first thing you ...
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| small insect | 1/10/2008 |
Q: I found a small insect in my daughters sock drawer it has lots of little legs and is kinda of hairy ... A: It sounds like an insect larva of an insect, most likely a bettle or a moth. I would have to see it ...
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| Spider Eggs | 12/31/2007 |
Q: i was just curious to know how long spiders nest there eggs for?? My partner spider has a white sac ... A: Happy Birthday. The Huntsman is the Australian version of a tarantula. They are relatively ...
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| brown insect | 12/30/2007 |
Q: I live in Kalgoorlie, Australia. Kalgoorlie is a desert, we have lots of bugs crawling around so I'm ... A: I checked the photo and responded. A collembola is the only idea I have. It could also be a small ...
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| brown insect | 12/29/2007 |
Q: I live in Kalgoorlie, Australia. Kalgoorlie is a desert, we have lots of bugs crawling around so I'm ... A: If you send me this photo to my email address I can enlarge it and perhaps get a better look. I ...
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| Please identify this insect | 12/29/2007 |
Q: we live in Sydney Australia and we found these insect casings on the wooden slats next to the bed ... A: Larval insects are tough to identify but the cases appear to be paper which leads me to believe that ...
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| updated links to the garden bug | 12/28/2007 |
Q: sorry about the links!! didn't realise those ones are for a website. these ones should work better ... A: This is a species of hummingbird moth but I am not acquainted with Australian species. Go to this ...
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| SMALL DARK WORMLIKE BUG IN COCCOON | 12/26/2007 |
Q: MY WIFE AND I LIVE ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. WE JUST MOVED INTO A HOME LAST YEAR AND HAVE BEEN ... A: i get about one question about these every day and mostly from Florida. These are moth caterpillars ...
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| Red Spider Like Insect | 12/26/2007 |
Q: I live in Houston, Tx. Yesterday I was bitten/stung by a small insect that was reddish orange, sort ... A: From your description it sounds like it might have been a velvet ant or a cow killer. These are ...
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| Bug bites | 12/24/2007 |
Q: I was reading your dialogue with Carrie and it sounds very similar to our problem. My kids and I ... A: Bedbugs can be ruled out and carpet beetles do not bite. Despite all stories you hear spiders do ...
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| bugs that crawl the walls | 12/21/2007 |
Q: I have lived in my house for about 7yrs and over the past yr i have been finding these bugs that ... A: They sound like either caterpillars or beetle larvae but I would nhave to see one. Could you get a ...
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| very small bug | 12/20/2007 |
Q: I live in eastern Tennessee and for the last 2 weeks I have found many very tiny brown bugs with red ... A: My best guess is that since they jump that they are springtails. They usually have temporary ...
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| tiny insects in windows, closets | 12/20/2007 |
Q: I live in southeast Michigan and my family has recently (nov-dec) had an invasion of tiny black or ... A: Without seeing them I cannot tell you what they are. Identification will not solve the problem ...
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| Small Cocoons | 12/18/2007 |
Q: I live in central Florida and just moved into a new home. Every day I find several small cocoons ... A: These are either plaster bagworms or case building clothes moths. They are caterpillars that build ...
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| black house flies | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I live in a log home and just last night, all in one night, my house swarmed with large black flies ... A: Because the adults all emerged together. Apparently someplace in your house a fly laid eggs. It ...
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| western conifer seed bugs | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I love these little guys! I've moved to the Northwest & its gotten cold & they are coming indoors ... A: You are one of a kind. I am a biologist and an insect devotee but I never heard of anyone that ...
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| box elder bug | 12/15/2007 |
Q: I would like to know if box elder bugs are edible for human consumption. A: Interesting question. Most insects are edible but I have never heard of box elder bugs being eaten. ...
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| mystery bug | 12/14/2007 |
Q: We live in the Arabian Gulf and have our windows open at night. I wrote to an expert just a couple ... A: The picture you sent is that of a green lacewing of the Genus Chrysopa. It is a common beneficial ...
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| millipede | 12/14/2007 |
Q: My 18 month old granddaughter picked up and bit into a millipede 2 nights ago and she immediately ... A: Millipedes do have a an acidic substance that they use for protection. There is usually no problem ...
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| bugs | 12/13/2007 |
Q: About a month ago I noticed my grass was crawling with millions of little black bugs, I guess maybe ... A: It looks like you have a population explosion, something not uncommon among insects. I am afraid I ...
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| Shower worm | 12/10/2007 |
Q: I live in Ohio and about 2 weeks ago my husband noticed worm like bugs in the corner of our walk in ... A: Without seeing one of these I can only guess that they are maggots of some kind. Is there an ...
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| Looks like Silverfish, but not | 12/8/2007 |
Q: I discovered something in my home a week ago. They are small; and resemble silverfish quite ... A: There are variations in the coloring of silverfish. There is a member of the same Family called ...
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| cocoons hanging in garage | 12/7/2007 |
Q: A couple of years ago, our food became infested with worms/flying bugs of some sort. We had to ... A: These are caterpillars called plaster bag worms. They develop into a moth. These are remarkable ...
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| mites? | 12/7/2007 |
Q: although i seem to have a problem similar to others that have asked before-i have slightly different ... A: It is possible that these are mites but I would have to see one to know for sure. Mites do not have ...
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| hermetia illucens | 12/6/2007 |
Q: Is it correct to import an exotic usefull insect ,like "hermetia illucens" ?I,m living in IRAN. ... A: Experience has shown that importing exotic species is not good idea and can upset the natural ...
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| Clover mites, springtails or none of the above? | 12/2/2007 |
Q: I discovered underneath a kitchen window, near my pets' water dish several dozen insects about a mm ... A: The eight legs tells me these are arachnids and the size indicates spider mites. The usual source ...
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| Crawling, Biting Bugs | 12/1/2007 |
Q: I have had bugs crawling in my clothes and biting me for about a month. They are very small. ... A: If you wish you can pick up a couple on Scotch tape and mail them to me. I can examine them at my ...
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| Crawling, Biting Bugs | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I have had bugs crawling in my clothes and biting me for about a month. They are very small. ... A: I would have to see these to identify them. hey could be lice. If you can get a photo it would ...
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| Information on spider mites | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I have just read most of your replies to questions about small tiny white mites in houses and I ... A: It sounds like mites may be you problem. The usual source of mites are nests of rodents and birds. ...
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| Mystery bug | 11/29/2007 |
Q: I have found a few bugs around my house. The one I found most recently was light yellow and banded ... A: It sounds like a larval beetle of caterpillar. Did it have any bristles? If a beetle it could be in ...
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| Help identify this Spider please... | 11/29/2007 |
Q: this photo was taken in South Florida on Thanksgiving weekend amonth the palm trees. This critter ... A: Nice specimen. This is Nephila clavipes, the Golden Silk spider. They are common in Florida. They ...
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| an insect that can JUMP | 11/26/2007 |
Q: these past 2 weeks ive noticed this insect/bug that jumps when i try to squash it with my finger. ... A: These are probably springtails. Trying to squash them will not work. Vacuum them up and be sure ...
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| disgusting. | 11/26/2007 |
Q: I live in southern ontario, the GTA. We own a cat, however shes completley indoor and we've never ... A: First of all I am doubtful that they are connected to the hotel visit. They are also not lice or ...
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| unseen insects | 11/26/2007 |
Q: How do you fight what you can't see? gnats no see umns? i bought a used chair that was the beginning ... A: I wish I could help you zita but as you say it is a problem controlling something you cannot see. I ...
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| tiny insects that bite around the house | 11/25/2007 |
Q: i have recently found these very tiny insects inside the house, so small you have to look really ... A: It is possible that these are mites but spider mites do not bite. Some outdoor larval mites ...
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| grayish/lite brown small house spiders | 11/24/2007 |
Q: I don't like to kill the spiders that I find in my home hanging in the upper corners (especially ... A: I too refrain from killing spiders. In fact I keep tarantulas as pets. Since everybody does not ...
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| Unknown Insect | 11/24/2007 |
Q: Today we were changing my 2 1/2 year old sons diaper and we found a very strange small bug dead ... A: The description fits a number of insects so I cannot make a judgement. If you still have it and can ...
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| white wormy looking bugs | 11/23/2007 |
Q: I was vacuuming my carpet one day, when i vacuumed the corner all my carpet came up and left bald. ... A: I believe these are small caterpillars. They are either plaster bagworms case building clothes ...
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| tiny flying insects in kitchen | 11/16/2007 |
Q: Over the past three weeks, we have noticed tiny --really tiny--flying insects around our kitchen. ... A: Two possibilities come to mind. They could be flies that are breeding in the drains or they could ...
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| giant ant? 2" long | 11/16/2007 |
Q: i found a giant bug in my room (hills of los angeles, ca) i was too freaked out to take a picture ... A: To start with you have described nothing that I know of that is dangerous. It sounds like a ...
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| i need help with a school assignment that's due tommorow | 11/15/2007 |
Q: *sighs and laughs*... well... I've used all the search engines i know of: dogpile, yahoo, google, ... A: I do not know what you are trying to find out here. Are you asking about what animals laugh and ...
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| Bugs in my dry foods and large "fruit flies" | 11/13/2007 |
Q: Okay, so I have these tiny grey bugs the size of an adult lice (louse?) in my kitchen cupboard. It ... A: The bugs could be beetles but without seeing them I cannot be sure. Anyway identifying them will ...
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| Worm like bed bugs in France | 11/11/2007 |
Q: I recently moved into a dorm like residence in France for a year abroad about 2months have gone by ... A: We are an ocean apart and without seeing these insects I cannot tell you much and there is no way I ...
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| Mystery Bleeding-Puncture Bite... | 11/10/2007 |
Q: just want to make sure there's not a cause for concern. I'm in Toronto, Ontario, and live in an apt ... A: It is hard to say what caused this. WE can rule out bedbugs and mice. Spiders leave double ...
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| What is biting me? | 11/10/2007 |
Q: I am an Australian who moved to London in April 2007. Since June, I have been getting bitten on my ... A: The bug you saw could have been a bedbug but you describe so many bites that you would see a lot of ...
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| weird find | 11/10/2007 |
Q: I found a single strand spider web hanging from my livingroom ceiling fan. On it were these ... A: These sound like small caterpillars hanging from the ceiling. If they are the web is from them not ...
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| St. Andrews Cross Spider's position | 11/9/2007 |
Q: Why does the St. Andrews Cross Spider hold its legs in fpur pairs of two each, thus looking like an ... A: "Why" questions in biology must be answered in two ways. The first is the the realm of Evolutionary ...
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| What is biting me? | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I am an Australian who moved to London in April 2007. Since June, I have been getting bitten on my ... A: I often get questions like this and it is hard to pin down a culprit when you cannot see anything ...
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| Bed bugs? | 11/4/2007 |
Q: I have recently found something that may be a bed bug in my room. It has no visible antennae or ... A: I doubt if these are bedbugs. If it is a bedbug it has legs and can move. They are also found in ...
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| bugs | 11/4/2007 |
Q: i've been searching for a while and i am hoping you can help me identify a bug...they are small and ... A: It is most likely that these are beetles most likely dermestid beetles. They could be carpet ...
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| spiders in pool | 11/3/2007 |
Q: How do I get rid of spiders in my pool. They seem to live under water also. We just had a new liner ... A: There are a few species that live on top of the water and when they go under they take a bubble of ...
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| small slow flying black flies | 11/2/2007 |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me! About a month ago I started to notice these small little black flies ... A: These sound like some kind of a bagworm. The description of the cocoons and larvae lead me to ...
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| locusts | 11/2/2007 |
Q: I have been getting live locusts recently to feed my pet chameleon for some time now. However only ... A: Insects communicate in various ways. Some use chemicals and some like members of the grasshopper ...
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| bites at night | 10/30/2007 |
Q: I get 30-50 bites at night when I sleep in my bed. Nobody else in the house gets bites. If I sleep ... A: This sounds like a non insect related problem. It sounds like hives which are an allergic reaction. ...
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| bug or spider bite | 10/26/2007 |
Q: The doc's biopsy just revealed that my 2 yr old daughter's rash is from a "bug" bite. It's been 6 ... A: I hope you are continuing to keep the pediatrician abreast of what is happening. Six weeks is a long ...
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| Spiders in South Jersey Swimming Pool | 10/23/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me any way to get rid of the huge, usually 1.5 to 2" in diameter, ... A: My guess is that these are fishing spiders. I have no idea why they are in your pool since there ...
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| bathroom bug | 10/23/2007 |
Q: Recently I have been going into my bathroom, usually at night, to find these little bugs running ... A: First of all I am sure they are harmless. The description does not give me enough information. ...
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| Household tiny bug, UK | 10/21/2007 |
Q: Last year around November time, me and my partner noticed lots of tiny little clear white bugs..mite ... A: It sounds like these are either book lice or spider mites but you have such a large and persistent ...
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| BROWN STICKY CLUMPS INSIDE HOUSE | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I live in Culver City, California, about five miles from the ocean, in Los Angeles County. I have ... A: This is a mystery to me. Without examining one I cannot begin to explain them. They could be from ...
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| Little black bugs on my window sill... | 10/20/2007 |
Q: I've noticed tiny black bugs all over my window sill and all over my dishes on my counter. At first ... A: Small bugs on windowsills usually mean spider mites that are getting in under the window. If they ...
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| Strange bugs in my bathroom & kitchen cabinets | 10/20/2007 |
Q: I have this weird white bug..it's small and was first spotted in my tub. Later they are on the ... A: It looks like you have an infestation of either meal moths or beetles in your cupboards. They are in ...
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| please i.d. this insect | 10/15/2007 |
Q: I live in a Toronto basement apartment and noticed that there is one type of insect that seems to be ... A: look up pictures of Scutigera. It sounds like a house centipede. If not see if you can geta photo ...
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| What type of spiders live in connecticut? | 10/11/2007 |
Q: What type of spiders live in Connecticut? I would like to know what types we have here. Thanks A: Just about every species that are found in other parts of North America. Orb weavers, jumping ...
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| 1-1 1/2 in. caterpillr light green | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I found a small light green fuzzy caterpillar every hair has a little bit of black on the tip and ... A: This is the caterpillar of the Io moth. The adult moth is gorgeous. Put it in a container with some ...
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| Please help me identify this insect I am worried about stinger | 10/7/2007 |
Q: I live in north tx.The insect i found has 3 pair of legs, 2 antennae, 2 cornicles that taper to what ... A: The insect you describe sounds like spme kind of a cricket. The curved "stinger" would be the ...
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| Help!! | 10/7/2007 |
Q: I have this money-plant brunch which I had put in an indoor water fountain to give it a natural ... A: I do not see any connection between the floating white material and the catipillar.I could use a ...
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| Large Fly with Red Eyes | 10/6/2007 |
Q: I am having an issue that I have never experienced. In the last 3 days, I am finding LARGE flies, ... A: The fly in the photo is a flesh fly (Genus Sarcophaga). They feed on decaying materials. Form your ...
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| poisonous catapilers | 10/4/2007 |
Q: my question is are their any poisonous catapilers in the western pennsylvania area and what color ... A: Some caterpillars have bristles which have irritating substances in them and the come in many ...
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| Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma anax) | 10/4/2007 |
Q: my spider Fred likes to eat..but can i feed him too much? and which is better for him, the bigger ... A: It is possible that Fred is really Frederika. I have a gorgeous Rosehair named Victoria. To bad ...
