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Name that bug!

Can you help me figure out what these small, black-and-red winged bugs in my house are, and whether they are something I should be concerned about? [more inside]
posted by devinemissk on Apr 2, 2013 - 5 answers

 

What is biting me?

Can you guess what's biting me? I've been getting a few extremely itchy red bumps, very much like mosquito bites, but they are not mosquito bites because they follow the pattern that chigger bites do: they're not on exposed parts of my skin, but instead under my clothing. It seems that something small is leaping onto me and then crawling until it finds itself confined by clothing, then settling down to bite. The bites aren't like chigger bites, though. [more inside]
posted by artistic verisimilitude on Mar 20, 2013 - 17 answers

Bug ID Part CMXCIXCMXCIX

This is perhaps the most innocuous, inoffensive house insect I have ever encountered. What is it? [more inside]
posted by rocketpup on Jan 31, 2013 - 15 answers

Ceiling Cat has nothing on Ceiling Bugs!

With the first real rain of the season. it is now time for BUGS TO DROP OUT OF MY CEILING! What are they? (pix inside) [more inside]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord on Oct 22, 2012 - 10 answers

ID Insect nest

What kind of insect nest is this? [more inside]
posted by patrad on Sep 30, 2012 - 5 answers

What is this brown-bodied, red-headed, winged insect?

Another insect ID question: what's this thing that was in my NYC apartment? It might be a biting insect, but it's obviously not a bedbug. [more inside]
posted by John Cohen on Aug 17, 2012 - 10 answers

What kind of cockroach is this?

Please help me identify this cockroach species. [more inside]
posted by prize bull octorok on Aug 16, 2012 - 2 answers

What can you tell me about this big flying insect?

Insect identification - what can you tell me about this flying beast? (good pic inside) [more inside]
posted by Listener on Jul 28, 2012 - 4 answers

Green bug on my grubby building's windowsill

What bug could this be? [more inside]
posted by Julnyes on Jul 9, 2012 - 7 answers

Identify this bug?

Is this a termite or not? Should I freak out or not? [more inside]
posted by monocot on Jun 23, 2012 - 7 answers

What is killing my lemon tree, and how to cure?

Help me save my lemon tree. It's got tiny black spots on both sides of its leaves, and small beige bumps on the undersides. It's been spreading for about a month, but I'm finally noticing that it's actually harming the plant and killing the leaves. Badly damaged leaf: top, bottom, top close, bottom close. Early-stage leaf: top, bottom. Barely-affected leaf: top, bottom, bottom close. [more inside]
posted by breath on Jun 20, 2012 - 15 answers

The Cloisonne Bug

A saw a winged bug today, but don't know what it was. Can you help me identify this bug even though I have no foto, only a description? [more inside]
posted by Jehan on May 30, 2012 - 9 answers

But he smells like an Orange Julius

Is my cousin's alternative bug repellent safe? [more inside]
posted by yellowcandy on May 27, 2012 - 6 answers

Insect Identification

Please help identify this bug: album [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 4, 2012 - 9 answers

Mystery bugs

A few months ago, I began noticing tiny bugs in my place. They appear very sporadic - I may see one or two a week at best - but it's always the same kind. I'd like to see no bugs in my place at all, ideally. [more inside]
posted by MinusCelsius on Apr 14, 2012 - 7 answers

Not a tick, right?

Can anyone identify this bug? [more inside]
posted by amcm on Mar 15, 2012 - 12 answers

help me identify this odd bug

a friend of mine is vacationing in central america, and saw this odd thing. he thinks it's a moth mimicking a gecko. any ideas?
posted by camdan on Mar 9, 2012 - 5 answers

Mothra? Pod People? Alien? Senior Citizens? What was this?

Break it to me gently: What hatched from this casing I found on my kitchen curtain? And please let it be one big thing that's probably already dead, and not a million little things I have yet to encounter. [more inside]
posted by peagood on Feb 6, 2012 - 10 answers

Can you identify this black & red insect?

What was this (now slightly squashed) black and red bug? Back. Underside. It appeared mysteriously today in our apartment, in NJ. It was almost 0.5 inch long.
posted by fings on Jan 21, 2012 - 5 answers

Maybe a radioactive spider?

Mystery bug bite filter: woke up with a bite on the back of my right knee two days ago. Can you help me ID it? [more inside]
posted by mrfuga0 on Nov 2, 2011 - 8 answers

Unwanted guests

Can anyone tell me what this beastie (warning: dead insect) is? [more inside]
posted by dhens on Oct 18, 2011 - 6 answers

Calling all caterpillar experts

Need help identifying caterpillar. [more inside]
posted by punkfloyd on Sep 25, 2011 - 4 answers

Help me understand fruit flies

I've had a lot of fruit flies in my kitchen this summer. It seems impossible to get rid of them, so i've just learned to live with them. But I've been watching them, and now I'm curious about their behaviour and lifecycle. [more inside]
posted by kamelhoecker on Sep 8, 2011 - 23 answers

Which bug are we finding on our clothing?

Which bug is this? [more inside]
posted by christopherbdnk on Aug 29, 2011 - 5 answers

It's probably because I'm delicious

Last weekend in New York State, I got about 200 insect (ie, mosquito or fly? I don't know) bites on the same night. It's been 9 days and they're still bothering me- in fact, they're getting worse. What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 23, 2011 - 19 answers

What bug/insect is this?

