09-17-2019, 11:55 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Center City
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Bugs!! What are these 3 different bugs in and around my house?
So we're finding some odd bugs in and around the house lately, and the wife is a little creeped out. Can anyone here help me identify them and what, if any, is the proper course of action to take?
This first little guy has been found near our back entrance (inside the house) and has a few friends who look the same. Seems pretty dumb as he let me take pictures up close and didn't even move as I disposed of him:
This next guy was about the size of an average mosquito, but of course has the cool mohawk thing going. The gross part? Found him on our bed sheets (the only one so far, thankfully):
Finally, our apple tree outback in absolutely infested with these. We had an arborist come in and trim the tree considerably this past spring, and the apples have been noticeably less this year. Maybe it was the pruning? Maybe it's these bugs? Maybe it's both? Should I worry about them?
Thanks, and sorry to bug you 
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09-18-2019, 12:08 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Field near Field, AB
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I'll beat everyone to the punch. Burn it down!!! ALL OF IT.
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09-18-2019, 12:10 AM
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Franchise Player
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The good news is none of them appear to be bed bugs
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09-18-2019, 12:25 AM
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The first may be some kind of weevil, but the triangle on the back puts me in mind of a Tanished Plant Bug.
The middle one I have no idea about.
The bottom ones are just aphids
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09-18-2019, 12:29 AM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
The first may be some kind of weevil, but the triangle on the back puts me in mind of a Tanished Plant Bug.
The middle one I have no idea about.
The bottom ones are just aphids
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First one looks like a Box Elder Beetle. They’re common this time of year. I don’t know what the others are but I think you’re right that the last one is aphids.
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09-18-2019, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
First one looks like a Box Elder Beetle. They’re common this time of year. I don’t know what the others are but I think you’re right that the last one is aphids.
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I'm not sure on that Box Elder Bug. Those always have orange markings... unless the colour in this photo is really bad.
Might be a type of Lygus bug?
They are common in Calgary, though they look kinda more brown then the dark in the photo, but they do have that white chevron shape and those little lighter markings at the back sides.
https://www.grainews.ca/2018/01/30/w...n-your-canola/
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09-18-2019, 01:07 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Center City
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Quote:
Originally Posted by octothorp
I'm not sure on that Box Elder Bug. Those always have orange markings... unless the colour in this photo is really bad.
Might be a type of Lygus bug?
They are common in Calgary, though they look kinda more brown then the dark in the photo, but they do have that white chevron shape and those little lighter markings at the back sides.
https://www.grainews.ca/2018/01/30/w...n-your-canola/ |
Oh that looks spot on! There were definitely no orange marks on that bug. I just reviewed the 4 different pics I have of it and the Lygus in that link looks very close. Time to start some research...
Edit: I've spent a bunch of time on farms lately - I'm thinking I might have brought this fella home with me...
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09-18-2019, 01:34 AM
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The first one is usually associated with plants. Relatively harmless in your situation.
No idea what the second one is.
Last one does look like aphids. I think you can just use some white/apple cider vinegar 2:1 ratio with water in a spray bottle to kill them. They won't really affect you, but in large numbers they'll kill plants, especially house plants.
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09-18-2019, 07:10 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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09-18-2019, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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09-18-2019, 09:40 AM
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Our Jessica Fletcher
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1st one is a Lygus bug
2nd one, I don't know
3rd one, it's tough to tell from the picture. I would guess an aphid of some kind, maybe a bird-cherry or turnip? Tough to say.
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09-18-2019, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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I thought the way to get rid of aphids was to spray your plant with a dish soap and water concoction? It kills them anyway.
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09-18-2019, 10:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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1) V bug
2) Pimp Mosquito
3) Aphids
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09-18-2019, 10:43 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FireFly
I thought the way to get rid of aphids was to spray your plant with a dish soap and water concoction? It kills them anyway.
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Either works, just make sure you lay something down around the base of the plant so the solution does not enter the soil. I usually just go in with a spray bottle and absolutely decimate them with the water pressure alone, little pricks
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09-18-2019, 10:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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You missed the great annual flying ant day on Monday. I went out for a walk and saw thousands of ants all along peoples yards ready to take off. When I came back from my walk about 30 minutes later, they were all gone.
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09-18-2019, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
You missed the great annual flying ant day on Monday. I went out for a walk and saw thousands of ants all along peoples yards ready to take off. When I came back from my walk about 30 minutes later, they were all gone.
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Last year that was awful at our place, they were everywhere. This year, nothing.
Also, anyone notice fewer box-elder bugs this year? Normally they'll all over our front yard by early September, this year I haven't seen any.
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09-18-2019, 04:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by octothorp
Last year that was awful at our place, they were everywhere. This year, nothing.
Also, anyone notice fewer box-elder bugs this year? Normally they'll all over our front yard by early September, this year I haven't seen any.
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There are box elder bugs in Calgary? I have only seen them in enormous hoards in Kelowna.
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09-18-2019, 04:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
There are box elder bugs in Calgary? I have only seen them in enormous hoards in Kelowna.
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Yeah, we've got a box elder (usually called a manitoba maple in Calgary) outside our place, and most septembers, you kick away the dead leaves and the pavement will have the masses of red juveniles.
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09-19-2019, 09:34 AM
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Franchise Player
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The good thing is none of these look like Wolves Coyotes.
Potato camera not present.
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09-08-2024, 08:48 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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these bugs are crawling arounf mby yard and i think there will be another winter of finding them on my kitchen floor, or (ugh) in my bed.
I have been finding them on the fence, and spraying hundreds and hundreds of juveniles with a soapy water spray bottle. I now go hunting every few days, to spray them in my yard-- before they migrate inside.
I can't go another year of
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