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| Red bugs | 10/4/2007 |
Q: I have these tiny flying bugs.. They have wings and are attracted to the light, bathroom mirrors, ... A: As I said earlier it is necessary to find out where they are coming from in order to get rid of ...
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| insect found on wool | 10/3/2007 |
Q: I live right outside Boston, and found the bug in my bedroom. I have tried to take pictures of it ... A: This sounds like a clothes moth caterpillar, quite possibly a clothes moth since you found it on ...
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| Garden Spiders | 10/3/2007 |
Q: We have had a garden spider in our yard for several weeks now. This afternoon, our gardener, before ... A: Spiders are able to regenerate lost legs. How long it takes depends upon how much was lost and if it ...
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| spiders | 10/2/2007 |
Q: My 8 yo son was bitten by a spider which was not seen. We were in wyoming, grand teton park, walking ... A: There is no way that a species of spider can be identified by a bite mark. Fank punctures look the ...
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| Caddisfly | 10/2/2007 |
Q: I live along the Arizona Canal (in Arizona) and during several months of the year (like now)there is ... A: I am afraid that I cannot offer you much hope in solving this problem Helen. When you live near ...
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| Worms | 10/2/2007 |
Q: I am just curious about how worms can eventually start growing in expired, dry food. For example: ... A: The worms you are talking about in foods are insect larvae. During preparation and packaging of ...
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| Spider identification | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I've recently noticed seeing a couple spiders around the house. The body and legs appear to be ... A: Greetings to a fellow BUckeye. I live near Cleveland. I suspect that these are common orb weavers ...
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| Cocoon Identification | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I have a hard shelled cocoon on a hanging flower basket that I can't identify. I'm including a ... A: This is an egg case of a preying mantis. There are between 100 and 400 preying mantids in here. If ...
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| spider I found | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I found a spider in my home which is located in northern Arizona. It closely resembles the one that ... A: As far as I recall the spider on that movie but the spiders in the movie were computer generated ...
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| What am I dealing with in the bathroom? | 9/30/2007 |
Q: Around the base of the toilet where the sealeant is old and dried, are a small pile of black ... A: They are either mites or springtails. I suspect the latter. Keep things very dry around the toilet ...
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| Black Bug with Red Markings | 9/30/2007 |
Q: I've done some searching on the internet, but can't discover what this bug is. They are grouping ... A: These are Box elder bugs (Leptocoris sp)Look them up. There are eastern and western species ...
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| spiders | 9/29/2007 |
Q: I have a question on two spiders. I live in Missouri about 80 miles south of St Louis. One is a ... A: There are so many species that it is hard to identify a spider without seeing one. The recluse is ...
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| UNIDENTIFIED BUG | 9/27/2007 |
Q: I'VE FOUND A CRAWLING LARVAE-TYPE INSECT WITH LONGER LEGS AND FEATHERY PURPLE (YES PURPLE) ANTENNAE ... A: Are there a lot of legs? If so it could be a house centipede. Look up Scutigera.. If it is you ...
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| little black bugs | 9/25/2007 |
Q: My house (especially my kitchen) is infested with little black bugs! They are tiny. They do fly. ... A: Since they are on the windowsill I suspect they are mites getting in under the window. Wipe off the ...
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| mystery insect | 9/24/2007 |
Q: I have a question about an insect. First off, I work in a zoo, have a master's degree in Vertebrate ... A: First of all do not be embarassed. Nobody knows everything. The first two things that come to ...
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| Huge Spiders | 9/24/2007 |
Q: I have spiders living outside in my trees with huge butts. They seem to only come out at night and ... A: Being spiders with huge butts is not enough for me to identify them. I will need a photo or more ...
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| white bugs in my kitchen | 9/23/2007 |
Q: i am very concerned as i have a small baby and have noticed them in his feeding bottle as well. i ... A: These sound like spider mites. You will have to find out where they are coming from. Check all ...
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| Small reddish brown insects | 9/22/2007 |
Q: The other day we were in our backyard having a picnic and I noticed a bug crawling on my pants. ... A: I am unable for some reason to boot up this photo. Send me any photos to my email address ...
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| What is the name of this spider? | 9/22/2007 |
Q: I have seen a velvety red spider approximately 1/2 to 3/4 inches long with jet black legs. It is ... A: There are some species of jumping spiders with red bodies and black legs so that is what it could ...
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| black & yellow garden spider | 9/21/2007 |
Q: We have had a black and yellow garden spider in our backyard for the last three weeks. After making ... A: This was probably a Black and yellow Argiope. They do not go far so she is most likely still ...
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| bathroom insects | 9/20/2007 |
Q: I noticed another email which was sent to you and hoped you could help me I too have noticed lots of ... A: Do they jump at all. I am not sure what the are. They could be mites of springtails. Wipe them up ...
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| bald-faced hornets | 9/20/2007 |
Q: Hintz: This is not a particularly technical question, but more of a practical one. Bald-faced ... A: When the first frost hits or shortly before the workers will leave the nest and die. The Queen will ...
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| Bug bites - are they eggs??? | 9/19/2007 |
Q: The other day I was on my bike and ran into a cluster of flies or some kind of insect about that ... A: I do not know who you talked to on the Internet but the egg idea is absolute nonsense.Insects do not ...
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| teeny red ants | 9/18/2007 |
Q: For months now I have been finding these teeny tiny reddish ants in my baby's dirty laundry basket - ... A: Since ants are quite easy to identify I am sure these are ants that you see. Ants are very ...
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| Two kinds of Insects | 9/17/2007 |
Q: Have lived in South Florida for 30 years, had never seen these until couple years back: One kind ... A: No photos are needed. You have described a couple of caterpillars. The first sounds like the ...
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| orange mystery spider | 9/17/2007 |
Q: I live in central New Mexico and last week we had our house sprayed. While the bugman was at our ... A: It sounds like a species of orb weaver belonging to the Genus Araneus. Since you still have it take ...
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| The Care and Feeding of Pet Caterpillars | 9/16/2007 |
Q: A few days ago, my mom found some caterpillars in her corn. Being a wannabe entomologist, I decided ... A: You picked an unusual caterpillar to keep for a pet. Corn borers are quite different from the usual ...
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| Unusual Caterpiller | 9/15/2007 |
Q: Can you tell me what type of caterpiller this is (see attached photo). Seems a little unusual to ... A: This is the caterpillar of the Tiger swallowtail butterfly. The scary look of this insect is an ...
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| tiny flying insects | 9/15/2007 |
Q: We live on a lake (8 years) and are pestering us to no end. They are tiny flying insects sort of ... A: These are probably midges. The spend most of their time in the water as larvae and emerge in large ...
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| "Owl" spider identification | 9/13/2007 |
Q: can you identify this spider, or have you ever seen anything even remotely like it? It was found on ... A: This appears to be a member of the Genus Phidippus. Phidippus are jumping spiders and jumping ...
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| insect infestation in home | 9/12/2007 |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me id this insect or give me suggestions on how to rid my home of them. ... A: Weevils do not fly so you can rule them out. I suspect beetles but without seeing one I cannot tell ...
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| Springtails | 9/11/2007 |
Q: We are getting springtails in our master bathroom which is on the 2nd floor of our house. I am at ... A: I am afraid that I can not help you much. WE live in a buggy world. Springtails are just ...
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| Swarming little dark gray moths | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I live by the RID Canal in Arizona (irrigation) and I have a salt chlorination pool system. At dusk ... A: first of all , knowing what they are will not solve the problem. Secondly I doubt that you will be ...
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| Tiny white flies in loose swarms | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I live in Northern Virginia. We have loose, but numerous, swarms of tiny white flies that seem to ... A: T Hi Dawn here are a number of different species that are referred to as white flies. I suspect ...
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| reddish brown bugs... AND fruit flies! | 9/6/2007 |
Q: We live in a brand new house (just completed at the beginning of August), and I have small reddish ... A: It seems you have a real problem here. I suspect that the brown bugs are beetles but without seeing ...
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| Insect Minds | 9/5/2007 |
Q: I know this is a far-out question for which there may be no clear answer, but do insects and spiders ... A: Interesting question. I believe that most biologists do not equate a brain with a mind. A mind ...
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| Ants Carrying Ants | 9/5/2007 |
Q: Recently, I placed some cat food in front of a few scout ants. They found the food and left for the ... A: I have spent a lot of time studying ants. The behavior of ants is one of the most fascinating ...
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| unknown bugs in my home | 9/5/2007 |
Q: I moved in to this home three months ago. These bugs appeared maybe three weeks ago . The weather ... A: This describes a number of insects. Could you take a photo to send me? (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) ...
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| Tiny Kitchen ants | 9/4/2007 |
Q: Help... I have these tiny ants all over my Florida kitchen. Now they have moved to the bathroom. ... A: Ants have population cycles and everybody has them at one time or another. We live on the ground ...
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| Spiders | 9/4/2007 |
Q: I have caught and killed to huge spiders so far. They are both the same kind of spider with one ... A: Almost every spider you see is no threat to anybody including nursing home residents. The bigger ...
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| antlike bug in our dirt...is it termites? | 9/4/2007 |
Q: Yesterday, I was digging a couple inches in the dirt around my deck when 20-30 strange looking bugs ... A: You have not described a termite so you can forget that. They could be ants. The winged ones would ...
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| Lake of the Ozarks and bug bites? | 9/3/2007 |
Q: In the first part of July our family went to the Lake of the Ozarks. We camped and boated daily. ... A: In that part of the country chiggers are common and their bites persist for quite a while and you do ...
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| mystery insect | 9/2/2007 |
Q: I have lived in Shanghai, China for the last 2 years. For a short time each year (for about one ... A: You have described a member of the order Hemiptera, the True Bugs, but there are many different ...
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| Egg ID | 9/1/2007 |
Q: Have discovered small grouping of small, dark brown, fuzzy, round egg-like clusters on the tops of ... A: These are probably galls containing the eggs of small wasps. The wasp lays an egg in the leaf and a ...
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| white bug NYC | 9/1/2007 |
Q: i have recently moved in my apartment in nyc. I have noticed these often white sometimes black, ... A: Without seeing one my guess is that these are house centipedes beacuse of a lot of legs. Google ...
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| tiny white flying/hopping insect | 8/31/2007 |
Q: A couple of weeks ago I noticed that myself and two of my children who had been sleeping in my bed ... A: It is difficult for me to identify bugs I do not see. I do not know of many insects of this ...
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| Found strange bug in bed | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I recently woke up with several very itchy and painful bites on my toes and legs. When I pulled ... A: These sound like earwigs but earwigs do not bite and why they are in your bed is strange. Look up ...
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| very tiny bug on my dog's feet & legs | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I noticed tonight that my Jack Russell had what I first thought were extremely small burrs on his ... A: Yes you should worry. These sound like ticks and quite possibly deer ticks especially if you had to ...
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| mystery bugs | 8/28/2007 |
Q: I have read a couple of related artiles on your site but there are a few differences that don't ... A: The dampness and description make me think these are Collembola or springtails. They are not ...
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| big mosquitoe bit me and it really hurts | 8/28/2007 |
Q: i live in Kent England. i was in the woods and a Mozzy the size of a paper clip yellow and black ... A: I do not think this was a mosquito bite. It sounds more like a bee sting to me. If the swelling ...
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| bug | 8/27/2007 |
Q: I live in southwest Ohio and in the past three or four years have had a black flying bug that lives ... A: They are probably solitary wasps. They dig a hole, sting an insect and put into a hole with an egg. ...
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| Cricket/ parasites | 8/27/2007 |
Q: We just killed (squished)a cricket and then two long (about 4-5 inches long, thickness of a fishing ... A: This is the second I have been asked about this in the past week. The worms that crawled are ...
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| mud cocoons | 8/26/2007 |
Q: /Mr. Hintz, I recently observed what I thought was mud thrown on the south wall of my clay brick ... A: This was the nesting cell of a mud dauber wasp and the insect inside was the pupa. If you look ...
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| Weevils not in food | 8/25/2007 |
Q: I have a new problem...weevils in my apartment. I got rid of all contaminated flour, etc. well over ... A: These could be rice weevils. They will eat bout everthing including cloth materials and even ...
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| Spider I.D. | 8/25/2007 |
Q: Two identical spiders have appeared in our back yard this summer in Aurora, CO. They are both large, ... A: Send the photos to waltjh@sbcglobal.net. These sound like common funnel weavers or Grass spiders ...
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| black ink like dots | 8/24/2007 |
Q: i have recently been finding little black dots in my kitchen they appear on everthing cupboard doors ... A: I am somewhat at a loss here. You said these flies are bigger than house flies and I am having a ...
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| weird small bug | 8/23/2007 |
Q: When we first bought our puppy, it had a small tick problem, but we've been giving her medication ... A: Adult ticks are small until they ingest blood. If the puppy had them then this is probably what ...
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| unknown insect | 8/23/2007 |
Q: I had someone take a picture of an insect and i want to know what it is. I'm terribly afraid of it, ... A: I have checked all my files on allexperts and in my insect files and cannot find this download. If ...
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| Painful Sting | 8/22/2007 |
Q: I experienced a very painful bug sting about 30 minutes ago on my forearm. The bug body is about an ... A: All I can do is make a guess without seeing the insect but the insects that sting are Hymenoptera ...
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| Bite? | 8/22/2007 |
Q: one of these days i found what seems to be a bite in my leg (...) well, actually I thought it was a ... A: Certainly it is a possibility but I am not a physician and it is difficult for me to make a ...
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| black and red bug | 8/21/2007 |
Q: We have a bug about a 1/2 inch long with 6-legs looks like a big ant its black and red and it bits ... A: This might well be a velvet ant called a cow killer. It is really a type of solitary wasp. The ...
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| tiny black bugs | 8/21/2007 |
Q: I have spotted a couple tiny black bugs. They look kind of like a fruit fly or a tiny house fly. ... A: First of all I do not know if these are fleas without seeing one. If they are jumping and have no ...
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| Prevent ant from crawling into aquarium | 8/20/2007 |
Q: Raising some crickets in a glass aquarium, how to prevent ants from crawling into and killing all ... A: I am at a loss here as it is not normal for ants to invade aquariums to kill crickets. I am ...
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| Extremely small bug in my house | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I've been noticing these tiny poppy seed like bugs all over my house. They look harmless, but I ... A: These definitely sound like spider mites. If so they are harmless. They often originate in animal ...
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| Wasp in my pool. | 8/19/2007 |
Q: Everyday I have 10 to 20 wasp in my above ground pool. They are about 1-1 1/2 inches long,very thin ... A: My guess is that they are yellow jackets that were after water and are drowning in the pool. They ...
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| Household Bug? | 8/19/2007 |
Q: I've seen this bug around the house, mostly on the kitchen and bathroom walls. It's EXTREMELY tiny. ... A: This could be a number of things. The being on walls makes me think of a plaster bagworm. It could ...
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| bugs in my basement | 8/17/2007 |
Q: the past week when i go in my basement to do wash there are jumping bugs when i walk at first i ... A: Perhaps they are crickets but without seeing one I cannot tell. But I can tell you that what you ...
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| Big gray bug with Wings | 8/16/2007 |
Q: What kind of bug could this be? It is thick like 1.5 in wide. It has beaded eyes. The head is ... A: First of all I know of no dangerous insects that fit this description but I would have to see it Can ...
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| large basement insect | 8/15/2007 |
Q: i have noticed many long insects crawling around my basement. it can be about 2 inch long and ... A: I think this is the house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata. They are in all house and they are the ...
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| Brown-ish black bug | 8/15/2007 |
Q: For the past few months in my basement we have had an bug that is about 1/4 of an inch in length ... A: I need more information. Could you send me a photo (waltjh@sbcglobal.net). If not put a couple in a ...
