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Expert	Average Ratings	Expertise
Heather U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.70 Clarity of Response 9.60 Timeliness 9.90 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 635	I can answer questions ONLY on ant lions,(aka doodlebugs), butterflies, and certain other insects. NO BUG IDENTIFICATIONS, I will not answer any questions asking for bug IDs, NO home insect invasion questions please! If you ask anything about "What is this?!" and it doesn't pertain to butterflies or antlions then I CAN'T ANSWER!
Jessica Mellinger U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 10.0 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 41	I can answer questions about aquatic insects and invertebrates native to California. If you have an identification request, please attach a photo if you have one to your question.
Sue Kayton U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.87 Clarity of Response 9.84 Timeliness 9.89 Politeness 9.91 Total Questions 1260	Silkworm expert. Have raised them as a hobby for 20 years. I do not identify unknown insects.
Jack DeAngelis U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.89 Clarity of Response 9.94 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 1323	I can answer questions in any area of entomology (study of insects, spiders, mites, ticks, and other terrestrial arthropods). Contact me about home and garden insects, insects that bite and sting, and insects that damage homes such as carpenter ants and termites.
Eric R. Eaton U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.91 Clarity of Response 9.94 Timeliness 9.98 Politeness 9.95 Total Questions 3837	I can answer most questions related to wasps, solitary bees, grasshoppers and katydids, beetles, cicadas, and spiders, and identification of "mystery bugs" in North America. No "what bit me?" or "what do I feed this bug in captivity?" questions please.
Walter Hintz U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.82 Clarity of Response 9.87 Timeliness 9.97 Politeness 9.96 Total Questions 4621	I can answer any questions about insects and spiders
Nathan Riggs U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.89 Clarity of Response 9.92 Timeliness 9.97 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 1641	I have expertise in identifying insects, many types of spiders, and other arthropod critters that infest lawns, ornamentals, structures, trees, pets and livestock. Mites are not a strong point of mine, but I can provide some help. I'm not a licensed doctor, so I cannot provide medical diagnosis of conditions possibly related to insects. If you've got an interesting photo for me to see, let me know and I'll give you my email so the picture will get to me. If you have hosted an insect photo on a website, please include the link so I can go look at it and provide a faster ID for you. Don't forget...you can now attach pictures to your questions as well!
Ed Saugstad U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.86 Clarity of Response 9.92 Timeliness 9.94 Politeness 9.97 Total Questions 2725	Will accept most questions in general entomology, including those related to medical entomology, taxonomy, ecology, arthropod surveillance, and pest management. If you are requesting a 'mystery bug' identification, PLEASE either attach an image to your question, or post an image on a web page (such as Flickr) so that I can look at it, as verbal descriptions frequently are insufficient for a definitive identification.
Teddy Kesting-Handly U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.79 Clarity of Response 9.90 Timeliness 9.86 Politeness 9.97 Total Questions 940	I can answer almost any question pertaining to Butterflies, Moths, Fireflies, dragonflies, scorpions, honeybees, wasps, and bumblebees. I specialize in Butterflies, Moths, and Scorpions and I will be able to tell you how to care for it, identifying it, keeping it healthy, and diagnose diseases or fungi infection of any sort (with scorpions, it is more difficult but I will try). I am very good with treating bites and stings, ask if you have any questions regarding that. PLEASE, NO QUESTIONS ABOUT MITES/LICE/CLOTHES BUGS/OR ANYTHING TOO SMALL TO SEE AS I WON'T BE ABLE AND WON'T ANSWER YOU. If you have an emergency (someone got bit and you don't know if it's dangerous) email: butterfly_identification@hotmail.com and I should get back to you within the hour.

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Recent Answers

2010-02-09 house bug:

Silverfish would look definitely silvery while firebrats are more mottled brown, grey, black with stiff hairs on the body. Both are very common pests but they are not as much of a problem as cockroaches

2010-02-08 house bug:

Arlin, Some of your description sounds like cockroaches but you could also be describing silverfish and/or firebrats. Take a look at this page about cockroaches http://www.livingwithbugs.com/cockroaches

2010-02-08 spiders:

Cathy: Good question! Since spiders (and insects, too, for that matter) groom themselves constantly, they will likely ingest poisons that they have walked on because they clean their "feet" with their

2010-02-08 spider ticks?:

Dear Betsy - What you saw were neither spiders nor ticks, but wingless flies known as deer keds (Lipoptena mazamae; Diptera: Hippoboscidae). They are ectoparasites, living off the blood of the deer. They

2010-02-08 bugs:

Hi Andrew; I can only guess at this but I would first rule out all the non flyers first. Then the slow flying beetle. This leaves the wasps and the robber fly. The fly is too small. I would then go