What fried bug/moth/insect is this guy eating at 0:42~0:43? (photo)
posted by querty on Aug 4, 2011 - 7 answers

I think I may have bed bugs, pics inside!

We caught this bug on my bed and I have a few questions...1) So this is a bed bug right? Google images pretty much answered this question but I'm still hoping somebody's gonna say "no dude, it's something else, totally harmless!" But FYI, we were bitten a few times several weeks ago and just assumed it was unusually persistent mosquitoes. [more inside]
posted by exhilaration on Jul 30, 2011 - 13 answers

It moves like a robot

What is this amazing little insect / fly / creature that appeared on my magazine? [more inside]
posted by Hartham's Hugging Robots on Jul 29, 2011 - 21 answers

What is this black winged insect?

Bug identification filter: what is this insect found inside my parents' home in Northern California? [more inside]
posted by Ms. Toad on Jul 21, 2011 - 6 answers

What bug is this?

What bug is this? [more inside]
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints on Jul 20, 2011 - 4 answers

Should I kill these insects?

What are these tiny round insects in my lily pond and should I get rid of them? [more inside]
posted by ameca on Jul 8, 2011 - 6 answers

What's so cool about flying in squares?

vacapinta asked this way back in 2004 but the answers provided did not satiate my curiosity so I'm asking it again: What are these circling (or squaring) flies? I live in San Francisco but I saw them when I lived in Southern California too. I don't have a pressing reason I need the information, I'm just curious as all get-out about them. [more inside]
posted by dolface on Jul 8, 2011 - 3 answers

He's free now. He went back to the trees.

My first "Whats this bug?" ! [more inside]
posted by shesaysgo on Jul 7, 2011 - 3 answers

NoVA bug ID

What kind of bug is this? Captured indoors in Northern Virginia last week. Body is about 12mm long.
posted by djb on Jun 12, 2011 - 5 answers

Roly Polies Everywhere!

Weird bug filter: When we first moved into our house a few summers ago we found hundreds, if not thousands, of dead pill bugs (or roly polies, as we called them when I was little) around all the base boards. When we went away on vacation for a few weeks in the fall of the next year it happened again. We have occasionally found a few around the base boards, but never like those other times. Does anyone know why this happened? Also, does the fact that hundreds of bugs entered the house seemingly through cracks indicate some sort of issue with the foundation?
posted by odayoday on Jun 8, 2011 - 5 answers

What are these grubs and beetles and will they harm my garden?

What are these grubs (and possibly related beetle) that I found in our vegetable garden today? [more inside]
posted by exogenous on May 1, 2011 - 6 answers

Giant bug attacks unwitting camper twice!

What animal or insect in Georgia is likely to climb onto a sleeping camper twice in two nights? [more inside]
posted by brenton on Apr 9, 2011 - 21 answers

hornet at 12 o'clock high

How high can wasps and/or hornets fly? [more inside]
posted by philip-random on Mar 30, 2011 - 4 answers

What is this insect?

We have just found this insect on our wall - it looks a bit like a caterpillar but can anyone help identify what it is?
posted by SRMorris on Mar 23, 2011 - 7 answers

What bioluminescent insect was this? And no, LSD is not an answer.

What strange insect did I set that lit up bright orange and flew around the Ecuadorian cloud forest? [more inside]
posted by buckaroo_benzai on Dec 29, 2010 - 9 answers

La cucaracha ya no puede caminar porque no tiene marihuana pa' fumar?

CockroachCuriosityFilter: was this critter sick, dumb, or really brave? [more inside]
posted by oinopaponton on Nov 29, 2010 - 16 answers

What is this insect and did it kill my tree?

What is this creepy insect that I found in a neat, quarter-inch hole in a dead pine tree in my yard? [more inside]
posted by dylan20 on Nov 29, 2010 - 17 answers

What is this bug?

We find these bugs inside and around our house. We live in Cleveland. What are they? Pic here with fountain pop cup for scale. I think its a solifuge but my wife thinks spider, it makes no webs and keeps pretty still.
posted by drbalderas on Nov 18, 2010 - 9 answers

Bed bug or flea?

Is this a bed bug or a flea? Or something else? [more inside]
posted by albrecht on Nov 3, 2010 - 13 answers

Eeeeeeeeeeek! What's this bug?

Help me identify this creepy crawly in my kitchen cabinets :( [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on Aug 21, 2010 - 23 answers

Are there bugs on the ISS?

Are there insects on the space station? (Not counting any being used in experiments) [more inside]
posted by DMan on Aug 6, 2010 - 5 answers

how much deet?

What kind of bugginess can we expect if we stay here in November? [more inside]
posted by kenbennedy on Jul 3, 2010 - 1 answer

What is eating my aeonium schwarzkopf?

What is eating my aeonium schwarzkopf? The plant looks fine, leaves are nice and healthy looking but something has eaten a large hole right through the stem just below the leaves. [more inside]
posted by srboisvert on Jun 12, 2010 - 4 answers

Identify this bug in the UK

Help me identify this insect that just scared the living daylights out of us in the South West of the UK.
posted by Morsey on Jun 2, 2010 - 13 answers

Oh to Bee a Fly in the lettuce!!

Insect Identification: Is this a bee or a fly? What kind? [more inside]
posted by SLC Mom on May 10, 2010 - 10 answers

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