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| not sure what type of bug this is | 8/15/2007 |
Q: I live in birmingham, Alabama, and I can not figure out what type of bug is in my house. It is a ... A: Sounds like an earwig, so called because it was once thought that thew crawled into you ear. They ...
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| centepedes | 8/13/2007 |
Q: omg like i just found a centipede in my room it was like idk about 5 or 6cm long and liek it was ... A: You may not believe it but this centipede is one of the good guys searching around for bugs to eat. ...
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| flat cocoon remains on stucco | 8/13/2007 |
Q: Over the last few years we've been getting these flat, gray, cocoon-looking casings on our stucco. ... A: I believe these are casings from case building moths. Examine one closely. Remove it and tear it ...
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| sweetheart underwing moth | 8/12/2007 |
Q: How can one tell the difference between a male and a female sweetheart underwing? I have 1 and was ... A: Send the photo to waltjh@sbcglobal.net. It is fairly easy to sex a mothe when the male and female ...
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| trying to identify this | 8/12/2007 |
Q: I have had a problem with this bug, and it just won't go away. I have killed so many of them, ... A: It sure sounds like a beetle. You can do two things. Send the photo to waltjh@sbcglobal.net. You ...
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| Apartment critters... | 8/11/2007 |
Q: I just moved into an apt in NYC and am being bit by something I just dont see. But I do have itching ... A: Laura Send the photo to me. You and I may have a different idea as to what a spider beetle is. ...
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| booklice in my new house | 8/11/2007 |
Q: I live in South Carolina and have an INFESTATION of booklice. I have only lived in the house 2.5 ... A: I am somewhat at a loss here. If exterminators that have been in your home have no real solutions ...
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| What is that bug with so many legs?? | 8/10/2007 |
Q: I live in an apartment in Alabama and I have come across a bug i have never seen before. I usually ... A: Look up Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede. This is what you have described. They are ...
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| White Fuzzy Bugs! | 8/10/2007 |
Q: I am looking for some information on the bugs that I have recently noticed around the outside of my ... A: Centipedes are not fuzzy white. They could be cottony aphids. Are they on the plants. Forget ...
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| Spider ID | 8/9/2007 |
Q: A friend of mine took a photo of a spider during last weekends camping. I have narrowed it down to a ... A: There is a resemblance in the body shape of fishing spiders and wolf spiders. Most wolf spiders ...
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| what do you think? | 8/8/2007 |
Q: my son was bit by a bug. I've never seen it before if you send me your email i can show you a ... A: Send any photos to waltjh@sbcglobal.net The piercing mouth tells me this is possible a member of ...
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| white crawling insects | 8/7/2007 |
Q: My mother says she sees these white looking insects that are in her carpeting thoughout her home. ... A: I would actually have to see physical evidence before I can make an identification. See if you can ...
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| identify large lime green bug | 8/6/2007 |
Q: I live in Michigan. We have run across a few bugs that nobody can identify. They are large (at ... A: You have accurately described a grasshopper relative called a Katydid. I cannot tell the species ...
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| Tiny Insects No Bigger than a period. | 8/6/2007 |
Q: Lately, I've noticed that there are these very tiny insects crawling around the walls near my bed ... A: The main reason for the soap is that it plugs up the crack under the window. Soap is also alkaline ...
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| Small fast black spiders | 8/5/2007 |
Q: The ones that are scaring me are small (maybe 3/4 inch or so wide with legs), very fast, black ... A: I think I can first assure you that these spiders are no danger to you. I think there has been a ...
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| tiny household biting insect | 8/4/2007 |
Q: Something started biting me last night. In the night I had 2 bites. Later on in the morning I had 8 ... A: AS you say ;it is hard to identify something when you cannot see it. It is even harder for me ...
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| Need your help... | 8/4/2007 |
Q: I walked into my room today, looked up and noticed a long, slender line on my wall. I soon realized ... A: I think this is a house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata). He is harmless and as scared of you a ...
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| night time bites | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I have a two year old who has recently been waking up in the morning with one or two large welts on ... A: This seems to be a medical problem and I think you should let a doctor look at your daughters bites. ...
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| spider life cycle and mating | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I'm curious about spiders and I have some questions. I read that the male deposits his semen on a ... A: I love spiders so I love your questions. I have a pet tarantula named Victoria Rose and yes she can ...
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| small reddish brown bugs | 8/2/2007 |
Q: For the past year or so, on and off, I’ve found these small reddish brown bugs in my NYC apartment. ... A: First of all let me make this comment. Do not do business with an exterminator that cannot tell a ...
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| Spider identification | 7/25/2007 |
Q: This morning I encountered a Red-orange colored spider with white bands on the legs in my shower. I ... A: There are two dangerous spider species found in the US. The violin spiders (recluse) and the black ...
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| Black Tick or Beetle Problem | 7/25/2007 |
Q: I live in Northern Michgian and about two weeks ago I began seeing little black hard shelled beetles ... A: I am sure these are beetles but there are many kinds of beetles that are black. Beetles do not ...
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| insects | 7/25/2007 |
Q: My children have been complaining of insect bites that look like mosquito bites, but seem to last ... A: Send a photo to waltjh@sbcglobal.net. I have my doubts that the bugs you found are causing the ...
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| Weird snake-like slug appearing outside our house | 7/25/2007 |
Q: Every once and a while, I'll come upon a rather strange looking slug. It's just incredibly similar ... A: It should be easy to distinguish between a snake and a slug but it sound slike a slug. Are there ...
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| sand insect | 7/24/2007 |
Q: My house is new, less than 2 years old. This weekend, we came back from our camping trip and found ... A: It may be that these are indeed ants specifically male ants or drones which acquire wings during ...
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| Flying Black Insect | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I live in Portland OR, and found this black flying 6 legged insect, yellow striped legs, and yellow ... A: Send me the photos (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) along with some more info. Are you finding them inside or ...
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| Tiny red worm in the shower | 7/23/2007 |
Q: A few days ago a noticed these tiny red beads on the ceiling of my shower & in the grout on the ... A: Are these eggs or actual worms. One way or another they must be immature forms and I would suspect ...
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| spider like insects | 7/22/2007 |
Q: I am having a problem with an insect that appears to be a spider, but has crab like legs. This ... A: Without seeing this I can not tell you too much. If you see another could you send me a photo. ...
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| Spider, bed bug? | 7/22/2007 |
Q: For about the last week I've been itching when I go to bed. One night I felt something crawling on ... A: Bed Bug bites leave a pretty large red area but you do not feel the bite. What you have described ...
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| insect | 7/22/2007 |
Q: we have a really bad case of these really tiny grey bugs that fly or hop they do bite , they look ... A: The description fits a lot of insects The biting and size tells me these may be thrips. Where are ...
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| large moth | 7/21/2007 |
Q: last night, a large brown moth flew into my brother's trailor in Augusta Maine. he thought it was a ... A: Sounds like a Cecropia moth. It is among the largest of the silkworm moths. Google it and look at ...
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| little black specs that move | 7/21/2007 |
Q: Last Sunday i saw 3 little black specs on my arm that where moving. They are as small as specs of ... A: Most likely these are spider mites, the non biting ones. You will have to find where they are ...
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| unknown flying insect in TN | 7/21/2007 |
Q: On a recent trip of mine to sevierville, Tn, I stumbled across an ineresting insect that I have been ... A: This sounds like it could be a Dobson fly (Corydalus cornutus) It Belongs to the order Neuroptera ...
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| Tiny Brown Bugs in Bathroom | 7/20/2007 |
Q: My home was built late last year, and I have been living there for 6 months. Once the weather began ... A: Is it possible that you could get a photo of some of these to send me? (waltjh@sbcglobal.net)There ...
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| This bug scares me!!!!!!!!!!! | 7/19/2007 |
Q: OKay. I'm a 31 year old woman with three children and I will leave them outside to fend for ... A: Two things come to mind and both involve insects that are harmless. One is the cicada which I ...
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| biting bugs | 7/18/2007 |
Q: I have been bitten many times, mainly around the trunk of my body. Mostly in creases such as the ... A: It is difficult for me to identify an insect without seeing it as there are just too many. besides ...
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| Little black bugs | 7/18/2007 |
Q: I live in the Bloomington, MN in a house built in 1954. Since living there(4 years), each July it ... A: They do sound like beetles and possibly dermestid beetles like carpet or grain beetles. Check your ...
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| Weird bug | 7/18/2007 |
Q: The other day I was sleeping, but woke up to some stinging on my stomach, I sleep curled up, so I ... A: Well we know this was no spider as spiders do not really get into beds and it was no bee as bees are ...
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| Identification question, | 7/17/2007 |
Q: I caught a bug the other day and since then, I've been trying to identify it but no search words I ... A: I first thought that it may be a weevil or a true bug. Google both of these. Does it have a shield ...
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| bugs in my rugs | 7/16/2007 |
Q: I have recently found black shiny bugs which can really move fast if disturbed, in my bathroom rugs. ... A: They sound like beetles of some kind. If you want them identified you will have to send me a photo. ...
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| Sun flower seed looking worm | 7/16/2007 |
Q: i've been finding these worm like creatures in my room. They look like a cross between a skinny sun ... A: It is a caterpillar related to the clothes moth. The sunflower shape is really a little house the ...
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| bug bites, but don't know what | 7/15/2007 |
Q: okay so my mom and I have been getting tiny bug bites on our feet and ankles. They are very small, ... A: Bedbugs bites are not small. I think you are being bitten but something like biting gnats or no see ...
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| tiny red bugs that bite | 7/15/2007 |
Q: This is not the little crawling red bugs that I've seen before that as a child I referred to as ... A: Are these flying insects? If not they sound like velvet mites but red mites do not bite. Some ...
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| Biggest spider I've ever seen | 7/15/2007 |
Q: Last night when I was letting my dog out I saw this huge black spider, he was definitely bigger than ... A: You are the first person I know that owns a spider eating dog. In answer to your last question there ...
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| tiny spiders in my bed | 7/15/2007 |
Q: i recently found little tiny spiders while i was lying in bed. i had 4 of them crawling on my leg ... A: It is quite possible for spiderlings to wind up there. however I am sure they do not want to be ...
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| pond bugs | 7/14/2007 |
Q: I recently cleaned and changed water in my backyard pond. I have turtles in it. I now have these ... A: Naturally a pond is going to attract insects. I do not believe they are not gnats as gnats would ...
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| spider mites | 7/14/2007 |
Q: I read another question you fielded about spider mites. In your response you said "if they increase ... A: It appears that in your case they have become a problem. If you wish you can send me the photos ...
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| Very disturbing "creature": Small, flat, diamond shaped w/ one appendage/organ | 7/14/2007 |
Q: I've seen this creature crawling around on my floors (near the bathroom) several times, and it is ... A: This is a very good picture of a critter called the Plaster bagworm. (Phereoeca sp.) It is a moth ...
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| popping bug | 7/14/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help us identify an oblong, brown bug in our house in PA. It had a hard ... A: I have been a biologist for over 50 years and I have never ceased to be amazed at Mother Natures ...
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| caterpillars | 7/13/2007 |
Q: I'm 59 now and live in Brooklyn, NY. As a child , I remember seeing caterpillars crawling on ... A: One of my favorite songs is by Pete Seeger "Where Have All The Flowers Gone". I think this may be ...
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| Tiny Hard Bodied Red-ish Bugs | 7/13/2007 |
Q: At first we noticed this tiny, size of a pin head reddish, maybe slightly brown bug that crawled ... A: These sound like some kind of a beetle. They are certainly not bedbugs. Bedbugs are much larger ...
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| Strange looking bug/beetle? | 7/12/2007 |
Q: I live in Andover MN and found a strange, multi colored bug on a chokecherry tree. It is about ... A: This sounds like a member of the Order Chrysomelidae; the leaf eating beetles. Without seeing it ...
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| bug bite-what kind | 7/12/2007 |
Q: While spending a week in Munster, IN I had a bug bite me. I saw it, but did not know what it was. ... A: The question arises as to whether this was a bite or a sting. They are quite different. A sting is ...
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| black flies | 7/11/2007 |
Q: Now I am not the type that gets squeemish about flies. But, I am freeking out. In the past two ... A: This could be a population explosion and they are likely getting in from the outside. What do you ...
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| bugs in bathroom | 7/11/2007 |
Q: i live in new orleans and keep finding these bugs on my bathroom floor and can't figure out what ... A: I thought these may be silverfish but no insects have a single antenna. Do these look like a small ...
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| What kind of beetle is it? Is it a beetle? | 7/10/2007 |
Q: I found this interesting bug at work and would like to know more about it. I have never seen one ... A: It sounds like a member of an insect order called the Cerambycidae or longhorn beetles. The grubs ...
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| black bugs | 7/10/2007 |
Q: we live in England and have these very tiny black bugs in the loft. They are so small and only just ... A: From your description they sound like beetles but there are many different species of small black ...
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| Mystery bug/ Cockroach? | 7/9/2007 |
Q: I lived for about two months in an apartment that turned out to be absolutely INFESTED with ... A: I doubt that the small white bug was a roach since they are not white. This could have been a ...
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| bugs in basement | 7/9/2007 |
Q: I've discovered small black flies in the basement near the windows and hanging out near the lights. ... A: There are too many kinds of flies for me to name them without seeing them. How big are they? The ...
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| tiny black lady bug type insects | 7/9/2007 |
Q: within the last 6 months I have notice tiny all black lady bug type insects in my basement. The ... A: These certainly sound like beetles but there are 30,000 species of Beetles in N.A. so without seeing ...
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| White fluffy flying bugs | 7/8/2007 |
Q: I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa and have lived in Iowa most of my life. I have never seen this bug ... A: I suspect that these may be wooly aphids. Look at the upper branches of trees and see if they are ...
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| Weird flying bug | 7/7/2007 |
Q: I can't seem to find what I am looking for on the internet, so I decided to ask you. I have this ... A: Could you tell me a little more. How big is it? Can you see and describe antennae. Is it a fast ...
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| springtails | 7/7/2007 |
Q: i have been over run by theses demons they seem to have expoded all over my deck and in my house - ... A: I am afraid I cannot give you any real help. These insects have population explosions and there is ...
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| mites | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I have a very big problem. About a month ago, I discovered bugs biting me. They are on my beds, ... A: I have never heard of a connection between hormones and mites. Almost all mites feed on plants or ...
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| ants | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I accidentally broke off an ants legs, 2 of them, while trying to catch it. I have been keeping it ... A: Very unusual . Most people just step on ants. You obviously have a compassion for life. I do too. ...
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| mites | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I have a very big problem. About a month ago, I discovered bugs biting me. They are on my beds, ... A: These could be spider mites and why they only attack you is strange. Are the bites leaving marks or ...
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| Mysterious Fly Like Insect | 7/5/2007 |
Q: Walter - I live in Northern Virginia and I have recently seen in my yard, and been bitten by, a bug ... A: Could you give me a bit more information about this insect? Does the bite leave a mark? Blood ...
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| Small black bugs | 7/5/2007 |
Q: I have found these small black bugs. They have a stripe of white about half down. They are about ... A: Sounds like you have an invasion of dermestid beetles either grain beetles or carpet beetles. They ...
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| strange scary insect | 7/5/2007 |
Q: I will give a detailed description of this insect.Please help me ientify it, i think it may be a new ... A: I am afraid this one stumps me mounir; You have describer both cerci (stingers- which they are not) ...
