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Insect Eggs?What insect are these from?

 

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Identifying Flying Bugs in my House?When we're burning wood during the winter, between December and about the end of March, there are little tiny bugs flying around my kitchen table and in my bedroom. When I'm eating food, they like to land on my plate and usually they die, but sometimes they crawl for a few seconds then die.

 

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Ridding Yard and Home of Earwigs?We just moved into our new home and I have noticed a pretty decent amount of earwigs in and around our home. I just got pinched by one for the first time tonight and I don't wish to ever have it happen again.

 

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Tiny Red Flea-like Flying Insects?I keep finding these little red bugs in my home. They are very tiny, resemble a flea, and fly. So far no one has shown any signs of being bitten or anything, but I keep finding them throughout the house, especially on the walls in my bathroom (I also have them flying around in the living room).

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?Any thoughts on species of these egg pods attached to siding on back porch in North Carolina?

 

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Insect Identification?Does anyone know what kind of insect this is?

 

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Identifying an Insect?Just curious to what this bug could be. It was found in my bathroom. It had antennas and curled up when dead. Pic is like super zoomed.

 

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Are These Insect Eggs?Just moved into a new apartment and found these. Any idea? Just in case it's relevant, this is in Brazil.

 

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Are These Insect Eggs?This is the second time I'' have seen a pile of particles in this shape and location (underneath the bottom of a closed metal door) in the last 3 months. Are these insect eggs? Location is SE Florida. Thank you.

 

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Identifying Household Insects?Which insect is this on the walls of my rooms?

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?What type of eggs are these. They appear everyday. I vacuum them and the next day they are there again. The one picture is squishing it, whatever'it is.

 

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Identifying A Biting Insect?What is this white lint ball or fuzz ball biting me and leaves dark splinter looking thing in my skin that gets bigger or longer causing pain and itching. They are ruining my life and my ability to function properly. Please help, thank you.

 

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What Kind of Eggs Are These?What kind of eggs are these?

 

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Identifying an Insect?I have been bitten/stung outside at night or late evening several times by these little black monsters. It feels like a wasp sting and continues to burn and feel like something is poking into my skin even tho there isn't. Tiny little monster outside, maybe 3x the size of a flea. Does anyone know what this is and how do I get rid of it (and its entire bloodline )? I live in Alabama.

 

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Is This Some Type of Sticker?I found several of these arrow shaped sticker-like things in my hair. I also found them on my dog, which is a wire-haired mini daschund. They were very difficult to get off. A few days before, I had a sudden, multiple variety, bug hatching at my house and I'm worried about (eggs, disease) if they are bugs. If not a bug, what are they and how did we pick these hitchhikers up?

 

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Identifying An Insect?Please help identify the insect pod on side of tree.

 

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What Insect Egg is This?After having seen about 4 large, white, fat worms wriggling about in the span of a week, I checked the nearest place inside the closet (very clean upon inspection) and under my bed. I found these two eggs or shells. Could anyone identify the insect for me? The size of the egg is similar to a cockroach egg, only this one is more elongated and slimmer. As mentioned, the actual worm was thick and about the length of a fingernail.

 

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What Type of Insect Egg is This?I saw these egg-like things on my shirt a few days ago while taking a shower. Yesterday, my sister took shower and today when she went to grab her shirt, she was horrified to see these things on her shirt. She says, they weren't present on her shirt when she was taking shower.

 

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What Is This?Is it a bed bug shell. I find them all the time on the floor. It looks like it has small eggs inside. Creepy''

 

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Insect Eggs?What insect do these eggs belong to?

 

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What is This Insect Egg?Does anyone know what insect this belongs to?

 

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What Are These Insect Eggs?Hi, I've come across this last night in my outhouse which is attached to the back of my house just off a field. I rarely use this room apart from an extra freezer and kids bikes, etc. so I haven't got a clue how long it's been there. I did spot a spider close to the web, but it was nowhere near the black clusters and this morning, it's gone.

 

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What are These Very Tiny Insects?They are very tiny. Mostly attracted towards phone screen light when lights are off. Sometimes I see them on floor/walls in dim lights.

