Insects/Spiders

Recent Answers

2012-05-25 Pest Control - Mysterious bites.:

Sabrina,    From your description it sounds like you may be getting bites from rodent mites (also called bird and nest mites) that have migrated into your apartment from animal nests. See http://www.livingwithbugs

2012-05-25 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - Tiny Black & Brown Bugs:

Michelle,    There are a number of possibilities so a picture would help narrow things down. These probably are not related to the flea problem. They are likely one of the species of beetles that infest

2012-05-25 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - Brown Eggs? on Interior wall and ceiling:

Dear Tom - This appears to be an egg mass laid by a moth that accidentally entered your house. If the eggs hatch, the caterpillars likely will die shortly thereafter, as there will be nothing there for

2012-05-24 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - unknown insects:

These are a type of wasp called an Ichneumon (Ick-new-mon) wasp.  They are drilling into the wood and laying their eggs in the tunnels of wood boring beetle larvae inside of the logs.  The eggs will hatch

2012-05-24 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - red flat bug/spider in yorkshire, uk:

Dear Natalie - This is a tiny relative of spiders known as a velvet mite. They are predatory on other small arthropods in soil/leaf litter, and completely harmless to humans. I usually encounter a few