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| springtails | 7/4/2007 |
Q: I have an extremely high population of springtails on my property. No amount of spraying keeps them ... A: Springtails do not know a house from a non-house. They just do what they do and they do require ...
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| Bugs | 7/4/2007 |
Q: These bugs are in the bath tub,kitchen,computer room and in my chair. They are black. Size . dot to ... A: This could be a spider mite invasion. They are usually temporary. Check you window sill as they ...
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| reddish-brown roundish flying beetle | 7/4/2007 |
Q: I live in Los Angeles. I have encountered two (or the same one returning) of these flying beetles ... A: There are a lot of beetles of this description so I cannot tell you what they are. They sound like ...
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| Beetle, Roly Poly, or Tiny Cockroach | 7/3/2007 |
Q: I live in Lancaster, CA which is the high desert. And for the 2nd time in a month I have seen a tiny ... A: First of all we can rule out sowbugs(roly poly) and roaches. Neither are tiny and black and sowbugs ...
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| Bathroom bugs - springtails maybe? | 7/3/2007 |
Q: In the past several weeks I have had a problem with teeny tiny bugs around our bathtub and sinks in ... A: Without seeing them I believe these are indeed springtails. They survive in moist conditions. ...
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| white fuzzy flying insect | 7/3/2007 |
Q: I am being plaqued with these insects. I first thought they were seedlings from a tree. Looking ... A: I wish I could see one of them. There are a lot of types like those you describe. Is it possible ...
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| Deck bugs | 7/2/2007 |
Q: tiny like the size of a sewing neddle tip. They do not seem to bite but there are hundreds of them. ... A: These are probably mites Christina. (the non biting type)They have population explosions and then ...
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| Very Tiny Brown Bugs that Bite | 7/2/2007 |
Q: I'm from Woodstock, Georgia Recently my bedroom has become infested with very tiny brown bugs. They ... A: Two bugs come to mind Steven, mites and thrips. Thrips are plant feeders but have a piercing mouth ...
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| bites on body | 7/1/2007 |
Q: June 16th my 13 year old comes back from a camp with 10+ bites all in the underwear area. Don't know ... A: These bites could be caused be a number of different insects. They seem to be associated with the ...
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| teeeny weeny bug things | 7/1/2007 |
Q: i live in northern ireland and i have recently started to find tiny bugs (1-2mm long) in my bedroom ... A: I am sure these are some kind of a beetle that is probably getting in from the outside but there are ...
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| What Kind of bug is this? | 7/1/2007 |
Q: For the past three months we have seen a lot of tiny black bugs in the front room and kitchen. They ... A: These could be grain beetles of weevils since they are in the kitchen. Check all opened food ...
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| Help please, what is this beetle???... | 6/30/2007 |
Q: I live in Phoenix, AZ, and for the last week, I've been finding these little beetles on the carpet, ... A: I feel sure these are beetles and that the smaller ones are larvae. What kind I cannot tell without ...
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| spiders | 6/29/2007 |
Q: I am in southern California visiting my family with my infant daughter. I cleaned out my old room ... A: It is correct that the recluse is not found in California. The only spider there that is harmful ...
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| small mites in brick mantel?? | 6/29/2007 |
Q: Every summer we see tiny little black bugs that seem to just sit in little groups unless you try to ... A: All mites are not red, only velvet mites. They could be two spotted mites. They must be getting ...
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| little black bugs | 6/28/2007 |
Q: I woke up with a bite on my upper arm a couple mornings ago. I took off all of my bedding and under ... A: These could be bed bugs. they could be in the mattress and washing the bedding would not help. Lift ...
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| Bugs? Mites in my House! | 6/28/2007 |
Q: I am on the second invasion of these extremely minute bugs that crawl on the walls of every room in ... A: I am afraid that I have nothing good to tell you. I have not seen these bugs to identify and even ...
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| teeeny weeny bug things | 6/27/2007 |
Q: i live in northern ireland and i have recently started to find tiny bugs (1-2mm long) in my bedroom ... A: First of all don't be freaked out as I am sure these pose no danger to you since you have not said ...
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| spider/beatle? | 6/27/2007 |
Q: I live in Washinton state, Longview, 1/2 way between Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington. I was ... A: I cannot identify this spider despite your good description. It has the size of a wolf spider and ...
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| Tiny red "ants"? | 6/27/2007 |
Q: For the past month or so I have been waking up during the night feeling as if I'm being bitten, and ... A: You seem to have multiple bug problems. First look at the moth problem. The bugs in the bread ...
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| big bug | 6/26/2007 |
Q: I was in NJ in June and got a really big scare when a BIG, long legged, yellow and black ... A: Sheila; I can only help by telling you was probably a grasshopper. There are a lot of species and ...
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| TINY blck bugs | 6/26/2007 |
Q: I have twice today, while sitting in my recliner found a VERY tiny, black bug crawling on my arm. I ... A: We cannot see dust mites. If we could we would really be freaked out because there are so many. I ...
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| ants with wings | 6/25/2007 |
Q: I have recently noticed ant-like insects with wings in my basement. Enough of them, that i have used ... A: we are neighbors as I live up the freeway in Wickliffe. I am sure these are male ants called ...
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| Tell me | 6/24/2007 |
Q: I live in Fl. Should say it all. Yes, there is Jeb, and all that other stuff. I am originally from ... A: I think we can agree that you were stung. A wasp has a thread waste and usually do not sting people ...
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| Tell me | 6/24/2007 |
Q: I live in Fl. Should say it all. Yes, there is Jeb, and all that other stuff. I am originally from ... A: The question arises whether it was a bite or a sting. I think sting and my bet is a male velvet ant ...
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| tick? | 6/23/2007 |
Q: my husband found a bug that had been crawling on him in our bed. It is black or dark brown, has 2 ... A: You have given an excellent description of a hard bodied tick but what kind I do not know. Rabbit ...
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| Itchy mosquito-like bites | 6/23/2007 |
Q: For the past week or so, i've been getting bitten by something. Only one bite every couple of hours ... A: I would be almost willing to bet the farm that your problem has nothing to do with insects. Flying ...
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| springtails in home aquarium | 6/22/2007 |
Q: Is there any successful method of eliminating springtails in our 55 gallon fresh water aquarium? We ... A: It seems that springtails and water go together. Theer is even a species that lives on snow. ...
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| Springtails??? | 6/22/2007 |
Q: I noticed a few days ago tiny little gray bugs crawling on my second story bedroom window sill. I ... A: Springtails walk and jump both. Tiny jumping grey bugs that jump are usually springtails. They ...
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| annoying pests | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I have been having trouble staying outside because of this pin head sized pest. They are so small ... A: There are just so many kinds of out door biting insects that without seeing one I cannot tell you ...
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| Infants and spiders | 6/21/2007 |
Q: We live in a condos and there has seem to be spiders getting in our place. Even in our bedroom where ... A: First of all Melinda let me give some information about spiders. Even though they all contain a ...
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| Tiny black bugs | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I have what seems like a million little black bugs, they are about the size of a poppy seed, round, ... A: We can usually narrow the identification of very small black bugs in large numbers into one of two, ...
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| Small jumping bugs in my house | 6/20/2007 |
Q: We have recently built a new house and have gotten sod. We live in Southeast Ohio. For about the ... A: I think these are Colembola or springtails. It is literally impossible to get rid of them outside. ...
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| Springtails | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I have bugs in my home that have all the same characteristics of a springtail, but Orkin is telling ... A: Obviously Orkin is wasting your time and money. Most exterminators cannot tell one insect from ...
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| Trying to identify an insect | 6/20/2007 |
Q: In my backyard I found a group of about 6 odd insects. The body was black and like that of a wasp ... A: I believe these are female ichneumon wasps. The probe is an ovipositor. They use their antennae to ...
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| Tiny, Black, jumping bugs | 6/19/2007 |
Q: We have started seeing tiny, black, jumping bugs in our bathroom they are mainly in the bathtub. We ... A: Tiny jumping bugs in the bathroom are usually springtails. They breed in and around the drains so ...
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| unknown insect | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I keep finding this insect in my house, but only one or two a month over the last 4 yrs. Mostly ... A: Is it possible that you could send me a photo of this insect? (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) It seems to be ...
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| springtails? | 6/18/2007 |
Q: I have found thousands of tiny bugs on my back deck. They have also recently invaded my bathroom ... A: I am quite sure these are mites (non biting). Mites do not transmit any disease. I do not think ...
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| Fly Sensory Skills | 6/18/2007 |
Q: This questions is going to sound like it's from a kid, and it is...Mine; but I have to get an answer ... A: The sense of smell is a chemical sense and flies have an excellent sense of smell. The sense organs ...
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| Bugs In Shower | 6/18/2007 |
Q: I have bugs on my blinds in my bathroom. Ihey look like real little caterpillar's but black and have ... A: They probably are caterpillars or larvae of an insect. Without seeing them I do not know what they ...
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| springtails? | 6/17/2007 |
Q: I have found thousands of tiny bugs on my back deck. They have also recently invaded my bathroom ... A: Springtails jump when you disturb them so I suspect these are spider mites. With so many I doubt ...
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| Unable to identify this spider? | 6/17/2007 |
Q: We live at an Air Force base in Southeastern wyoming. We found a spider like creature on our ... A: Vinagaroons are whip scorpions and are found in the southwest. They have a whip tail and some nasty ...
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| Unable to identify this spider? | 6/17/2007 |
Q: We live at an Air Force base in Southeastern wyoming. We found a spider like creature on our ... A: The first thing that comes to mind is a whip scorpion. The first pair of legs have long antennae ...
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| green bugs | 6/17/2007 |
Q: Our house has been invaded by some sort of little bitty, bright green, flying bug/insect. They seem ... A: I suspect these are midges. There is a species that is green. They can get in through screens. ...
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| Little ants on the bed? | 6/17/2007 |
Q: I live in NJ and I noticed about 3 little ant type things crawling on the bed. They are not bed ... A: I believe that they just happened to wind up on the bed. Without seeing them I cannot tell you what ...
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| black and yellow beetles on redbud | 6/16/2007 |
Q: My redbud tree has died. It took about two years and died from the top down. I have several ... A: Could you send me a photo of the beetles. There are a number that fit this description. ...
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| Bathroom Bug | 6/16/2007 |
Q: I moved into this new apartment about a month ago. We noticed these really really tiny centipede ... A: I would have to see these to identify them. I doubt that they are gnats. Gnats are flies and do ...
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| Common Scutigera prevention | 6/15/2007 |
Q: I know it's the common centipede that I've seen because I had to deal with them growing up. Now I ... A: Scutigera is a common inhabitant in all houses and buildings. The one you saw was probably a second ...
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| tiny red sandbox bugs | 6/15/2007 |
Q: We live in the CA Bay Area, and recently filled our plastic sandbox with purchased sand. About a ... A: They are not chiggers since chigger mites would not be in the sand but they do sound like velvet ...
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| blood sucking bugs | 6/14/2007 |
Q: My husband and I are getting bit during the night. They are huge bites, often looking like a welt. I ... A: Identifying the culprit in these cases is a huge problem for me. We have to establish the cause and ...
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| Tiny Black Bugs | 6/14/2007 |
Q: you had some helpful answers to other questions. In the past hour my boyfriend has found 3 or 4 tiny ... A: Unless there are bites or marks from bites I believe we can attribute the itching to the crawly ...
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| bugs | 6/13/2007 |
Q: I found little red bugs in my daughter's hair. They were red and had wings. What were they? A: I do not have enough information to identify them.. Had she been outside? How many were there? I ...
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| Mystery bug in home | 6/12/2007 |
Q: In the last few days, I've found 6 itty bitty bugs, on my arm & hands, also found one on my pants- ... A: The hardness tells me it is some species of a beetle. They could have gotten inside the house when ...
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| a little green bug in a spit coccoon | 6/12/2007 |
Q: i am living in ireland and whilst years ago these bugs were common in grasslands etc., they are now ... A: This little creature is aptly named a spittlebug. The adults are called froghoppers. The nymph ...
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| Small hopping insect (not springtails) | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I just moved into a home in NJ, and we've noticed the entire lawn, and foundation of the shed and ... A: Go to google and look up leafhoppers and treehoppers. See if you can get a photo and send it to me. ...
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| cicada | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I live in No. IL, 17 yr periodic cicadas have emerged. what mechanism causes male cicada to die ... A: They simply run out of energy. The adult stage is the breeding period and they do not eat. They ...
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| small bugs | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I live in Colorado at about 8700 feet. I have small gray-green bugs lined up next to each other on ... A: It sounds like you have aphids. Google aphids and see if this is what they are. They feed on the ...
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| Little tiny grey bugs | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I have these little tiny grey bugs around my windows, I tried killing them w/a piece of paper and ... A: These are most like Colembola or springtails. I assume they are inside the house. If outside hose ...
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| brown striped spider | 6/10/2007 |
Q: My husband,my son,and I live in Tennessee and we keep finding these brown spiders with two black ... A: There are many spiders that fit this description including some wolf spiders and common orb weavers. ...
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| gray/silver bugs that move very quickly | 6/10/2007 |
Q: often if i drop clothes on the floor when i pick then up they are underneath they run very quickly ... A: They do sound like silverfish and it appears you have a lot of them. Often the appendages are hard ...
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| tiny bugs around my home | 6/10/2007 |
Q: I live in Billings, MT. I noticed "hundreds" of these tiny, grayish, ant-like bugs on my wooden ... A: The jumping and large numbers tells me they may be colembola or springtails that accumulate in ...
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| flying ants on my rug | 6/9/2007 |
Q: I saw some flying ants on my rug they where very lethargic.I then saw a couple flying around a ... A: There are so many due to population explosions. Drones are common among this order of insects. We ...
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| flying ants on my rug | 6/9/2007 |
Q: I saw some flying ants on my rug they where very lethargic.I then saw a couple flying around a ... A: They sound like ants. The winged ants are drones (male ants) They emerge periodically and die ...
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| Tiny black/grey jumping bugs | 6/9/2007 |
Q: I live in North Carolina and I noticed a problem with these tiny jumping bugs about a month ago. ... A: I can only guess but they sound like springtails or Collembola. They are usually found where it is ...
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| I just want to know what these insects are and what they're doing. | 6/9/2007 |
Q: I live in Yukon Canada.I live beside a lake. For the last two days (and every year around this ... A: Without seeing them I can only guess but I suspect that they are a species of mayfly or cranefly. ...
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| need help to identify an insect | 6/8/2007 |
Q: I live in North Carolina and at night if we have the windows or doors open these tiny green flying ... A: there are so many insects like this that without seeing one I can only guess. There are many types ...
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| tiny tan/skin colored insectsc crawling on my skin | 6/8/2007 |
Q: Here is my situation... About a year ago, I was outside leaning up against a brick building for a ... A: The first thing comes to mind are Thrips from your description. Is there a particular area that you ...
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| red bug | 6/7/2007 |
Q: i wrote you yesterday about this red bug thats all over my garage and ground.i have to make a ... A: i am afraid that I am at a loss here as far as identifying these insects. There are just too many ...
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| beetle? | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I am finding these small black beetle-like insects in my house. In the sink, in my cupboards and ... A: You mentioned small but a centimeter is almost half an inch. Most pantry pests are much smaller. I ...
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| beetle? | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I am finding these small black beetle-like insects in my house. In the sink, in my cupboards and ... A: I cannot tell you what it is because there many small black beetles but since they are in the ...
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| Bug bites at night | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I'm really hoping that someone can help me with my family's problem. The last few mornings my ... A: It is hard to identify a biting organism without seeing the biter. I believe in light of all these ...
