7 Critical Questions You Should Ask Before You Choose a Pest Control Company: April 2021

Friday 30 April 2021

BF’s grandma gave me a caterpillar back in November, it pupated and overwintered, then surprised me yesterday morning! 🥰

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What species is this? Thought it was a butterfly of some sort but looks more like a moth. Charleston South Carolina US.

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Thank You for the ID, we sprayed for termites 2 years ago. What is this?

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Springs Ladies Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes vernalis) in North Central Florida, and a mysterious white spider.

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Found This Little Guy Walking Around My Yard.

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Any idea what this little fella is??? I think it's in the geniatini family. Btw im in Central America

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Are bee houses actually useful for the bees/other bugs and will they help the keep pollinators close to my garden?

Here's an example of what I'm talking about.

Do these actually help or do anything?

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Hi! Just joined, Nice to meet you all. May I ask for greenhouse setup?

Hi! I've just figured out this subreddit exist. So, i live in Borneo (im..native so been here my entire life). I have butterfly rearing & breeding as my hobby since childhood, and i had breed and reared several species of butterflies (mostly Junonia, Doleschallia, and Papilio, idk they seems easy to rear).

Now i kinda want to have these as my career and create a full big greenhouse, and have target of breeding & rearing birdwings (Troides and the others) and im sure i could find their hostplants without buying. My question is:

1.Is it possible to breed and rear birdwings inside a greenhouse? 2.If possible, how big a greenhouse should be at minimum to accomodate birdwings, especially Trogonoptera & Troides. 3.Anyone have reared or breed butterflies here? How different it would be rearing & breeding birdwings compared to say, regular Nymphalidae or other Papilios

Thats all i ask, thanks~ If this question isnt appropraite, please delete it. Im new...sorry :''

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Found the giant cockroach in my office room

So I found this huge bug, that resembles a cockroach and i managed to capture it. I looked around online and found out that this might be the world's largest cockroach species, the megaloblatta longipennis

although it is not native in my area, it comes from south america and i live in the middle east

I'm not sure what to do with it and I do not intend on killing it.

here are some pics

https://imgur.com/a/L4VyuKd

https://i.imgur.com/DQxW19h.jpg

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i drew a friend! Madagascar Hissing Cockroach appreciation featuring cavetown lyrics

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Can anyone help me identify this beetle? Thanks in advance

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First mounting ever ! (Goliathus orientalis). Rather proud of myself on this one.

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Can anyone ID this wasp? Seeing them all over the garden, especially on the native poinsettia here in South Florida. Thank you!

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Beetle art I made with colored pencils--hope you enjoy!

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Brood X specimens I collected in 2004, as an 11 year old!

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ID request.

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Thursday 29 April 2021

Is this a carnivorous caterpillar?

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Hisser-safe plants?

I’m wanting to add more things to my established Madagascar hissing roach colony. It’s been several years and they’re doing great, but I’d like something more than egg cartons and paper towel tubes. The company I originally bought my hissers from recommended pothos varieties as plants, but I’ve read that they have the ability to hurt the insects via needle like projections. I’ve researched Madagascar’s local plants but haven’t found anything affordable or small enough to maintain in a tank. Does anyone have plant recommendations that would be safe? Spider plants, pothos, Calatheas, anything? I considered a spinach or romaine plant but feel like it wouldn’t last long and that they’d prefer “fresh” food to fruits, grains, and moistened food! I’ve found 0 materials online or via universities.

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ID? Found in my car near Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico

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I found this in Springville, California. Can anyone identify it?

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This guy came to visit my lamp, just curious what kind he is

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Could someone please ID this bug, and explain what happened (fungus maybe?)?

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Brood X cicadas - 2004

Magicicada spp., brood X, May 2004, McLean, VA

Brought out the specimens I collected in 2004 - my first serious insect collecting effort!

Brood X is actually three different species: Magicicada septendecium, Magicicada cassinii, and Magicicada septendecula. Their characteristic red eyes (and occasionally light blue) have faded over the last 17 years, but I'll be adding to the collection in pinned specimens, art, and in food soon enough!

