Author: Dr. Marcus Webb

If you found a near-perfect round hole in your deck rail or a fat bee hovering at the eaves, the thing to understand first is that a carpenter bee does not eat your... Read more.

You are standing on the porch and a big black bee keeps charging at your head, hovering an inch from your face and refusing to leave. The reflex is to swat and run,... Read more.

You spot a big, loud bee bumping around the porch eaves in spring and the first question is whether you are looking at a harmless bumblebee or something boring into... Read more.

You swatted a fly off your sandwich and now you are wondering whether it bit you. Here is the honest answer: the common house fly (Musca domestica) does not bite,... Read more.

You came home to a few flies and by the weekend there were dozens, and the question is fair: how do they breed that fast? The short version is that it is arithmetic.... Read more.

You found flies in the house and they all look roughly the same at a glance, but they are not telling you the same thing. The dull gray fly that buzzes the kitchen... Read more.

If you woke up with itchy red bumps and the internet pointed you at carpet beetles, here is the correction that saves you a lot of wasted spray: carpet beetles do... Read more.

You found small holes and a dusting of powder in a wooden beam, and the first question is whether you are looking at a cosmetic nuisance or a structural emergency.... Read more.

You found a small beetle on a windowsill, or a fuzzy little crawler in a drawer, and you want to know which carpet beetle you have. Here is the honest answer that... Read more.

You found bugs near the bed, or a crop of itchy bumps, and the two names that come up first are carpet beetle and bed bug. The fastest way to separate them is to... Read more.