 

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Found Eggs on my Clothes PegI found these small purple eggs on my clothes peg. Does anyone know what insect laid these eggs, should I get rid of them or are they harmless? Would be grateful for any help.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?These insect eggs were on my daughter's curtains in southwest Missouri. Any idea what they are?

 

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Are these Insect Eggs?I went on vacation for a whole month. And I walk in my living room to find only these little brown eggs I believe they are. They are sort of disgusting me out but, if anybody has any ideas what they are please let me know ASAP!

 

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What is this Insect?I live in the South-Eastern US and found this in the bedroom on the carpet. Google lens is saying cicada or in that family or glassy winged sharpshooter or maybe springtail. To me it looks like a moth variety. Additionally, my wife is getting bitten quite often by something we can't seem to see so it is important to ID anything we can find. Oh, yeah. This thing is maybe 1/8-1/4 in. Thoughts?

 

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Identifying a Tiny Flying Hard Shell Bug?It is not a flea, but is about as tiny. It has a hard shell, wings, and can fly. It wiggles around, doesn't bite, and is mostly outside. It gets inside the house and likes the television screen light. I live in Pennsylvania.

 

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Identifying Tiny Reddish Brown Flying Bugs?Most of the time I find them on my TV or window and curtains. They're in one of the bedrooms. They fly around like mosquitos.

 

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Need Help Identifying Small BugHelp! As I was leaving my house this afternoon, a small black and reddish bug I hadn't seen before was crawling quickly along the edge of my porch. I attempted to catch it to see what it was and squished it instead. I'm VERY concerned it could be an early German cockroach nymph and would greatly appreciate help in IDing this!

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs on TP Roll?I found these on my roll of toilet paper. I have never seen them before. Does anyone know what insect laid these? It has this greenish/brown color and they are quite hard.

 

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Getting Rid of Tiny Flying Biting Insects?So there are plenty of these very tiny, able to fly and bite, black bugs in my room whose bite is very itchy. I have sprayed mosquito and cockroach spray, but they are still coming and not going on food much. How do I treat my skin and stop them from coming?

 

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Identifying Flying Black Insects?I've had loads of these little black fly things. I've had people say they are Ensign wasps, Phorid flies, or fungus gnats.

 

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Identifying Little Black Flying Bugs?In the last week I have been finding these little black flies either in my window sills or in sticky traps near windows/skirting boards. I live in a first floor flat and have no indoor plants. I'm finding about 10 a day. Any idea what they are please?

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?What kind of egg is this? I live in Maine.

 

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What Is This Tiny Black Bug?What is this tiny bug? It appears on window sills and in our bed. Also I have seen tiny black dots that could be eggs.

 

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Getting Rid of Unseen Insects in Human Hair?I have been suffering from something in my hair for 1 year now and I have been going through hell. It started in June of 2019. I first started experiencing something moving on my head right after having scabies. I was treated for scabies twice. After my skin started to clear up I started to feel like something was crawling on my scalp so I told my family, but no one wanted to believe me.

 

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Identifying Flying Insects Indoors?I have these insects around the flat on the walls and ceilings. They seem to fly if disturbed. There are many in the bathroom. I have recently noticed a lot of them. Any ideas what they are?

 

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Identifying a Tan Bug?Does anyone know what kind of bug this is found if in my moms car.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?Do you perhaps know what this is? It looks egg-like. It wasn't there a few days ago. I just noticed it under my lamp and on the alarm clock under my lamp.

 

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Identifying an Insect Egg?Does anyone know what type of egg this is? That's my index finger as a size reference. It is flat now, and it feels a little bit like a spider's web.

 

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Ridding My House of Tiny Non-flying Insects?How do I kill tiny bugs that I keep finding everywhere? They look like fruit flies, but don't fly. They seem to be around the house in food areas, but also in non-food areas. They are easy to catch. They don't jump and they don't bite me.

 

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Identifying Tiny Flying Black Insects?I found these insects'on my bed recently. They are very tiny like specks of dust, a black colour, and able to fly. And, I think I might have got bitten by them. The bite feels like sharp, piercing pain.

