The snout names the family in one look, and no other household beetle has one. Rice and granary weevils in food, vine and root weevils outdoors.
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The nest identifies the wasp faster than the wasp does. Paper cells, a grey football, a mud tube or a hole in the ground each name a different species.
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A larva looks nothing like its adult, which is why searching by appearance fails. Where you found it names it, and names what to do about it.
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Sorted by what they do rather than what they become. The ones eating brassicas, the ones eating tomatoes, and the small group worth not touching.
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The C-shaped white grub under turf is a chafer or Japanese beetle larva. Raster pattern and depth separate them from the harmless soil dwellers.
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Maggots are a location problem rather than a pest one. A bin, a drain, a wall cavity or something dead, and the species points at which of them.
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Only two of them actually live indoors. Droppings, gnaw marks and the size of the entry hole separate mice, rats, voles, shrews and squirrels.
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Time of day and habitat separate these better than appearance does. No-see-ums at dusk, black flies by water, horse flies in open sun on a hot day.
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Four are environmental and stop on their own once the source is gone. One needs a prescription, and telling them apart decides who you should call.
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Colour is the weakest clue because one species varies. The host plant and the feeding position do the work, and root aphids hide below the soil.
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