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| tiny red bugs | 6/6/2007 |
Q: We noticed small red bugs in the thousands in our window sills and walls appearring within aday or ... A: It is likely that these are velvet mites that are are getting in under the window cracks. They can ...
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| black bugs with 2 orange stripes on back | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I hope you can help me with this. I have hundreds of bugs in my backyard. I need to know: 1.) if you ... A: Do you have a box elder tree in the back yard. These could be box elder bugs. AT any rate they ...
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| grey biting tiny bugs | 6/5/2007 |
Q: We have tiny grey bugs that swarm our front porch, steps, and sidewalk and show up in our bathrooms ... A: First of all Mary Jo it it a mistake to spray to kill the spiders as the spiders would feed on the ...
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| What spider did I squish? | 6/5/2007 |
Q: This spider came up on the wall right next to me and scared the spit right out of me. At first, I ... A: Shame on you Suzi for your Little Miss Muffet reaction. This sounds like a common house spider ...
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| Small black beetle with grey stripe | 6/4/2007 |
Q: We have been seeing small black beetles (hard shell) which have a grey stripe accross their back. ... A: Can you describe the antennae in which direction does the stripe go and is there a single stripe. ...
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| very small beetle-like bugs with wings | 6/4/2007 |
Q: I'm in SE Conn, and recently have been finding these very small, little smaller than 1/4 in. bugs ... A: There are so many kinds of beetles that I would have to see one to identify it. Could you send me a ...
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| small grey bugs | 6/4/2007 |
Q: I have recently noticed huge numbers of tiny grey bugs (they are about the size of a pin-head) all ... A: It is quite possible that these are biting mites and they could be coming from the nest. Get rid of ...
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| Question about Big Spider resembling Recluse | 6/3/2007 |
Q: While in my garden shed, I moved a box of canning jars, and there was a huge brown spider that was ... A: This was not a brown recluse. The recluse is much smaller and is not found in Michigan. Without ...
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| Spider webs | 6/3/2007 |
Q: How does a spider creat a web strand from one point to another? Eg: I have one strand of spider web ... A: It would seem like spiders walk from one point to another but they do not. They use a method called ...
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| Blue spider? | 6/2/2007 |
Q: I while ago I found a blue spider in my house, and I've never seen anything like it. Looking at ... A: Some white tail spiders have a bluish cast. Are you in Australia? If not it is not a whitetail. I ...
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| Itty, Bitty, Brown Bugs in Atlanta Bathroom | 6/2/2007 |
Q: I found really tiny brown/black bugs on the edge of the master bath today in my new house(2 1/2 ... A: Springtails like to hang around damp places in bathrooms. They will breed in drains and around ...
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| tiny orange bugs that fly and bite | 6/2/2007 |
Q: the last couple of summers we've been having a terrible time with these very tiny orange looking ... A: It is most likely that these are flies and probably some kind of gnat. Their population explosions ...
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| spider | 6/1/2007 |
Q: I live in Southcentral Pennsylvania. This afternoon I noticed a black spider holding a webworm, and ... A: My guess is that this was a member of the Salticidae, the jumping spiders. They are beautiful ...
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| Strange Small Worm | 6/1/2007 |
Q: When I woke up this morning, I noticed a small pinkish worm-like insect in my bed. It had a ... A: I cannot identify it from the description but can tell you what I think it is not. You can forget ...
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| tiny red spider mites? | 5/31/2007 |
Q: How do I rid my front porch (cement)and my backyard deck of these tiny creatures? You indicated to ... A: Like many creatures they have population explosions and will continue to appear for a while. They ...
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| tiny bugs | 5/31/2007 |
Q: i recently found tiny white bugs crawling over things in my room. they are about the size of a ... A: These are not bed bugs. Bedbugs are much bigger and are not white. These sound like spider mites. ...
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| Bedbug? | 5/31/2007 |
Q: My sister found a strange bug on its back in the middle of her kitchen floor. It looks an awful lot ... A: This does resemble a bedbug but I cannot tell the size. Bedbugs are about a quarter of an inch ...
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| Red Bugs ( inserts ) | 5/29/2007 |
Q: What arre the little red bugs the size of a pin head that I always see crawling around on cement ? ... A: They are always swarming and wandering around looking for food when they have population explosions ...
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| bugs | 5/29/2007 |
Q: My garden is covered with these black and orange bugs slightly bigger than love bugs and they ... A: I am afraid that insecticides will affect the monarchs so you may have to live with the bugs. I ...
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| tiny pin sized black bugs | 5/28/2007 |
Q: When I woke up this morning I notice that on my hand they were several little black spots. Then they ... A: I get questions about small bugs daily and since I do not see them I can only make a guess as to ...
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| tiny black bugs-beedle like | 5/27/2007 |
Q: I have noticed dead little black or very dark brown balck beedle like bugs in my nicely finished ... A: Of course I cannot really identify these insects without seeing them but from what you tell me I do ...
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| evergreen tree beetles | 5/27/2007 |
Q: An evergreen tree, not pine, had swarms of 1/4 inch beetles on it. I didn't see any damage. The ... A: There are a number of beetles that will feed on evergreens including Japanese beetles. Japanese ...
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| The tiniest insect | 5/27/2007 |
Q: I just want to begin this by explaining that this is not my bathroom, merely my brothers whose ... A: Everyday I get questions about very small insects like this. Since I cannot see them to identify ...
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| Tiny bugs | 5/27/2007 |
Q: I have these tiny little bugs in my bathroom, they seem to like the tracking area of our shower ... A: Tiny jumping bugs in a bathroom usually means the presence of Collembola, commonly know as ...
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| camel cricket invasion... | 5/26/2007 |
Q: I have identified the pest that has taken residence in our house. Our invaders are Camel Crickets ... A: Very unusual when you have no basement, where these crickets are usually found. Do you have a crawl ...
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| thin hard bugs | 5/26/2007 |
Q: Every Spring we get these small/elongated, hard, black bugs that fly. We find them on the ceiling. ... A: Unless they are very tiny they most likely cannot get through screens but maybe around them. My ...
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| Strange bug i have never seen before | 5/25/2007 |
Q: I saw this bug at my work. it is green and kinda looks like a cross between a grashopper and a ... A: You have described a beautiful little insect called a Katydid. They are a type of grasshopper from ...
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| No clue what bug | 5/24/2007 |
Q: it has a total of 28 legs. it has 2 atenas that are as long as its body. it has 2 strips runing ... A: You have described Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede. Look it up at google and let me know ...
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| tiny bright red bug on bed | 5/23/2007 |
Q: Fl on a one-acre lot. I have 5 dogs and we have had tick problems before. My little dog sleeps on my ... A: If the dog is the carrier they are just hitching a ride so just brush him off real well. Vacuum ...
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| Bug behind my eye! | 5/21/2007 |
Q: Mr. Hintz, This is an odd thing to have happened, but the other day, a bug flew toward my eye and I ... A: I'm glad you got it out John. You should have no further trouble. Nothing can reach the the optic ...
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| brown bugs in basement | 5/20/2007 |
Q: Last fall we had these brown bugs in basement and they disappeared during the winter. They are now ... A: They sound like beetles, possible dermestid beetles. Continue to sweep them up. Make sure ...
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| tiny orangish bug | 5/20/2007 |
Q: i recently left my window open one day and it rained and made my futon wet a bit and then dried. ... A: There are a number of different small insects that bite. Your description fits a velvet mite but ...
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| Tiny Red Bugs | 5/19/2007 |
Q: We have these very tiny red bugs on many of our window sills. They have also been in our bathtub ... A: Most tiny red bugs are velvet mites. They usually come in from outside through the cracks under the ...
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| little bug | 5/19/2007 |
Q: Small black bug(bigger than a flea/smaller than a lady bug) appears to have wings and doesn't use ... A: I would rule out roaches as they have no wings. It sounds like a beetle. Are there a lot of them ...
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| Small black beetle with beige middle | 5/18/2007 |
Q: I have small black beetles (I think) with a beige or clear band around it's middle. I don't know ... A: If you wish you can mail me a couple so I can examine one under a dissecting scope to see mouth ...
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| Small black beetle with beige middle | 5/18/2007 |
Q: I have small black beetles (I think) with a beige or clear band around it's middle. I don't know ... A: There are over 250,000 known species of beetles and some of the differences are very subtle.That is ...
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| Small black beetle with beige middle | 5/17/2007 |
Q: I have small black beetles (I think) with a beige or clear band around it's middle. I don't know ... A: There are a number of beetles these could be. The problem is finding where they are coming from. ...
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| cant identify this insect | 5/17/2007 |
Q: this insect was found in my michigan basement it has 14 legs on each side total of 28 all together ... A: You have given me an absolutely perfect description of Scutigera coleoptrata, the House Centipede. ...
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| Little hard shelled black bugs | 5/16/2007 |
Q: I live in an apartment in NYC. There are little hard shelled black bugs that seem to be located ... A: They are probably some species of beetle.You have to find out where they are coming from They could ...
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| bugs! | 5/16/2007 |
Q: I have these bugs in my room. They are little and black. They also have wings. My brother said they ... A: You are correct. Bedbugs do not fly but flies do and I suspect that these are flies. Without seeing ...
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| Tiny Bright Red Bugs | 5/16/2007 |
Q: I was outside on a break at work, sitting in the gazebo when I looked down and saw this tiny, and I ... A: I am sure these are velvet mites. They are harmless to people. In larval they attach themselves to ...
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| tiny dot size mites/bugs/insects | 5/15/2007 |
Q: I just moved to a new house in a suburb of Melbourne and it has got a very dirty carpet although it ... A: I am somewhat at a loss here myself. It seems they are connected with the carpet Is it practical to ...
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| palm tree bugs | 5/15/2007 |
Q: they are white powdery with six legs they kinda look like catapillars. I need to know what they are ... A: ( I assume you are in Florida) I mention this because these insects may be secondary to the ...
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| botflies | 5/13/2007 |
Q: I really need to know if Bot flies live {ANYWHERE}in Canada, if they have any way of getting here, ... A: There a many species of bot flies but I assume you are thinking about the human botfly. Most people ...
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| Mystery Bug in Basemnt | 5/12/2007 |
Q: Please help! im not sure what this bug is. last night i was in the basement with my aunt and she ... A: This is somewhat confusing Jordan. How big was it that it resembled a bird. You mentioned buzzing ...
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| small bug infestation | 5/12/2007 |
Q: I live in MA and I'm getting small bugs/insects coming into my house around windows. They are dark ... A: This is the time of the year when spider mites crawl under window cracks and enter houses. There ...
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| red bugs | 5/11/2007 |
Q: I have seen very tiny tiny red bugs on window and the sill living room, and bathroom. maybe bedroom ... A: Most likely these are spider mites that are coming in under the window. This is the time of the ...
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| Native MN spider | 5/10/2007 |
Q: Female is HUGE, very black except for on the body is a very bright yellow marking. It is native to ... A: Sounds like the beautiful Black and Yellow Argiope, one of my favorites. The female stays in the ...
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| Bed Bugs | 5/10/2007 |
Q: I had not realized until the morning after I got back from Florida that the bites on my legs were ... A: Wow Bill: You have had a time with this. First of all bud bugs are not necessarily smart and the do ...
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| insect | 5/10/2007 |
Q: Mr. Hintz: yesterday i found what i thought to be a nodule on my dogs head. my neighbour ended up ... A: Most likely this was a tick taking a blood meal. They hide in bushes and tall shrubs and often get ...
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| tiny dot size mites/bugs/insects | 5/10/2007 |
Q: I just moved to a new house in a suburb of Melbourne and it has got a very dirty carpet although it ... A: We are an ocean apart and it is difficult for me to identify what these insects are. I can only ...
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| bug in basment | 5/9/2007 |
Q: I've seen a bug a few times in my basment and most recently in my living room. It has ... A: You got it right. This is a centipede, specifically the house centipede ,Scutigera coleoptrata. ...
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| Black and white bugs | 5/9/2007 |
Q: Hello i live in England and have recently been getting black bugs with white stripes on all over all ... A: These sound like two spotted spider mites that are coming in under the window. Clean off the sill ...
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| Red Bugs on Cement/Deck | 5/8/2007 |
Q: I noticed alot of small red bugs on a mortor cap on a stone wall and now they are on my deck. I ... A: I am sure these are spider mites. They could be breeding somewhere near or under the deck and there ...
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| red blood sucker | 5/6/2007 |
Q: I went out for a walk in the countryside in Wales (UK) yesterday and did not come into contact with ... A: From the description I am almost positive that this was a tick. The problem with removing them is ...
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| Spiders | 5/6/2007 |
Q: How long do spiders live? A: It depends upon the species and where they are found. Most spiders have a limited life span of two ...
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| black spider | 5/5/2007 |
Q: ..I recently moved into a house and have started to find pretty large black spiders. One crawling ... A: If you have been told it is not a widow then you have nothing to worry about. The only black spider ...
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| Biting Instects that thrive in bathrooms | 5/4/2007 |
Q: My wife and I live in the city and have to often clean the sidewalk of trash, tree leaves and etc. ... A: I get a lot of questions like this about biting insects that cannot be seen and unfortunately If I ...
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| Wierd 1inch red bug with 12 long pairs of legs in bathroom | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I live in central MO and today my daughters found a red 1 inch red/orange bug with an elongated body ... A: This sounds like the house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata. They are harmless to people and feed ...
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| Biting Bugs on LI | 5/3/2007 |
Q: Well it has been about 2 years of bugs bitting us. I see little black bugs jumping, So I assume ... A: Thrips cannot fly or jump. Is it possible for you to pick up a few of these bugs on Scotch tape and ...
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| Biting Bugs on LI | 5/1/2007 |
Q: Well it has been about 2 years of bugs bitting us. I see little black bugs jumping, So I assume ... A: Thrips breed on house and outdoor plants and can get into the house through tiny cracks. They are ...
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| furry black bug | 5/1/2007 |
Q: I had spilt some soda on the carpet next to the radiator in the bedroom, and when I went to clean it ... A: Given the fact that there are about a million species of insects it is difficult for me to identify ...
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| holes in yard | 5/1/2007 |
Q: I have small holes in yard about 1/4 inch. What ever makes them pulls grass ar leaves into it and ... A: Unless you can find the culprit that is making the holes I cannot identify it. I do not know what ...
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| Biting Bugs on LI | 4/29/2007 |
Q: Well it has been about 2 years of bugs bitting us. I see little black bugs jumping, So I assume ... A: I am afraid if professional exterminators have visited your house and failed to solve the problem ...
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| sand bugs | 4/29/2007 |
Q: I was at the beach today when I noticed some tiny bugs as I was looking at the sand near a pool of ... A: A common insect found in large amounts near water are Collembola or springtails. This is what I ...
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| Very tiny worm/caterpillar-like bugs in bathroom | 4/25/2007 |
Q: For the past few weeks I have noticed very tiny 1-2mm worm/caterpillar-like things crawling on my ... A: These are too small for carpet beetles and could be beetle or moth larvae of some kind. Do you ever ...
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| spiders | 4/21/2007 |
Q: i have a couple questions 1. i know cobwebs are spider webs that have collected dust, but can a cob ... A: 1. Cob webs are the result of spider silk. Moths like clothes moths also spin silk but do not ...
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| invasion of giant black water bugs in NYC Loft | 4/20/2007 |
Q: For some reason, we have an invasion of these giant black water bugs in our NY Apt. Have killed ... A: These do sound like water beetles. They only leave the water to mate and they do so at night ...
