Subject: Can I stop losing my mind? Location: Brooklyn, NY June 10, 2014 9:24 pm Hi, I live in Brooklyn, with ever-present fear of bedbugs. Found this thing crawling on a shirt on top of a dresser today and about came unglued but later concluded it wasn’t a bedbug. It’s about 2.5-3mm long, and revealed … Read more
Subject: Bugs eating strawberries Location: Zone 5 – New York July 11, 2012 8:04 am Can you tell me what kind of bug this is and how to keep it away from the strawberries? Signature: -Roxy Hi Roxy, This is a Fours Spotted Sap Beetle, Glischrochilus quadrisignatus, and it goes by the other common names … Read more
Subject: I think this is a Silphidae Location: Reese, MI July 1, 2012 8:21 pm I have an infestation of these bugs. By looking at the shell I think that these are from the Silphidae family. But all the information that I have found said that Silphidae do not bite but these do. They seem … Read more
Elm Tree Bug Location: Eastern Colorado September 22, 2010 2:26 pm Dear Bugman, I am searching for an identification for the group of bettles in the enclosed photo. They have gathered in a sap pocket of an American Elm Tree in Eastern Colorado. Signature: Daniel Dear Daniel, It is difficult to make out the details … Read more
the mysterious beer bug Hi, Bugman! I live in south-eastern Ontario, and during all of the summers of my childhood, our picnics were plagued by little black and white beetles about a quarter of an inch long that loved our food and would bite if you weren’t careful. Coming from a family of teetotalers, we … Read more