Posts by Steve Foster

Formerly of the family Anobiinae, the 70 genera and 600 subfamilies that make up the spider beetles have now been classified as the Ptininae family.  As a large number of subfamilies suggest, there...

Bed bugs or beetles, what seems to be the problem? This is a frequently asked question by homeowners who wake up with rashes, welts, or other bloody signs of an insect infestation while they sleep at...

Do you have beetles in the bedroom? How do you know for sure, and when you find out, how can you get rid of them? Beetles that come into the house come in many shapes that can change from the larva...

If you see tiny red or reddish-brown insects on your bed, you may wonder whether they are bed bugs. However, they may not be so. There are three types of beetles that are frequent visitors to the...

Some find them adorable, most find them at least a bit creepy… but no one can say that spiders aren’t interesting! After all, these 8-legged bugs do a range of incredible things, like building...

Is there a cuter insect than the ladybug? Maybe, but ladybugs certainly go into the top 10! They are not only colorful, cute, and harmless, but it’s also said that they bring good luck. But how...