Author: Dr. Marcus Webb

You pull a favorite wool sweater out of the closet for the first cold morning and find a small clean hole near the cuff, and the natural assumption is that a moth... Read more.

You found a small moth fluttering near the cabinet over the stove, and now you are seeing it everywhere. That is almost always the Indianmeal moth (Pinodia interpunctella),... Read more.

You found a small moth flying around the house, and the real question is which one it is, because that decides everything you do next. The fastest tell is where... Read more.

Fruit flies feel like they appear out of nowhere, but they never do. They come from tiny eggs already laid on overripe or fermenting food, plus a steady trickle... Read more.

You noticed a cloud of tiny flies in the kitchen and reached for the word everyone reaches for: gnats. The trouble is that “gnat” lumps three different... Read more.

Fruit flies feel like they appear out of nowhere, but they never do. They come from tiny eggs already laid on overripe or fermenting food, plus a steady trickle... Read more.

You noticed a cloud of tiny flies in the kitchen and reached for the word everyone reaches for: gnats. The trouble is that “gnat” lumps three different... Read more.

You found a fast little brown bug with what look like tiny pincers on its rear end, probably in a damp spot near the foundation or under a flowerpot, and the first... Read more.

You pulled a book off the shelf or flicked on the bathroom light and something silver wriggled away fast, and the first question is what is this. The short version:... Read more.

You found a shield-shaped brown bug bumbling across a window in October and the first worry is whether it bites. It does not. Stink bugs do not bite people, they... Read more.