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November 22, 2007
Exterminator that can ID bug
There was a swarm of winged bugs on my wooden fence this afternoon. I then looked under a pile of leaves and there was even more on the ground. I captured some in a plastic bag and would like to bring it to an exterminator to be identified.
Can anyone recommend someone. I prefer to bring the bugs to the exterminator.
Thanks.
GT
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Take them to the American Museum of Natural History (79th Street) info desk and ask if there is anyone who might be able to ID them. I do it all the time. They ID"d my bedbugs and a kind of beatle that was eatting my squash plants. Even recommended a great eterminator.
Posted by: guest at November 22, 2007 4:02 PM
Did they look like winged ants? Might be termites.
Posted by: guest at November 23, 2007 11:24 AM
Yes, they were winged ants. I looked online but couldn't tell if they were termites or not.
They were swarming outside and in the dirt under my backyard steps.
The bugs died in the bag, but I'm looking to bring it to an exterminator tomorrow to be identified.
GT
Posted by: gt at November 23, 2007 4:27 PM
I would be curious to know what you find out.
Posted by: guest at November 25, 2007 11:01 AM
I looked in the Yellow Pages and found a company called Midwood Exterminating Co. I picked it becausse they advertised having "a do it yourself supermarket."
I arrived, showed the person the bugs in the zip lock bag, and he said, "They're not termites or carpenter ants. Just ants with wings." Then he explained that it was an ant because it had three sections--"a chest, waist, and ass." Then he explained how termites have longer wings.
Then he said the ants came out because they got confused by the warm weather and that termites only come out in the spring.
What a relief.
GT
Posted by: gt at November 25, 2007 4:02 PM
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