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07-08-2012, 11:09 PM #1
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Name that bug
Okay, saw 3 of these crawling around the floor this evening and am trying not to freak out (wife thinks they're bed bugs). After a thorough search of the house, furniture, bedding, etc. I haven't seen any more. Please tell me these are what we're thinking they are...
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07-08-2012, 11:23 PM #2
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You can google for insect identification and compare. Even submit that shot and some nerd will id it for you. I had to do this and I think that is a type of weevil which means it is related to ladybugs. Fairly benign and seasonal it seems. They don't like the smell of sulphur and a book of open matches where you think they enter can hold them off apparently. For bed bugs put duct tape sticky side up in a circle around a lit candle. Apparently they're attracted to the CO2 and then get stuck crawling over the duct tape. I came up empty.
It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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07-09-2012, 12:37 AM #3
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tough call with only a fuzzy pic... a weevil would have a broad snout that it cannot tuck under it's body and a hard shell... that looks like a true bug. wings are exposed (albeit small) and the antenna look like a bugs. I have no idea if it is a bed bug or not (head and thorax do not look bed bug ish though).
just in case... http://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/I don't work and I don't save, desperate women pay my way.
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07-09-2012, 08:02 AM #4
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I stand by weevil as a strong contender....there's a lot of them with and without snouts as well as other huge differences.
I don't think this is the site I used before but it works pretty well too
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/beetles/weevils/It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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07-09-2012, 09:01 AM #5
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Hate to say it, but it looks like a bedbug to me...
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07-09-2012, 01:01 PM #6
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Yes, 5th stage from Moose Pit's link.
Originally Posted by RedWolf
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07-09-2012, 03:03 PM #7
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Ugh, that's what I was afraid of. Looks like our house guest brought some of her own unwelcome guests with her. Originally Posted by AaronWright
Okay, off to see a pest control specialist.
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07-09-2012, 03:18 PM #8
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Cooties!
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-09-2012, 04:22 PM #9
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time for a 3some before she heads out? It is the least she can do for you guys now... Originally Posted by ski_adk
Ugh, that's what I was afraid of. Looks like our house guest brought some of her own unwelcome guests with her. Okay, off to see a pest control specialist.... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
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07-09-2012, 08:21 PM #10
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Ask The Bugman
Try and stay calm. They are not that bad. Originally Posted by ski_adk
A Pest Control company will charge you big $$'s, and use toxic stuff that will have a worse affect on you, your family & pets than any bugs will.
I strongly recommend that you check out this guy. He has on online book, for diy pest control that you can buy.
Or just email him. He will respond, but prolly not right away.
http://askthebugman.com/
Is it possible to control bed bugs with non-toxic materials if even the dangerous products such as DDT didn’t work? Yes it is!
All you need to start is a product called Greenbug For People (GFP). This is an absolutely safe product (unless you are a bed bug). Then you will need some food grade diatomaceous earth (DE). You can get DE at a feed store or buy Fossil Shell Flour. One good brand is Perma-Guard. Greenbug For People is available from www.greenbugallnatural.com.
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07-10-2012, 12:14 AM #11
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What Turx said.
You do not need poison. There are safer alternatives to chemical pesticides. We've been using a a hippy bug spray that is mostly rosemary and peppermint oils. Kills and deters ants, wasps, spiders. I generally try to avoid killing other creatures for simply being annoying, but I don't want wasp nests under the eaves or ants marching through the house.
I definitely don't want cooties.
DE is your friendI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-10-2012, 06:31 AM #12
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That's a big ass penny.
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07-10-2012, 09:54 AM #13
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07-10-2012, 10:54 AM #14
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Said guest wasn't on a return trip from the Rainbow Family gathering here in Tennessee was she? If so, she's just sharing what she has.
In order to properly convert this thread to a polyasshat thread to more fully enrage the liberal left frequenting here...... (insert latest democratic blunder of your choice).
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07-10-2012, 10:56 AM #15
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eartory? Originally Posted by stupendous man
... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
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07-10-2012, 12:22 PM #16
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http://www.amcoexterminating.com/bedbugs
Not an earwig for sure.
In order to properly convert this thread to a polyasshat thread to more fully enrage the liberal left frequenting here...... (insert latest democratic blunder of your choice).
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07-10-2012, 07:35 PM #17
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Too Hot&Dry?
Oh yeah. Forgot. Bed Bugs may not be able to survive in your neck of the woods.
They do not like dry & hot. The static 'lectricity messes with them, apparently.
If you do email AskTheBugman, tell him where you live.
Was your guest from the North East?
[boring]Yawn[/] Originally Posted by TNKen
Maybe it's time for you to change that record, time for you to change that record, you to change that record, change that record, that record...
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07-10-2012, 07:44 PM #18
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If you need DE... go to a pool store.
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07-10-2012, 09:40 PM #19
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I hate that stuff... it really messes with my thorax. Originally Posted by systemoverblow'd
... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
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07-11-2012, 06:57 PM #20
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Why would inhaling powdered glass mess with your thorax? Originally Posted by jfost
For those that think DE is so safe, google silicosis.
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07-11-2012, 07:11 PM #21
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07-11-2012, 07:31 PM #22
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Originally Posted by jfost
BOOOOOO!!!!
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07-11-2012, 08:07 PM #23
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So, we flipped the entire house inside out and cleaned top to bottom and didn't find a single other one of whatever those damned things are. (Though we did find a couple nasty looking centipedes.) Anyways, I swear, you could perform surgery in here now.
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07-11-2012, 08:11 PM #24
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EAR, EAR!! Originally Posted by iceman
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-11-2012, 08:28 PM #25
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I'm in the apartment industry and unfortunately have alot of BB experience.
Did you look behind pictures, outlet covers, the headboard on the bed? These are all places BB's like to hide. These traps work too. They won't catch them all, but will let you if you have BB's.
http://www.amazon.com/Bed-Bug-Alert-.../dp/B005LLGWDC
If you do have BB's, there's a heat treatment that's very effective but $$. They bring in portable heaters and heat up the whole house and contents for several hours. BB's die above about 115, they have a waxy coating the melts off, then they die of dehydration.
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