Bumblebees are large, fuzzy insects with short, stubby wings. They are larger than honeybees, but they don’t produce as much honey. However, they are very important pollinators. Without them, food wouldn’t grow. While other animals pollinate, bumblebees are particularly good…

A honey bee (or honeybee) is any member of the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of colonial nests from wax. The best known honey bee is the Western honey bee which…

Hornets and wasp look similar because hornets are a type of wasp. Yellow jackets, sometimes known as hornets, are short wasps that are black and yellow or white. All yellow jackets build paper nests that are completely surrounded by a…

Many people confuse the Western Conifer Seed Bug for stink bugs, asking: “What are these skinny stink bugs?” Several key features set these two pests apart: Unique Body Structure: The Western Conifer Seed Bug boasts a longer body compared to…

Winged forms are only 1/2″ long. Workers and soldiers are about 1/4″ long. The soldier has an elongated, quadrangular, light yellow head with straight mandibles, curved at the tip. The thorax of the worker is the narrower than the head…

The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is a common pest that can cause significant damage to fruit and vegetable crops. These shield-shaped insects are about half an inch in size and are named for the unpleasant odor they emit when…

Oval bodies, convex above and flat or hollow underneath. Never over 3/4″ long. Both have seven pairs of legs. The sowbug has two tail-like appendages that prevent it from rolling up in a ball. The pillbug, however, lacks these appendages…

Bodies are long, slender and flattened; broad at the front and tapering to the rear. Antennae are long and slender. Three long slender appendages protrude from the rear. They’re wingless and the body is about 1/2″ long. Among the most…

The sawtoothed grain beetle and its look-alike relative, the merchant grain beetle, are slender, flattened, reddish-brown beetles that measure about 1/8 inch in length. They exhibit saw-like teeth along the edge of the prothorax (shoulder area). These beetles feed on…

Second only to termites in destroying wood, Powder Post Beetles leave small, round holes in wooden articles along with a residue of fine, powder-like dust.These beetles range from 1/12″ to 1/3″ in length and from reddish-brown to black in color.…