 

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Identifying Tiny Flying Insects?I've been infested by these. Can anyone help me please?

 

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What Are These?I was walking to my car and was putting my daughter in her seat and saw a couple on her so I killed them. Then I saw them all over my jacket. What are these?

 

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Identifying Tiny Flying Insects Inside?I have super tiny bugs flying around my house. They are primarily in the kitchen, but I also see them in our living room. They are so small you can barely see them. I can catch them pretty easily, they look to be a copper/light brown bug. You can only see the color after you kill them and they are still. Any ideas?

 

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Identifying Flying Insects in the House?I keep finding these bugs in my room. I have cleaned my whole room, but they keep reappearing. They're able to fly.

 

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Identifying a Flying Insect?My friend was inquiring about what type of insect this would be. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know what it could possibly be.

 

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Identifying Flying Bugs?Bugs like the one in the photo just started coming around and I wanna know what they are and how to get rid of them? They are very annoying and are in almost every room.

 

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Identifying Tiny Green Biting Bugs?I work in a factory that has a shaft running under our work desk. The factory has been many different things in the past including a modular home factory. The people in this little office keep getting bitten by something and it makes us itch and leaves little red marks and when you scratch they turn into welts. One of the girls that sits next to me said she seen one land on her and it was green.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?Does anyone know what insect this is from? A number of these were found in towels stored in our patio in alcove.

 

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Getting Rid of Little Brown Flying Bugs?I have these tiny little brown flying bugs all over my home. And I don't have a clue what they are. But they are driving me insane! Can anyone help identify them and possibly a solution to get rid of them?

 

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Getting Rid of a Very Small Jumping Insect?There is this tiny roundish bug that's around the size of a rice grain, but a little bit bigger. It jumps every few seconds and I have an irrational fear of bugs and I don't feel safe with it just jumping and randomly landing on my body at night while I sleep.

 

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Identifying Tiny Reddish Brown Flying Bugs Inside?These bugs come out at night. At first they just walked around the table and gathered in our hanging light. Now they seem to wiggle when they walk and are starting to fly. They are primarily on my family room table, but now seem to be flying elsewhere in the room. They are tiny, reddish brown in color. Does anyone know what they are? How do I get rid of them?

 

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Identifying a Flying Insect?I need help identifying this bug. They are all over my window and it flies. It has these white spots on its back. I think it comes when it rains heavily.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?Do you know what this could it be, we found it on the bed one morning (on the top of the sheet underneath and underneath the first layer of the mattress? It looks like it drills small holes. It is the size of rice grains. Please help there is nothing similar on the internet.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?They look like they have dust on them which means this is my first time noticing it - kinda gross. But they're perfectly round and kind of orangish. They were on the side of a makeup palette. I rinsed it off and cleaned my palette, makeup bag, and the rest of my bathroom. Anyone help?

 

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Identifying Flying Insects?In my room I find a lot of flying bugs. And I found something that looked like sesame seeds, but I then find out that they're eggs. My AC doesn't work and we have two cats if that helps at all. I haven't told my parents because they might get mad at me. The eggs are on and in my radio. I feel sick and my heart hurts. So I'm gonna finish. This is what it looks like.

 

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Identifying Flying Insects in My Kitchen?I have these sandy colored, slightly black striped insects with a red stinger and transparent wings with black borders, in my kitchen. They seem to like staying in the light in the kitchen ceiling and their number seems to be increasing. My mom is worried it's termites. So can anyone help me identify what these insects are, and maybe a way to get rid of them?

 

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Identifying Small Black Bugs?I find these bugs everywhere. They are super small, like point of a needle size, barely visible unless they are on a white surface. I have no idea what they are and needed a macro lens to take a pic.

 

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Identifying a Household Bug?I saw this bug in my bathroom one day and I haven't been able to figure out what it is. I live in the northeastern US and I am stumped as to what this could be.

 

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Identifying Household Bugs?I am finding these in different sizes either dead or squirming all around the corners of my kitchen after spraying it for ants with some Home Defense the day before. What the hell is it?