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| small biting bug | 4/20/2007 |
Q: Over the course of close to a year I've experienced bites that leave large welts/with fever in bite. ... A: It then becomes a medical problem. The first thing you should do is consult a dermatologist. Let me ...
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| invasion of giant black water bugs in NYC Loft | 4/19/2007 |
Q: For some reason, we have an invasion of these giant black water bugs in our NY Apt. Have killed ... A: I am unable to comment on these because you have not given me enough information to identify them. ...
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| tiny, tiny mysterious bugs | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I just moved into a new home in wylie, tx (suburb northeast of dallas) about 6 mths ago, and I ... A: Send the photo to waltjh@sbcglobal.net If these are springtails you will have to locate the source. ...
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| Bed Bugs in Appt. | 4/16/2007 |
Q: Hai, I live in suburb of Philadelphia. We have been in the appt. for about an year. Now from few ... A: On top of a bug problem you also have a legal problem and I cannot help you with that. I am not a ...
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| Tiny brown/white bugs in Pacific NW. | 4/16/2007 |
Q: I found hundreds tiny (sesame seed shape & size)dark brown with what appears white stripes bugs all ... A: They could be mites. If the jump they could be springtails. Without seeing one I cannot tell what ...
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| small bug | 4/9/2007 |
Q: We have been finding 100s of these small bugs in our home. They are so small that we thought they ... A: The fact that they are on the windows tells me they are spider mites that are probably getting in ...
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| Little Black and white(cream) bugs | 4/7/2007 |
Q: There are tiny black bugs with white looks like stripes on them in the corners of my house, on both ... A: Without seeing them it is hard to tell. Could you pick up a few and mail them to me at walter hintz ...
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| I don't know the type of bug in my house | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I was cleaning by my window in my house when I noticed what I thought were mouse droppings...When I ... A: Without seeing one it is difficult to tell what these are but they sound like beetles of some kind. ...
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| Fiddle back | 4/5/2007 |
Q: I live in Kansas and work as a grounds keeper. My shop has a large number of brown recluse. Dont ... A: As you have seen the damage from recluse bites has been grossly exaggerated. Being bitten more that ...
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| Ant | 4/5/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to make sure this bug I found inside my house is an ant and not a termite. We have had a ... A: I suspect it is a drone ant (male) Drones develop wings that fall off. They appear periodically in ...
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| Bugs on the couch! | 4/4/2007 |
Q: The other day I was sitting on my boyfriends couch watching TV with him when I started to feel like ... A: Two things come to mind form the size. Spider mites and thrips. My guess is that they are in the ...
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| spiders | 4/3/2007 |
Q: We have issues with two types of spiders that infest our yard every year and cannot get rid of them ... A: First of all let me say that neither of these spiders are a threat to anybody. I have not seen the ...
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| tiny wee white spiders | 4/3/2007 |
Q: I see these extremely tiny, white, (Sometimes translucent), spiders drop slowly from the ceiling in ... A: These are spiderlings, young that have hatched recently. They are incapable of biting you and it is ...
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| Little Black Flying Bugs | 4/3/2007 |
Q: I live just north of Detroit Michigan and I have these little black bugs flying around our house. ... A: They are some kind of a fly but without seeing them I cannot identify them. Adult flies have a ...
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| silver bugs | 4/2/2007 |
Q: kaden coles ANSWER: What are silver bugs? Are you asking about silverfish? ---------- FOLLOW-UP ... A: What you describe are silverfish. They can be destructive in large numbers. They feed upon grains ...
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| Re: Tiny bugs | 3/31/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to identify a tiny gray jumping bug that keeps infesting my porch. Can you help me? A: There are a lot of tiny grey bugs. The jumping tells me they may be springtails What do you mean ...
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| Wierd looking spider | 3/31/2007 |
Q: I had a spider in a web on the pool screen. I tried to take a photo, but it didn't turn out well, so ... A: Great find! You have given me a perfect description of a beautiful spider called the Crablike Spiny ...
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| bugs | 3/30/2007 |
Q: I have some bugs in my house they look like a worn or centepede with stingers on the end and they ... A: I think this is the house centipede. They are harmless and do not bite or sting. The last thing a ...
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| drugstore or cigarette beetles | 3/28/2007 |
Q: I have had these bugs that I have been able to identify as drugstore or cigarette beetles. I have ... A: These beetles need energy and they get it from dried food products. Until you find the source you ...
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| teeny tiny red bugs | 3/26/2007 |
Q: I just moved into another with a rug. Lately I have have tiny red bugs on me and I see them in my ... A: Sounds like spider mites. Are the biting you? Just keep wiping them up and they should soon ...
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| Spider Mites | 3/24/2007 |
Q: There are tiny, dust-sized bugs (spider mites?) crawling on my window sills and frames inside my ... A: They sound like mites. They are most likely coming in under the window from outside. Is there any ...
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| tiny tiny brownreddish bugs | 3/23/2007 |
Q: they are the size if a pen head when you kill them they leave brown stain alot for those tiny ... A: I believe these are spider mites getting in through the crack under the window. Are there any bird ...
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| Unknown bug | 3/22/2007 |
Q: ..I recently noticed these small grayish, blackish bugs with wings that fly and hop in my home. I ... A: The wings puts them out of consideration for small biting bugs like mites and thrips. If you only ...
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| Invisible Spiders seen at night only | 3/20/2007 |
Q: I have a pest control company in Houston, Texas, and I just received a phone call from a lady who ... A: I know a lot of things about insects and spiders but I cannot identify anything I cannot see. You ...
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| What's this bug in my house? | 3/19/2007 |
Q: Okay so this is very very small bug, perhaps the size of a full grown lice bug. I can't count the ... A: First of all you have not describes any insect that can give you a problem and three in six months ...
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| bugs in bedroom | 3/12/2007 |
Q: ? Not sure what you mean? Do you have any idea what they could be?First of all, thanks for your ... A: I am sure they are not bed bugs as you can see them. Do you gte the bites only when in bed. Could ...
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| Small black bug w/brown stripe & hard shell | 3/8/2007 |
Q: I was taking care of a patient of mine at her house when I started to strip her bed and i saw this ... A: It does not fit the description of a bedbug and it is probably a transient that does not bite ...
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| bugs in bathroom | 3/6/2007 |
Q: We have little bugs in our basement bathroom that we think look like bed bugs. Is it possible? ... A: We can rule out bedbugs. The reason they are called that is because the live in bedding. They ...
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| Bug that I hear but cannot see | 3/3/2007 |
Q: I hear bugs in the bed at night. I hear them in the pillow and in the mattress. I have checked the ... A: My guess is that whatever you are hearing it is not bugs. Bugs that are so small you cannot see do ...
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| what is this? | 2/27/2007 |
Q: There are little black bugs I find dead in my kitchen and bathroom. They have 4 legs and antenas. I ... A: Without seeing I do not know but they sound like beetles. It sounds like they are dying. If you ...
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| black bugs in kitchen | 2/26/2007 |
Q: i live in an apartment in new york city. Over the past few months, i've been finding tiny black ... A: You are describing beetles: possibly some kind of a grain beetle. Boric acid will work on ants but ...
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| spiders in house | 2/22/2007 |
Q: Lately we have been seeing spiders in our house in the evening, sometimes as many as 7-8 per night ... A: It is virtually impossible to get rid of all spiders permanently. In your house they are after ...
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| Spiders | 2/21/2007 |
Q: My friend and I have recently been backpacking around Barcelona, Spain. However, a concern that ... A: I know of no dangerous spiders or other scary invertebrates in Spain. There are European tarantulas ...
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| Dermatobia hominis | 2/17/2007 |
Q: I would like to know if the human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) can be found in Mexico's Western Coast ... A: I must agree that there are few things more disgusting than having a maggot under the skin. The fly ...
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| bugs that look like thorns | 2/16/2007 |
Q: We have bugs that look like thorns on our powder puff tree. We want to know if these are good bugs ... A: These are probably treehoppers and maybe the Thorn-mimic treehopper. They are true bugs and feed on ...
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| bugs in my barley | 2/14/2007 |
Q: I made soup tonight and when I added a large scoop of barley into the pot I saw brown dirt on top of ... A: It appears that you have protein added to your soup. These are probably some kind of a grain ...
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| Spider Bite | 2/4/2007 |
Q: This morning I was bitten by a brown spider in my office. It left a single red welt, my hand ... A: The only really brown spider that can cause serious damage is the violin spider or brown recluse and ...
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| Small black bugs | 1/29/2007 |
Q: She has seen a few of them. They are very small, almost like specks. One of them was a bit larger ... A: Apparently insects are the cause of this then. They sound like thrips which will bite like this. ...
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| Small black bugs | 1/29/2007 |
Q: My sister changed offices in work and noticed she was getting itchy and felt like things were ... A: All I can do is make a guess about this since I cannot identify bugs we cannot see. My guess is ...
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| flying insect | 1/29/2007 |
Q: in a rarely used guestroom, i have found lots of small white worms that seem to change into small ... A: These most likely are moths and possibly clothes moths. Check all the cloth materials,especially ...
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| stink bugs in the house | 1/8/2007 |
Q: I have recently been finding this strange bug. About a dozen in the past month or so. They are in my ... A: Most stinkbugs look alike. the consperse stinkbug is brownish green and feeds on plants especially ...
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| littlebugs | 1/3/2007 |
Q: I'm getting little bugs in my flour,oatmeal,sugar,noodles etc. in my cupboard Don't know how to get ... A: These are either Indian meal moth larvae or beetles. Probably beetles. They are breeding in the ...
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| Can you help me identify this bug? | 1/2/2007 |
Q: I will try to take a picture and also send you a couple of them, but like I said they dont show up ... A: I am pretty sure these are insect larvae and quite possibly the larvae of beetles or moths. I do ...
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| Ants & eats | 1/2/2007 |
Q: Do harvester ants have specific nutritional needs, or can they survive on a diet of random edible ... A: Ants have been around for quite million years and are probably among the most successful living ...
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| cocoon identification | 12/31/2006 |
Q: I found a large cocoon in my yard in Albuquerque, NM. on Dec. 19th. The cocoon was 6.2 cm in length ... A: This sounds like butterfly chrysalis Martha. If you handle it and it is still alive the posterior ...
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| Can you help me identify this bug? | 12/31/2006 |
Q: I live in the suburbs of Georgia. I found these insects in my infant daughter's crib. I only find ... A: I believe that I would have to see them to identify them. Would it be possible for you to send me a ...
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| tiny white fkies | 12/26/2006 |
Q: I FEEL BUGS CRAWLING ALL OVER ME. I HAVE BITES ALL OVER ME. IF I STAND NEXT TO A REALLY BRIGHT LAMP, ... A: I believe that this is not an insect problem anymore but a medical problem and I am not am MD. I ...
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| stick bug infestation | 12/26/2006 |
Q: i have lived in my apartment for almost a year, and about 7 months ago stick bugs started appearing ... A: I need a little more information here. What are stick bugs? Do you mean stinkbugs? What do they ...
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| ORNITHONYSSUS MITE | 12/23/2006 |
Q: I HAVE CONTACTED ORTHO, TERMINAX, AND ANOTHER COMPANY AND NOBODY WILL COME OUT. IS THIS THAT HARD TO ... A: It is strange that exterminators will not help you. The only things I can suggest is this. Strip ...
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| ORNITHONYSSUS MITE | 12/22/2006 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... THANK YOU FOR YOUR ... A: This is situation has gotten to the point ,I believe,that you will have to get professional help. A ...
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| ORNITHONYSSUS MITE | 12/22/2006 |
Q: I HOPE YOU CAN HELP. TO NAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD PURCHASED A HAMSTER FROM A PET STORE AND ... A: Hi laurie; I find it hard to believe that a vet cannot tell you how to control bird mites.The ...
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| bugs | 12/22/2006 |
Q: I have noticed behind my bathroom toilet downstairs there little !/2in) gray worms which I have ... A: These sound like larvae of flies or beetles. I cannot tell without seeing them. Clean them up and ...
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| tiny bugs biting me, in my home leave behind a resudue like pin head dot, black | 12/21/2006 |
Q: what is this in my house, everybody says it is my imagination. but the reside cannot be. A: I get a lot of questions like this and it is hard to come to any conclusions. The problem comes ...
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| bugs in my kitchen! | 12/19/2006 |
Q: I am finding tiny bugs all over my kitchen. (I'm in Ohio, unusually warm December). Most of the ... A: These sound like larval insects. Check all the opened boxes of food in your cupboards for insects. ...
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| tiny 1/8 inch grey bugs in bedroom, flys, jumps,bitess | 12/18/2006 |
Q: Tiny 1\8" grey bugs appeared on the wall and ceiling behing my bed and I got bitten . I believe ... A: These could any of a number of insects. The biting however makes me wonder. Are you getting a lot ...
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| ants | 12/17/2006 |
Q: In Fl and Tx we have ants that we call piss ants. Question is it because they pee in there bites? A: First of all ants do not pee and with exception of stinging ants only pinch with their jaws. The ...
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| STRANGE BUG INFESTATION | 12/13/2006 |
Q: MY APARTMENT IS INFESTED WITH SOME KIND OF BUG THAT KILLS ROACHES. THE ADULT IS ABOUT AN INCH LONG ... A: This sounds a little like a house centipede. Does it have a lot of hairy legs. Google "scutigera" ...
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| Little flying critters | 12/11/2006 |
Q: I have been having a problem with little tiny brown flying bugs for about 2 months. They are so tiny ... A: They sound like gnats if they are biting. At first I thought they were fruit flies but they do not ...
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| Hornets | 12/11/2006 |
Q: I have a hornets nest that was taken down and put in a plastic bag. How long before it is safe to ... A: I assume these are paper wasps or Bald Faced hornets. These hornets only survive one season. Only ...
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| Tiny Red worm like bugs that can jump | 12/10/2006 |
Q: My kitchen is becoming infested with these very strange worm-like bugs (light reddish in color.) ... A: It is important to find the source of this infestation and it appears that you have found them in ...
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| no see em's | 12/9/2006 |
Q: We came down to our home for about 10 days in early Nov. I had just come off of two months of chemo ... A: It would seem that your therapy treatments have compromised your bodies ability to respond to ...
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| Tiny bugs in bathtub, around window sills, and in kitchen sink | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Yes it has been cold here for a couple weeks, and we had not seen them before it started getting ... A: Since it is cold I am sure they are breeding in the house. Treat the drains with drano. Continue to ...
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| Tiny bugs in bathtub, around window sills, and in kitchen sink | 12/8/2006 |
Q: When I sprayed bleach on the bugs, they appeared to jump. Can springtails or mites jump? Do either ... A: Springtails do jump when disturbed so I suspect that this what they are. They are harmless. Mites ...
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| something is biting me | 12/6/2006 |
Q: Any chance my bites are from biting mites? If so, how do you control/get rid of them?We moved into ... A: There could be mites biting you but the problem is that you do not see anything doing it. The gnats ...
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| something is biting me | 12/5/2006 |
Q: We moved into a new home in July. It was infested with spiders. We have since resolved the spider ... A: Since no one else is being bitten and you cannot find or see insects it is quite possible that this ...
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| black widow | 12/5/2006 |
Q: How dangerous is a black widow bite. A: Not nearly as dangerous as we are led to believe. Widow bites usually cause pain and swelling for a ...
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| tiny liitle bugs in our bathroom | 12/5/2006 |
Q: About 5 days ago we noticed very, very tiny grayish bugs, the size of a pinole, on our bathroom ... A: This is really strange. Scabies mites are not spread in toilet water but they could be other types ...