One theory for their unusual 17-year cycle is that it developed to avoid ice age glacial cycles, but the most commonly accepted theory is that it's a predator avoidance strategy. Such a long reproductive cycle, especially in prime numbered year intervals, makes it nearly impossible for predators to sync their own population levels - and when the cicadas do emerge, it's in such large numbers that their predators are completely overwhelmed. So if you live in the US mid-Atlantic, keep an eye out for very fat birds and squirrels over the next few weeks! And if you're interested in contributing to citizen science efforts, consider downloading the app Cicada Safari to log your cicada sightings - made by researchers at Mt. St. Joseph's University! For iPhone and Android.

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Tennessee house visitor?

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What kind of spider is this? (Arizona, U.S.A.)

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Species look like Coleoptera but I can't tell what species it can be since I don't know that much about Coleoptera species.

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Rhinoceros beetles

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Woodworm beetle? TIA

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I love and draw a cartoon about bugs and a spider, and here's the intro :> Maybe you will like it

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Are these guys bees or wasps?

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Identification?

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What is this?

Where is this from? How long do they live? It's a little bigger than the size of a grain of rice. My phone apparently doesn't do close ups. The less blurry picture is the under side of it. Blurry picture is top. I might, or might not have tore a chunk off of it when i grabbed it with a paper towel. Has little whiskers on its butt. Kind of peachy/orange looking.

https://prnt.sc/128uw6y

https://prnt.sc/128uyo5

Thanks.

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I found this dead dragonfly today, face and feet covered in dust bunnies. And idea what type it is? Brisbane, Australia.

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Wish you could've seen the range on this little guys jump! Central Fl

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This little guy found me out in the woods of Central FL

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Wednesday 28 April 2021

Wow

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Hissing cockroach issue? Wondering what might be wrong with my daughter’s hissing cockroach. It has looked like this for about a week. She says it is also acting a bit strangely and is “pulsing” when it is picked up and seems distressed. Any insight is appreciated!

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Alaus oculatus; Eastern-eyed click beetle

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ID Request! They fly and I noticed them in my room after bringing in a package

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Who will I become?

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Flies can be beautiful! Metallic gold fur on this guy!

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i thought he was dead but he moved! he’s alive!!!!

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Morpho sulkowskyi!

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Please help ID, found on a comforter near Orange City/Deland, FL. Tried IDing for a friend but no luck.

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Anybody know where I can buy a PDF of the Manual of Central American Diptera Vol 1?

CDN science Publishers doesn't sell them anymore and the print on demand on Volumes is hard copy.

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Been seeing these all over my room. Super Hard exoskeleton, about 5-7mm in length. Anybody what this is and should I be worried? I'm from Bangalore, India if that's any help.

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Weird looking fly?!?

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Honeypot Ants Myrmecocystus placadops

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Who is this little guy?

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Where do silverfish go when they’re not crawling on my bathroom floor?

Hello entomologists! I have a silverfish problem which pest control seems unable to fix.

I live in a two story townhouse with a connected bathroom upstairs (sink and toilet room, bath/shower only room, another sink and toilet room all connected by doors). When I moved in in August there was a horrible leak in the shower/bath bathroom, basically when you showers the water went into the ceiling below instead of going down the drain. The plumber cut a huge hole in the ceiling and wall and left them open for several months to dry them out and to make sure the leak was really gone.

The leak appears to be totally fixed! However I started seeing silverfish after the leak was fixed. The bathroom does get very humid after showers so I bought a huge dehumidifier. I also called pest control and they’ve sprayed twice (the last time was last month). I saw a lot of dead and lethargic silverfish after they sprayed, but also plenty of lively ones.

What else can I do to hit them where it hurts? Where do they go when they’re not on my floor, and how can I follow them there and kill them? If I eliminate them in my bathroom will they move on to greener pastures, like my kitchen?

I don’t have anything personal against the little weirdos, but the thought of finding them in my food or in my bed is too disturbing. They need to go live somewhere else.

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