 

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Identifying Tiny Insects?The insect is really tiny. I usually see them around my window sill. It is very tiny and looks like dust.

 

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Getting Rid of Tiny Black Flying Bugs?Late last night I found this tiny black bug crawling around and at first thought it could be a bed bug, but realized it wasn't when it flew. So right now I'm confused what it is and I would like to know how to get rid of it (after killing it I saw 3 more).

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?Anyone know what type of insect these eggs belong too? They are located in a bedroom in the corners and edges where the wall and ceiling meet. I cleaned the spots off a week ago with a mold and mildew remover and they are back.

 

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Identifying Small Black Insects?They suddenly appeared in large numbers outside house in RI. Any idea what these are?

 

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Identifying Small Biting Flies?I have small flies near my house. They are small black and brown with white lines. They have bitten me on my legs and they cause many problems. It is more painful at the site of bite.

 

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Identifying Tiny Tan Bugs?What kind of bug is this? They're tiny.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?This cluster was on my wall in Virginia. The individuals are so small it was hard to get a good focus, but this was the best I got. It looks to me like tiny roaches around more eggs, but I'm stumped.

 

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Identifying Small Black Bugs?I recently spotted these insects on my drying laundry. They initially appeared as a long stick, but it turned out to be 2 smaller insects moving together. They split and skittle away separately when agitated though. I caught one (hoping to show someone who might be able to identify the insect) and saw that the insect has a really small pair of wings.

 

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Identifying Flying Insects?I need to know what this is. I was told it was a white fly, but I do not see them on my plants. They are wall to wall on my outside porch and porch ceiling and screen around another porch. They do not bite. I have sprayed bug spray and Bifen, but they are still swarming.

 

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Identifying Burrowing Flying Insects?In the beginning of April we found small mounds of soil with a small hole in the middle. They were all in a round soil circle that we dug out in the lawn. We have seen a fly that came out and it was the shape of a house fly, but bigger. It has clear wings, and it's body is a rusty brown down each side and the rest, is black.

 

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Identifying a Small Black Biting Bug?I found a small black bug with a fat abdomen covered in red velvet. It stings. It doesn't look like a velvet ant at all.

 

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Identifying an Insect Egg Cluster?I found this cluster of insect eggs on some organic arugula from the store. I was wondering if somebody could help identifying these as my mother and I are curious.

 

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Identifying Insect Eggs?So I woke up and my boyfriend and I found these eggs. We live in the Hollywood hills so I'm not sure what this may be or how to get rid of them. The house was built from a Reno old house, but his place is Neely built and was designed by him so we didn't think it could be termites or bed bugs.

 

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Identifying Swarms of Flying Insects?I would like to id these swarms that are in my backyard. They seem to hover or swarm in one spot. I also see them in other back yards next door. I'm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Does anybody know and how to stop them?

 

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Identifying a Tiny Black Jumping Bug?I have no pets and am living in a well kept house. I was lying on my carpet one night and felt something on my arm. I saw a tiny black bug that jumped to my wrist, then onto my pillow. I squeezed it between my fingers, but it jumped away when I checked.

 

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Identifying Tiny Black Insects?I find these tiny insects on the walls, in clothes, in the bathroom sink and tub, on my towel and on the floor. I am not sure if they bite.

 

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Identifying a Flying Insect?Very recently we've started seeing this insect on the walls and ceiling of the kitchen. They have a short life span and seem to be attracted to light sources. We've never seen them before so not sure if it's the weather.

 

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Getting Rid of Tiny Biting Bugs?We had a chair on our porch that really was an indoor chair. I sat in it a few months ago, came into the house and felt all these bites and could see tiny blood spots. I immediately took a shower and that seemed to resolve the situation. I also threw out the chair that was on the porch.

 

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Unseen Biting Bugs?For the last few weeks, we have been bitten off and on. We notice the bites the most in the morning. And at night is when the bites are the most itchy. I haven't had bites this itchy before in my life. (They cause me to lose sleep.)

 

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Getting Rid of Millipedes?We have what we think are millipedes in the garden, when it gets dark they climb up the walls and around the patio door. Then they disappear when daylight comes .I have read all the facts about them, but am unsure of how to get rid of them. We are afraid to use an insecticide as we have 4 doggies.