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| Tiny bugs in bathtub, around window sills, and in kitchen sink | 12/4/2006 |
Q: Just this morning, I noticed thousands of teeny tiny brown bugs in the bath tub. They are also ... A: Bugs around bathtubs, toilets, and sinks are usually one of two kinds: Collembola (springtails)or ...
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| tiny water bugs | 12/3/2006 |
Q: We have a trantula, we only feed him crickets from the pet store. However, a few days ago we noticed ... A: These could be almost kind of insect, quite possibly collembola. At any rate I am sure they pose no ...
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| Bug Identification | 11/30/2006 |
Q: I googled silverfish as you suggested, but they are flat. The bug I saw was actually round/semi ... A: You mentioned "a few antennae" sticking out. Insects only have two antennae. Were these sticking ...
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| possible spider bite | 11/17/2006 |
Q: I did consult an MD, but they seem to think the pain & swelling is not related to the bite even ... A: The doctors conclusion is probably based upon the fact that: 1. Widows are uncommon in NY 2. ...
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| TIRED of this WEIRD bug!! | 11/10/2006 |
Q: OK....I have these little bugs in my kitchen that WON'T go away. I can clean them up off of my ... A: They sound like beetles that are breeding someplace in the kitchen but they behave like ants. Are ...
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| what kind of insect is this? | 11/10/2006 |
Q: They r small like nats they have red eyes and i'm finding them every where, inside of the house in ... A: Fruit flies are small with red eyes. Make sure you do not have any kind of fruit lying around. I ...
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| Flying bugs everywhere | 11/9/2006 |
Q: We have had this problem for about 2 months. There are MANY little black bugs flying around our ... A: They must be breeding in the basement. I cannot identify them without seeing them but that is not ...
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| bed bugs or misc bug unknown | 11/6/2006 |
Q: i have read about bed bugs, but still have questions if i have them in my bed. i have seen ... A: If a bug is biting youyou can usually see them and they should leave a mark. Bed bugs can be seena ...
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| bug | 11/3/2006 |
Q: We live 25 miles north of Milwaukee, Wis. This summer I noticed a bug on the sunny side of the house ... A: Theer is not enough information here for me to make an identification as the description fits a lot ...
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| finding insects | 10/31/2006 |
Q: I need 6-legged insects for science. Do you know where I can get some? I waited too long and its ... A: It is not too late. Many insects do not disappear in the fall. They just find a place to hide out. ...
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| unidentified bites | 10/30/2006 |
Q: First of all thank you for your time. Last night I started noticing red welts all over my body. I ... A: The first thing I must tell you that this has become a medical problem and you should consult a ...
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| Spiders | 10/30/2006 |
Q: I am having problems with spiders. In & out of my home. This past spring, my son was bit by a black ... A: I am afraid that the exterminator is correct. The world is full of spiders. All you can do to keep ...
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| Invisible Biting Bugs In Home | 10/26/2006 |
Q: Recently I noticed while sleeping on my couch that I'm feeling things crawling on me. I thought it ... A: These are probably cat fleas since you are both being bitten. They can bite and hop away before you ...
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| Catepillars | 10/26/2006 |
Q: I have found several caterpillars in my drive and yard recently. They are about 1 and 1/2 inches ... A: These are probably the most popular caterpillars, the woolly bears. this is the caterpillar of an ...
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| Lint Covered Insect | 10/25/2006 |
Q: Texas and saw a what looked like a lint ball walking across my desk at work. I looked at this ... A: Fascinating Michael. I have no idea at this point and would love to see a photo if you get one. It ...
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| weird bug in my kitchen | 10/25/2006 |
Q: i live in southwestern ohio and about every winter i find a brown with black stripped insect in my ... A: From the outline this looks to me like some kind of a camel cricket. at first I thought it might be ...
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| Insects | 10/23/2006 |
Q: Why do you find most dead insects lying on their back? Do they die because they get on their back ... A: This is one of those facts that nobody really thinks about and I can only make some guesses. First ...
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| creatures in house | 10/23/2006 |
Q: We are in North Wales ( on the coast) U.K. We had read up on the booklice, we didn't have any near ... A: I will look forward to seeing the insects. If they are booklice you probably carried them to your ...
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| Bugs in Bedroom | 10/23/2006 |
Q: i keep spotting the same kind of bug in my bedroom, there are normally on my mattress or between the ... A: The hard shell tells me they are beetles. Why there are beetles in the bed I do not know. Strip the ...
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| mystery creatures | 10/22/2006 |
Q: in my old flat,which was damp,i discovered small white tiny creatures,which upon maturing turn brown ... A: They must be breeding in the house and they could be termites. It depends upon where you live. ...
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| bugs found in my home | 10/19/2006 |
Q: I am concerned about these insects I am finding in my home. I have now found 4 of them, Three of ... A: With all these legs I think these are house centipedes. Google Scutigera to see a picture of one. ...
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| identify a bug | 10/16/2006 |
Q: I have a little country home in northern wisconsin where we go every few weeks to relax. When we're ... A: Round black hard shelled bugs are usually beetles but there are many different kinds. Check all ...
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| tiny flying brown/black bug | 10/15/2006 |
Q: We live in an apartment in the metro Washington DC area and we are having a problem with a ... A: Fortunately insects seem to have temporary population explosions that gradually go away and I hope ...
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| getting rid of springtails and spiders | 10/13/2006 |
Q: There are springtails in my bathroom. I've tried spraying with insecticide and it seems to kill them ... A: You will have to find out where the springtails are coming from. Use a pyrethrin spray around all ...
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| Redd orange insect | 10/12/2006 |
Q: when opening a bag of bark chips an unusual insent appeared. It is about an inch and 1/2 long. The ... A: You have described a neat insect called the cow killer, Dasymutilla occidentalis. They belong to a ...
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| insect | 10/12/2006 |
Q: I have found little bugs everywhere in my house. They're little, brownish and light creamy color, ... A: There is just not enough information here for me to tell.. For example. Do they have wings? How ...
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| flying beetles | 10/11/2006 |
Q: We have a beetle that is approximatly 1-1/2", has spikes on its back, 6 legs, wings, a tube like ... A: It sounds like a beetle of some type. I am confused about your comment regarding egg cells. Where ...
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| mystery bug | 10/9/2006 |
Q: Today i have seen 4 bugs in my Ct home. They are approx. 2 inches they are brown with black stripes. ... A: They inhabit all house and feed on silverfish and other insects. They are harmless and they cannot ...
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| biting bugs | 10/9/2006 |
Q: We have been getting bit by bugs in the house for three years. Right after a trip to mexico. My ... A: These may be thrips. I don't think it has anything to do with Mexico. I am not even sure those you ...
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| Help Identify | 10/8/2006 |
Q: We live in Cottonwood Arizona and we found a spider Black in Color Very dark Brown Round bottom. ... A: There is no reason that an Australian spider would be in Arizona. This could be a desert tarantula. ...
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| what's he name of... | 10/7/2006 |
Q: SOS!!!! I moved and used some boxes from a super market, I think they were used for eggs. Ever ... A: Are they stinging or biting? Does the sting or bite leave a mark? I don't know if there is a ...
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| spider mud tubes | 10/4/2006 |
Q: First off let me thank you for your knowledge and time. Heres the question. I live in upstate New ... A: These are very common. They are made by a solitary wasp called a mud dauber (Genus Anoplius) The ...
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| Wet Basement Bugs | 10/3/2006 |
Q: We just moved into a house that has a basement full of very tiny (quarter to half inch length) ... A: These are sowbugs. They thrive in moist conditions and feed on dead organic materials. Keep things ...
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| What could be eating my wood door frames? | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I live in the woods in Central Virginia, and I have every single exterminator stumped! Freshly ... A: This is certinly a mystery since you cannot see it happening. My best guess is that carpenter bees ...
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| Spider Identification | 10/2/2006 |
Q: Cumming, Georgia Spider Found a spider this weekend I am trying to identify. Unfortunately didn’t ... A: I am afraid that without seeing it I cannot identify it. Ther only spideres I know of with red ...
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| Spiders | 10/2/2006 |
Q: I am a graduate student at Delaware State University. I have an assignment in one of my classes ... A: There are no spiders that are exclusive to Delaware. If you Google "orb weavers" you will find some ...
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| spiders | 10/2/2006 |
Q: I live in the noth of england in a rural detached house.The problem is that we have lots of spiders, ... A: I am afraid that I cannot help you much except to suggest that you just sweep them up as soon as you ...
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| grey bug | 10/2/2006 |
Q: there are these bugs that im not used to and they are driving me crazy - the inscect is grey and ... A: You havn't mentioned if these insects fly. This could be a species of wasp called an ichneumon if ...
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| worm - maggot like insects in kitchen | 10/1/2006 |
Q: I've noticed lots of little worm - maggot like insects crawling on the kitchen floor, they're very ... A: Since they have legs they are probably insect larvae. To get rid of them you will have to find their ...
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| Insect identification | 9/30/2006 |
Q: I live in Northeast Wyoming and and currently am seeing a significant infestation of an insect I ... A: These sound like some kind of plant bugs. The reason you see them in the fall is because the adults ...
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| FLEAS! | 9/29/2006 |
Q: My fiance and I went to Las Vegas for my birthday. On our way out of the hotel as I walked past one ... A: This is very strange. First of all there is something I am wondering about. Did you actually see ...
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| Tiny biting flies | 9/27/2006 |
Q: I'm writing for my husbands Grandpa, he lives in Syracuse, KS (Southwestern KS) He thought he had ... A: The first thing that has to be done is to find out how they are getting into the house. I think they ...
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| ity bity brown bug with wings | 9/27/2006 |
Q: This bug is black/brown on its back and reddish brown on underneath. It has 4 legs and two very ... A: All insects have six legs. Without seeing these I cannot identify them. I suspect they are ...
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| Thrips | 9/27/2006 |
Q: Hintz, Do you have advise on how to eradicate thrips from inside a house? Several month ago in ... A: The problem is that they are coming in from the outside so you must "cut them off at the pass". ...
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| idnetifying a very unusual spider in Tenn | 9/26/2006 |
Q: . I was leaving work today and I spotted a spider that I have never seen or imagined existed.. I ... A: You have described the largest and one of the most beautiful orb weavers the black and yellow ...
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| small bug that jumps | 9/25/2006 |
Q: How should we send them to you? I mean, what should we package them in, etc? The only way my brother ... A: See if you can pick some up on clear scotch tape. Put them on a small padded envelope and write ...
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| Insect eggs laid on my window screens | 9/25/2006 |
Q: To whom it may concern, I was hoping you may help me identify what type of insect we have in our ... A: They are probably some kind of a fly egg but I would have to see them to know what they are. I ...
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| Larvae erupting from dying fly | 9/24/2006 |
Q: I have a question about larvae from a dying fly. I killed a fly yesterday, and it fell into a plant. ... A: The fly has been parasitized by a predator, probably a wasp. The wasp lays eggs in teh fly and then ...
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| how to get rid of leaf footed bugs | 9/24/2006 |
Q: i recently captured a leaf footed bug-leptoglossus phyllopus, that took over my moms watermelons, ... A: If this is a small patch of watermelons the best thing to do is hand pick the stinkbugs off of the ...
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| collection | 9/23/2006 |
Q: Walter, I'm am starting a colletcion of bugs for a school project. I need to fing a way to ... A: You will first have to find some pictures of the insects you collect and then look at a key. There ...
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| I found a spider in my bathrom what kind is it? | 9/21/2006 |
Q: I found a spider with red legs and a black head with a sort of clear body it was not very big I was ... A: I cannot pin it down from the description but it sounds like jumping spider. If you still have it ...
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| spiders | 9/20/2006 |
Q: We have two different types of spiders. The one type is large and black - including leg span the ... A: From your brief description I cannot identify them but few spiders are dangerous to people and they ...
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| Strange Bites..... | 9/20/2006 |
Q: Ever since we moved into our new apartment, every night I will wake up with insect bites of some ... A: I think you can rule out spiders as the culprits. Despite the stories that you hear there are no ...
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| bed bugs | 9/20/2006 |
Q: I have a couple of questions about bed bugs. I have a friend who has confirmed an infestation of bed ... A: They can be carried on clothing from one place to another. In fact that is how they are spread. It ...
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| Please identify this bug!!!! | 9/19/2006 |
Q: I have recently been noticing outside of my door on my screen these brown colored, ticklooking, ... A: There is no way I can identify them from this description but they are probably beetles of some ...
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| Bugs in my townhouse | 9/19/2006 |
Q: it happened in July/Augest, when Los Angeles was real hot. Everyweek (till now), a bunch of them ... A: They could be ants and they could be small termites if they are in the wall. Get a boric acid powder ...
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| misquitos | 9/18/2006 |
Q: Do misquitos serve any purpose? Are there any benefits to the envoronment or are they just pests? A: This is a really good question and one that I get a lot. Please clear your mind and think carefully ...
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| Small Brown Bugs With Hook Like Antenna | 9/18/2006 |
Q: These small (almost 1/4" in length) started appearing in my bathroom about two weeks ago. Slow ... A: Nobody likes bugs crawling in their bed. Email me a photo. Without seeing them I cannot tell you ...
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| house bug | 9/18/2006 |
Q: sir I've just moved south. in our house are what looks to be giant roaches. my husband says are ... A: The palmetto bug is the polite name given to Florida cockroaches. Roaches do not bite but are ...
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| Worm | 9/17/2006 |
Q: I found a worm in my toilet that I cannot identify besides that it is not an intestinal worm because ... A: This is a strange one. How it got in a toilet is mysterious. I am sure it is not an internal ...
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| Catapilers | 9/17/2006 |
Q: My daughter was stung by a catapiler this evening. It caused the right hand ring finger to turn red ... A: Hy Byrne; many people think only bees sting but there are a few caterpillars that do also. I think ...
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| bugs in the house | 9/16/2006 |
Q: I have truoble identifying a flea-like bug that I see in my home I have had a new kitchen fitted in ... A: These could be any one of a number of different insects including psocids (google psocids and look ...
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| Catepillars | 9/15/2006 |
Q: I recent;y found in my backyard, a plant with big leaves and flowers that only come out at night. ... A: you have described Manduca sexta the Tobacco Hornworm caterpillar of the Carolina sphinx moth. They ...
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| worms | 9/14/2006 |
Q: We found by our garage what looked like a snake skin. When we got closer we found that it was a lot ... A: Are you sure they are individual worms and not one long worm. I have no idea with seeing them. ...
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| spiders | 9/14/2006 |
Q: A friend of mine captured a black widow spider in his home and in the capture it lost a leg. He was ... A: Spiders can usually get along with 7 legs but if they live long enough they will regenerate a lost ...
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| Daring Jumping Spider | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I have a juvenile Daring Jumping Spider named Irwin. I've had him/her for about a month. I got a ... A: I would keep a small piece of dampened sponge in with Irwin althouh there may be enough water in the ...
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| Bugs | 9/13/2006 |
Q: We had a fire in a field behind us 1 week ago now all of these little black bugs have shown up and ... A: Without seeing these bugs I cannot answer your questions. I am not even sure the fire had anything ...
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| reply | 9/12/2006 |
Q: I dont think that I've seen many because he has just returned home 1 1/2 weeks ago to be exact and I ... A: There are a couple of possibilities that come to mind here. Apparently bedbugs are not involved ...
