Paul Hayes

Biscuit beetles are among the common pantry pests that invade houses, flour mills, bakeries, drugstores, and even museums. These fussy eaters are considered solitary and independent, but they can also … Read more

If you spot a giant web in trees, it is not a spider web. To start with, spiders don’t make webs in trees but rather around plants. The huge webs … Read more

Some vespid species are known as solitary. However, there are exemptions such as paper wasps and bald-faced hornets. They are social and inclined in building large colonies. The workers in … Read more

Unlike other bees that only sting once, the European hornet stings multiple times. What’s more bad about this is that it ejects a chemical scent called pheromone, which alerts other … Read more

The zigzag flight patterns are some of the signs that you have moths on your lawn. You would usually see them on turfgrass at dusk and not cause damage. But … Read more

Mice, rats, and squirrels are rodents, but they have a lot of differences aside from physical appearance and behaviors. Interestingly, their droppings provide some important information about their activities. But … Read more

Having some tiny brown bugs in your house can be intimidating, especially if you don’t know what they are. While inside, they can be in your kitchen because most of them are … Read more

If you find a flying beetle or bug in your house, you might wonder what kind of bug it is and where it came from. But once they start to multiply, you … Read more

Mole and vole do rhyme! You can easily spot the one-letter difference from their names. But some things confuse you when identifying which is which because they’re both furry critters … Read more