I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found out
what they were after. I sprayed down my house with an insecticide after the
house was powerwashed. I filled the holes with caulk, before re-staining.

Now, these darn things are back. Not in droves, but just enough to drive me
crazy.

I was freshening up some trim work, and one of these darn bugs got on my
hand, and bit me. I have a welt/bump on my hand, which itches like crazy.
It's like a mosquito bite, but larger. I had a couple of bites on my legs,
and thought it was mosquitoes, but now figure maybe it was these pesky
little critters.

Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to match up
the bug, no such luck. http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.

Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are the
best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any help
would be appreciated.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs

I am in California, and our county has a department called Vector
Control, and if I was trying to figure out what a critter was, I would
contain one and try Vector Control or a Master Gardener to see if they
knew what it was.

Kevin wrote:

Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to match up
the bug, no such luck. http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.

Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are the
best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any help
would be appreciated.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs

"Kevin" wrote in :

I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found
out what they were after.

They're after wood. They like to peck it.

Looks like an earwig. Put it between two boards and squash it.

Mark wrote:
"Kevin" wrote in :

I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found
out what they were after.

They're after wood. They like to peck it.

Looks like an earwig. Put it between two boards and squash it.

Hate those things--managed to inhale one once. Smelled burned
insulation for a week.

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

On Aug 20, 9:46 pm, "Kevin" wrote: crossposted
to alt.consumers.pest-control
I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found out
what they were after. I sprayed down my house with an insecticide after the
house was powerwashed. I filled the holes with caulk, before re-staining.

Now, these darn things are back. Not in droves, but just enough to drive me
crazy.

I was freshening up some trim work, and one of these darn bugs got on my
hand, and bit me. I have a welt/bump on my hand, which itches like crazy.
It's like a mosquito bite, but larger. I had a couple of bites on my legs,
and thought it was mosquitoes, but now figure maybe it was these pesky
little critters.

Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to match up
the bug, no such luck.http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.

Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are the
best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any help
would be appreciated.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs

Looks like a thrip to me, but I'm rusty, lazy, and tough to get
interested.
-----

- gpsman

In ,
gpsman wrote:
On Aug 20, 9:46 pm, "Kevin" wrote: crossposted
to alt.consumers.pest-control
I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found out
what they were after. I sprayed down my house with an insecticide after the
house was powerwashed. I filled the holes with caulk, before re-staining.

Now, these darn things are back. Not in droves, but just enough to drive me
crazy.

I was freshening up some trim work, and one of these darn bugs got on my
hand, and bit me. I have a welt/bump on my hand, which itches like crazy.
It's like a mosquito bite, but larger. I had a couple of bites on my legs,
and thought it was mosquitoes, but now figure maybe it was these pesky
little critters.

Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to match up
the bug, no such luck.http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.

Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are the
best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any help
would be appreciated.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs

Looks like a thrip to me, but I'm rusty, lazy, and tough to get
interested.

Although there are several photos, I cannot see whether that bug is a
thrip, a springtail or a bristletail.

If these bugs jump, then then that means they are highly likely
springtails. I have seen plenty of thrips and springtails!
I give this lower chance since my recollections of springtails is that
they highly usually tuck their tails under their bodies into "pre-launch
position".
Also, I have managed to not yet see a bristletail. Springtails and
bristletails are both notably more primitive insects, with some springtails
having some argument to being of a class of arthropods other than insects
despite being hexapods - with arguably-non-insect wingless orders/families
of hexapod arthropods being in the "class" Entognatha, amounting to as much
as 3 orders.

Please keep in mind that earwigs and more-so silverfish are "more-original"
insects (unusually wingless) that appear to me to push towards border
between insects and Entognatha.

Entognatha and arguably-Entognatha largely lack the metamorphosis of
insects.

On the other extreme, fleas have 5 stages of life cycle, as in a step
above that of the other more-metamorphosing orders of insects!

Egg-larva-pupa-nymph-adult is the 5-distinct-form life cycle that fleas
have, while most other insects have 3-4 stages.

- Don Klipstein )

In article , Mark wrote:
"Kevin" wrote in :

I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found
out what they were after.

They're after wood. They like to peck it.

Looks like an earwig.

No it doesn't. Earwigs have the pincers at the tail, not the head; they're
*much* larger than that; and they don't bore into wood siding.

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:24:27 -0700, Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to
reply wrote:

I am in California, and our county has a department called Vector
Control, and if I was trying to figure out what a critter was, I would
contain one and try Vector Control or a Master Gardener to see if they
knew what it was.

Kevin wrote:

Anyways, this is in Northeast Ohio. I looked here in an attempt to match up
the bug, no such luck. http://ohioline.osu.edu/b512/index.html
The closest thing is the springtail bug. But, I don't think that is it.

Here's a link to some pictures of this little critter. The pictures are the
best I could do with my camera. This is really a tiny little pest. Any help
would be appreciated.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Roofguy35/Bugs



larval green lacewing. its a good bug. dont kill.
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/InsectCor...lace_larva.jpg

-dickm

"dicko" wrote in message
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larval green lacewing. its a good bug. dont kill.
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/InsectCor...lace_larva.jpg


I do believe that is the bug!

Thanks for the link. Have a good day.

Mark wrote:
"Kevin" wrote in :

I had a problem with woodpeckers about 8 years ago. I finally found
out what they were after.

They're after wood. They like to peck it.

Looks like an earwig. Put it between two boards and squash it.


An earwig around here is longer a penny.

"dicko" wrote in message
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larval green lacewing. its a good bug. dont kill.
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/InsectCor...lace_larva.jpg


I do believe that is the bug!

Thanks for the link. Have a good day.

Interesting; hope you'll let us know what comes next?

Twayne