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| HELP! | 9/12/2006 |
Q: My husband was staying in a home that had bugs thousands of them. I think that he had brought them ... A: Things are quite strange here. Am I to understand that your husband can see them and you only saw ...
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| Two diffrent bugs in my house. | 9/11/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me out by possibly identifying these bugs, I do not have any ... A: The first bug does sound like a beetle but an inch lone insect is a pretty big one. Are you sure it ...
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| spider identification | 9/11/2006 |
Q: Walter.....My 5th grade students found a spider on the playground....small, no more than 2cm long, ... A: It is difficult to identify a spider without seeing it however not many spiders have red spots.Some ...
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| Brown Striped spider | 9/11/2006 |
Q: I live in Maryland. I found this spider in my washing machine after the wash had run. It was dead ... A: I am quite sure from your description that this was a wolf spider. They are poisonous to the ...
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| Ant vs Termites | 9/10/2006 |
Q: I have heard that ants like to eat termites. Would this be a good way to control termites in the ... A: Some species of ants are predatory and will eat termites but they would not be a good control of ...
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| ant like brown insect | 9/9/2006 |
Q: the thing is they bugs don't seem to be go near any food? they are under cans or just crawling ... A: If very small they may be flour beetles. They also could be spider mites. Do you have a dish of ...
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| catapillars bite | 9/9/2006 |
Q: I live in Iowa. And i got bit in the neck buy a yellowish a little white hairy catapillar. Sorry i ... A: Caterpillars have chewing mouth parts and can give you a nip but they are not poisonous. Some ...
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| ant like brown insect | 9/8/2006 |
Q: I have the exact same bug as chris who wrote on 8/8/06 about small ant like bug, but doens't go for ... A: I have been searching for that message from chris but it seem that allexperts does not keep my ...
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| Wood Pile Possible Insects? | 9/8/2006 |
Q: We have a pile of wood in our garage that I noticed the other day is making a crackeling noise. ... A: Are the holes nice and round? The carpenter bee is a bumblebee that makes round holes but if you ...
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| rollie pollies in my garden | 9/7/2006 |
Q: I am a new gardener. I have learned the hard way that bugs I thought were cute as a child, like ... A: These are called sowbugs or pillbugs. Where I live they are also called potato bugs. They are ...
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| Spider like I have never seen before. | 9/6/2006 |
Q: Recently at a hunting forest area in Georgia we came across a strange spider like we had never seen ... A: This is a spider that we do not see in Ohio It is Gasteracantha elipsoides. It is commonly called ...
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| what are these? | 9/6/2006 |
Q: I hope you can help. just got back from Belize,saw tiny, tannish-color bugs, no bigger than 1/2 ... A: It appears you brought something home from Belize. Unfortunetly there a lot of different kinds of ...
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| flying insects | 9/6/2006 |
Q: I have this red&black bugs all around the outside of my house.they are mostly red and they fly. can ... A: A lot of bugs are red and black. They could be box elder bugs or milkweed bugs. Do you have a box ...
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| Centipedes | 9/6/2006 |
Q: They are the red outdoor centipedes that come in and they are not small, atleast several inches ... A: I have never seen the Hawiian centipedes. They do not get that big in Ohio but they all behave the ...
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| reaccuring bites? | 9/5/2006 |
Q: I have been getting these little pimples on all different areas of my body since I had my son in ... A: I cannot imagine that an insect is causing all these bites and especially when you do not see ...
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| Is it a beetle? | 9/5/2006 |
Q: I live in New York State and have found this same kind of interesting bug a couple of times in my ... A: It very well could be a beetle but there are 750,000 species of beetles so I am not sure. I would ...
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| Earwigs | 9/5/2006 |
Q: We live in a new home (built in 2003) and for the past year we've had a HUGE problem with earwigs ... A: Earwigs are mostly outside insects so it is possible they are coming in from the outside. This ...
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| Question about a insect | 9/4/2006 |
Q: i was stood talking to a friend yesterday when she started to freak out. She then pointed out that i ... A: First of all insects only have six legs and insects are not poisonous and even if it was it did not ...
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| Black bugs in my apt | 9/4/2006 |
Q: Okay so I live in Virginia and I have been living in my apt for almost a month. I live near the ... A: You are correct as we live in a buggy world. First of all these are not fleas as fleas do no fly. ...
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| identify spider | 9/4/2006 |
Q: While harvesting some veggies planted along my foundation, I noticed a large spider in it's web ... A: This was most likely an orb weaver and possible a beautiful spider called an Argiope. They are ...
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| Bee-Like Flying Insect | 9/3/2006 |
Q: I live in a development and my neighbors and I currently have a bee-like insect flying around our ... A: It sounds like these could wasps of some kind, possiblt one called a horntail. many wasps burrow ...
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| small black bugs | 9/3/2006 |
Q: We live in Georgia.In our house there are small black bugs that have orange stipes going east to ... A: They sound like beetles perhaps a checkered beetle but tehse do noy usually enter houses. Could you ...
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| Bugs in new wardrobe | 9/3/2006 |
Q: My son bought a second hand house a year ago. It is 60 years old. He had it all renovated and had ... A: It sounds like these are larvae of the clothes moth. All the clothes must be removed and washed in ...
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| Teeny tiny bugs in dog's room | 9/2/2006 |
Q: Tonight as I was feeding my dog I noticed what appeared to be big dust particles (like, spore-size) ... A: Usually organisms that tiny that get into foods like dog food are spider mites but I cannot tell ...
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| bug identification | 9/2/2006 |
Q: I have dozens of tiny flying reddish brown bugs about the size of a pin head in my house. They seem ... A: Your description fits a nimber of insects but it sounds like beetles since they can fly. Getting ...
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| COLLENBIEN BUGS | 9/2/2006 |
Q: TINY BLACK BUG. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THIS BUG TO COME FROM INFECTED ALOE PLANT SOIL? OR ANY BUG WHICH ... A: Are you referring to Collembola as a subject. Collembola are often found in soil but cannot infect ...
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| very very small brown bugs | 9/1/2006 |
Q: Recently I've noticed that when I stand in front of the bathroom or kitchen sink for a long period ... A: If these were biting insects than they would have already done so. There are two possibilities that ...
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| Pests | 9/1/2006 |
Q: Recently, I've been finding brown bugs of varying sizes in my bathroom late at night and whenever I ... A: Theer are many different kinds of insects that fit this description so I cannot identify them ...
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| Tiny White Bugs | 9/1/2006 |
Q: I'm having some similiar issues as Daryl. These things are very tiny and white...they look like ... A: I do not recall a message from Daryl but since you have consulted a dermatologist and he found ...
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| Mosuito larvae | 9/1/2006 |
Q: I have a recirculating fountain in my garden that has a solar powered pump, so it doesn't pump all ... A: Am I to understand that this is just a small body of water being circulated or is it in a small ...
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| Ant-like insect | 8/31/2006 |
Q: While walking across my lawn here in central Florida, I came across a very strange insect which I ... A: From your description I think this was a Velvet Ant. Velvet ants are not ants but a fuzzy wasp. ...
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| cement moth? | 8/30/2006 |
Q: We also had a new tile floor done on a cement floor slab also a year old and since then we have ... A: These are plastic bagworms. They are the caterpillars of moths that build a case to live in. They ...
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| It was cold when I stepped on it.... | 8/30/2006 |
Q: I felt something cold on my bare foot and when I turned on the light, I saw something that was ... A: YUK! I think you stepped upon Scutigera coleoptrata , the house centipede. They like to come out in ...
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| teak eating wasps | 8/29/2006 |
Q: I have a teak garden set. I see what appear to be wasps eating the wood. Yhey are not boring holes ... A: I wish I could help you but I know of no wasps that eat wood. Are you sure they are wasps. If you ...
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| Bug identification... | 8/29/2006 |
Q: I'm trying to identify a household bug that I have spotted a couple of months ago. It looks like a ... A: From the description I cannot identify these but to get rid of them you must find out where they are ...
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| extremely tiny bugs | 8/28/2006 |
Q: When I lay on my tile floor near the sliding glass door to cool off I can see these dark brown bugs ... A: The small size and jumping tells me these are most likely Collembola or springtails. They are ...
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| Bugs Bugs Bugs | 8/27/2006 |
Q: Let me start this from the beginning... my grandson had his own apartment. He was biten about 4 ... A: I believe you have some unrelated problems here and I will comment upon them separately. First your ...
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| seventh grade insect project | 8/26/2006 |
Q: My seventh grader has a insect project for school and needs to catch at least 25 insects. We are ... A: Its a buggy world and NC has plenty of them. This is the time of the year when most insects are ...
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| Help Bugs Everywhere | 8/26/2006 |
Q: I have been fighting these bugs for 2 months and still haven't found a way to get rid of them. I ... A: I have read your question with interest and have a different outlook about this problem. I do not ...
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| wierd bug in my basement???? | 8/26/2006 |
Q: i've got these jumpy critters that i can't seem to identify and i really need to find a way to get ... A: I need a litle more information. Do they have a lot of long legs? How big are they? They could be ...
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| Little Black bugs | 8/25/2006 |
Q: Sorry one too many zero's. These things look like a shiny black drop, and are half the size of a ... A: A quarter of an inch sounds better. I do believe they are beetles. If you want a better ...
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| tiny white/translucent spider with 4 black dots for each eye | 8/25/2006 |
Q: I have been plagued by these spiders every year for about 5 years. I suspect they arrived when I ... A: I am afraid that I cannot identify these spiders from this description. They apparently have been ...
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| Flying Insect Identification | 8/24/2006 |
Q: I live in the Richmond VA metro area. I found 5 dead cicada bugs on my deck this morning. 10 minutes ... A: This is the Cicada killer wasp certainly one of my favorite insects. The one you saw was a female ...
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| some sort of borer? | 8/24/2006 |
Q: I found a insect on my kitchen counter in s. mn that looks similar to a borer of some sort. it is ... A: Boters are beetle grubs and this sounds like a grub. It could also be some kind of a fly larva. ...
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| Small white crawling bugs/mites | 8/23/2006 |
Q: I'm adding to this posting that you got some time ago...my wife found little bugs on the lid of the ... A: They are probably spider mites. Get rid of the dogfood and get all new fresh. Before you do use a ...
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| Small Brown Bugs In Bathroom 2 | 8/23/2006 |
Q: I am another person who for the past month now have noticed small brown bugs in my bathroom. I can't ... A: Send them to walter hintz 29675 arthur ave wickliffe ohio 44092 I will ...
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| Little Black bugs | 8/23/2006 |
Q: I have noticed several questions on the web about this little black bug, but no real answers. Bug ... A: They sure sound like beetles but without seeing them I cannot identify them any closer. Your size ...
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| small white bugs, how do I get rid of them | 8/23/2006 |
Q: I have found these small white or colorless tiny bugs on one of our bedside tables and just tonight ... A: It is amazing how many queries I have been getting about little white bugs. In most cases they are ...
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| Have bug bites but can't find bugs | 8/22/2006 |
Q: Over the last week I keep waking up with new bites. They started on my ankles, then on the top of ... A: Have you been outside near any grassy areas or have you been outside at night. Have you been ...
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| what is this? | 8/22/2006 |
Q: It looks kind of like a tabacco horm worm I looked up on the net, but they seem to only get about 3 ... A: I would like to see it. Send it to waltjh@sbcglobal.net You have perfectly described the ...
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| I dont know what kind of bug is in my house | 8/22/2006 |
Q: when I go on my iclosed back pourch at night i have to turn the light on and watch them run.. The ... A: You are correct as I believe these are centipedes, specifically Scutigera coleoptrata the house ...
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| little brown bug | 8/22/2006 |
Q: I've been finding tiny brown bugs on my kitchen counter. They run around the counter and around the ... A: Theze are probably small beetles of some kind. They can come from where the cabinets and sink meet ...
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| Black Bugs! | 8/22/2006 |
Q: My husband and I just recently bought a brand new house. I keep seeing these long skinny black bugs ... A: The pincers on the backend tell me these are earwigs. They are not usual house dwellers and they do ...
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| Help me identify this bug | 8/21/2006 |
Q: In my houose there are lots of little black bugs. they are about 1/4 in long at the most, they are ... A: They are probably some kind of a beetle. They are not ticks because ticks do not appear in large ...
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| spider in flesh | 8/21/2006 |
Q: how to get rid of spiders that nest in your flesh and making eggs developping in your flesh A: There are no spiders that do this. But there is a mite called an itch or Sarcoptes mite that does ...
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| snail shaped eggs or pupae | 8/21/2006 |
Q: I live in Illinois. In my garden attached to rocks, leaf debris, and along the cracks of my home's ... A: I really do not have enough information to identify these. It is possible that theya re actually ...
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| lawn overrun by spiders, rolly-polies, and several different green bugs (both flying and jumping | 8/21/2006 |
Q: PLEASE HELP!! I have had a teacup poodle since she was born over 6 years ago. I recently moved ... A: I have read over carefully your concerns and I want you to think carefully about my comments and I ...
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| Wee mysterious bug | 8/20/2006 |
Q: . I'm currently residing in the Netherlands and have recently moved to a new home. Last night I ... A: These sound like beetles but could be one of many kinds. It is difficult to identify an insec t ...
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| bugs in dog food | 8/20/2006 |
Q: i found an old box of milk bones in a cupboard and there were hundreds of small brown bugs, with 2 ... A: Bugs found in things like dog foods are usually dermestid beetles. Packged foods often have the ...
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| identifying an insect | 8/20/2006 |
Q: A 5th grade student of mine found an insect. At first glance, it looked like a centipede because of ... A: Ia m afraid that I would need know more about this bug. With six legs we know it is an insect and ...
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| Katydids | 8/19/2006 |
Q: How do I take care of my Kadydids A: It depends upon the species but most feed on tree leaves. If you remember where you caught them ...
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| Biting Mites | 8/19/2006 |
Q: I read the description from Carrie of Zanesville OH. Sounds JUST like my experience. What was it? ... A: It is apparent that, as I have always suspected, pest control people do not know what they are ...
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| Red Flesh eating bugs | 8/13/2006 |
Q: I was in Bakersfield CA the good part of last year. I woke up one morning and began to carry on with ... A: The only bugs that I know of that buries the mouth parts and head under the skin are ticks but they ...
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| biting slug? | 8/12/2006 |
Q: MY HUSBAND WAS BITTEN LAST NIGHT 5 TIMES ON THE SHOULDER. A RED RASH APPEARED WITH WHITE WELTS. ... A: This is a mysterious one. I can assure you that snails cannot bite and slugs are snails.Think about ...
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| Catapiller | 8/12/2006 |
Q: On my tomato plant is a green catapiller with what appears to me may be white eggs on its back. The ... A: This is a tomato hornworm, the caterpillar of a large moth. This caterpillar will not become a moth ...
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| insect bite | 8/12/2006 |
Q: I live in Central Mississippi near a reservoir. About nine days ago my daughter was in the back ... A: It seems to me that the important consideration at ths time is not the identity of the insect that ...
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| spiders | 8/12/2006 |
Q: I have found 2 spiders in the past two days in my apartment. They both looked identical and were ... A: A lot of different kinds of spiders are black so there is no way I can identify them without seeing ...
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| bite on wrist | 8/11/2006 |
Q: One month ago I was on a family vacation in The Ozarks. I noticed that there was two small ... A: This bite has become a medical problem and I always advise people never to seek medical advice over ...
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| biting bug | 8/10/2006 |
Q: I have been plagued with this bug that is so small it can fit thru my screens. I have closed the ... A: They are most likely biting midges or gnats. Some are called no-se |