Minute Pirate Bug or Flat Bug???

Subject: Bed Bug, Bat Bug ? Location: New Jersey January 22, 2013 2:49 am found this near my bed in the middle of the night…It appears to have many similarities to a bed bug, but not sure. Signature: bo Dear Bo, This bug is narrower than any Bed Bug or Bat Bug images we have … Read more

Flat Bugs

Bug under bark Location: Worthington, OH January 23, 2012 3:01 pm Happy New Year to WTB! Towards the end of December, we had a pretty warm couple of days here in central Ohio. I went outside to pick up some logs for the fireplace, and grabbed some maple logs with fairly loose bark on them. … Read more

Flat Bugs

wood boring beetles Location: Central Maryland, US December 7, 2010 12:04 pm What’s this bug?? A huge colony of them had eaten a large part of a red oak in Maryland, and killed the tree. Signature: steve Dear Steve, These are not beetles, but True Bugs.  We are quite certain that they are Flat Bugs … Read more