 

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Identifying a Flying Insect?It looks like a very tiny fly with a round body. Does anyone know what kind of fly this is? I live in Ohio.

 

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Identifying Flying Insects in Maine?Last evening at 5:30 pm I noticed hundreds/thousands of small flying insects in my back yard milling around in the grass. They weren't interested in me or my dog. This morning I checked again and no sign of them. They were very small, winged, brownish in color, and had pointy bodies.

 

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What Is This Insect?What is this insect? It was running up my leg as I was sitting in my chair inside. I pinched it through my pants with two fingers and tried to squish it, but it did not get squished at all. It was extremely hard. The insect is very small, so it is hard to get the camera to focus.

 

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Identifying Flying Insects?We started noticing these showing up everywhere in our home about two weeks ago, but we have no idea what they are. They're very attracted to liquids. I can't leave a drink unattended for 5 minutes before they get into it. They don't bite or anything.

 

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Getting Rid of Tiny Flying Bugs Inside?This tiny "clear" gold gnat sized insect flies around my ceiling lights at night. They fall down on me and I think it is pieces of dust floating, but it is little strange flying insects. I spray flying insect spray, but it doesn't keep them totally away. Any idea what these are?

 

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Identifying Flying Insects?These insects fly in two areas: on the side of our house and in the back. They don't bite, but our kids are afraid to go near them thinking that they bite. And when adults go near them, they won't bite, but you sure can feel them around your head.

 

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Getting Rid of Tiny White Biting Bugs?I was wondering if anyone out there that is getting bitten by these little tiny white bugs that look like a grain of salt has found out how to get rid of them or stop them?

 

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Getting Rid of Mites?I feel these bugs most often at night. I will be using my laptop and the light shining against my face might have something to do with them being jumping on my skin at this time. I sometimes feel a small puff of air against my skin and a small point of pressure; I am guessing this is when they jump.

 

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What Are These Flying Insects?I have these brown flying insect that don't bite, but they multiply very quickly. They get in everything food, the refrigerator, the ice maker, and they especially seem to like decomposed items like meat that may be left out a long time. Does anyone know what these things are?

 

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Black Biting Insects?I have just found these tiny little black bugs in my bedroom. They're all over the skirting boards and I have seen them on my bedside table. I have also just found one in my actual bedding. I have had bites before which I thought were bed bugs, but these little things don't seem to be bed bugs to me.

 

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Tiny Flying Biting Insects?I am having trouble with these very tiny little flying pests and think they might be no see ums. I am using a product with 40% Deet and am still getting bitten. I can't afford to pay for a pest control. Why might this Deet not be working and might I be dealing with some sort of other pest?

 

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Flying Insects in Pop Up Camper?What is the best thing you can use for the flying insects that come in your pop up camper?

 

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Getting Rid of No See Ums?This question is for the person who suggests turning the thermostat down to 62 degrees to kill the no see ums. I have been suffering so much from bites in my house for the past 2 months. Like you, I have tried everything - except bombing. I have a forest filled with oak trees behind my house.

 

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Identifying a Flying Insect?Does anyone know what type of insect this is? The location is Hartselle, Alabama.

 

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Small Black Flying Biting Insects?What are the flying, biting, black insects that look like mosquitoes but are smaller than flies?

 

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Identifying a Flying Bug?Can anybody identifiy this bug? They're all over my hallways. I live in Massachusetts, but got nothing when I tried researching it. It looks like a mosquito, but I have never seen these types. Anybody? Thanks in advance :)

 

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Getting Rid of Black Flying Insects?I have flying black insects that don't bite. They have been driving me crazy! They appear only at night. They are attracted by light, they always appear on my laptop screen or when I turn on a light.

 

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Flying Silver Biting Bugs?I have these tiny, really shiny, silvery bugs that are biting me! I've noticed them now in the bar I work in. I phoned the nurse hotline as I could feel them in my hair and when I Googled flying silvery bugs I got freaked out. My home, my work, myself, and my animals are infested.

 

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