Tiny house bugs pictures and names

I apologize for not complimenting you sooner:-) I would also add: springtails (whatever the common household varieties are), moth flies, dark-winged fungus gnats, phorid flies (scuttle flies). I get asked about all of those quite a bit. Keep up the great work.

Thanks!

I don't run into most of those, so when I get around to adding them I'll need somebody to verify that the ones I've added are species that actually turn up in houses regularly.

Formatting

It's best not to have several per line: depending on the window size, either a thumbnail or a caption is likely to wrap to the next line without its counterpart. The result is a jumble that looks messy and makes no sense.

Non-breaking space

I think if the space between the thumb and the caption is relaced with a Non-breaking space, the 2 will be bound together and fill and wrap as wide as the window allows.

Non-breaking space

How do I make one? I know just barely enough HTML code to get by...

Non-breaking space

Replace all of the normal space characters between the thumb and the name with these six characters   Normally a browser will break a line as needed to fit the window, but that special sequence tells the browser "don't break here", so the two joined items should stay together. Also any spaces in a name will need to be replaced with   TOO! This will keep the parts of the name joined. I can't promise that it will work with thumbs, but I think it is worth a try.
Then you can remove all of your line breaks and just let the browser break where needed.
Normall spaces between the end of a name and the next bug thumb.

Oh well.

Doesn't seem to work with thumbs. I'll have to figure something else out.
Do you (or anyone) know how Christopher got several lines of text to appear next to each image here? I didn't see anything obvious in the source code.

float:left; would do it.

The code for a normal image:
<img src="https://i0.wp.com/bugguide.net/images/cache/3K9RLQWRIQTQU03Q80YQN0R0P0S0N0K020Z00QFRN0FRE0YRIQ1RM0BR7QAR40S0MQZ0KQZ0P0S0N0L0SQH0SQJRE0.jpg" width="125" height="93" />

Add style="float:left;" to the image code. The result:

<img src="http://bugguide.net/images/cache/3K9RLQWRIQTQU03Q80YQN0R0P0S0N0K020Z00QFRN0FRE0YRIQ1RM0BR7QAR40S0MQZ0KQZ0P0S0N0L0SQH0SQJRE0.jpg" width="125" height="93" style="float:left;" />

Then simply add text directly underneath the image code and it should look like this:

Moth articles

You could just get rid of the names and do it with all thumbs like the moth articles in this forum. Let the user click a thumb to find out what it is.

I think

that's probably what I'll do ultimately, and that will maximize how many images the user can see at once. Interesting that it's working on your computer though.

It did work

The initial problem was "depending on the window size, either a thumbnail or a caption is likely to wrap to the next line without its counterpart". Now (at least on my system) the thumbs and the names associated with them stay together. It looks like you still have a few hard crlf, but it is better than before.

Good to know.

That hadn't occurred to me, since I have a pretty wide-screened computer and always have the window maximized.

Others encountered frequently in my house at different seasons:

mosquitos, dermestid larvae, "boxelder bugs", and small dark weevils at or close to the "strawberry weevil". A photo of the "yellow sac spider" (not uncommon in homes) is useful as it can deliver a mild venomous bite.

more common household critters

I now see that larvae of dermestids (carpet beetles) are represented. Three other groups overlooked: Ants (red vs black), Flea (around furniture especially when there's dog or cat resident), various tiny grain weevils (especially with storage of 'organic' grains). Finally, "Bed Bugs" are getting more common in homes across the country.

ants

Do you know the species names of the most common household ants? I guess Monomorium minimum is one of them?

ants

The ant I encounter most often is the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile). Royal pain to get rid of.

Ant -

at least out here in CA, THE household ant is Linepithema humile (Argentine Ant).

Household ant names

I don't know off hand without more checking; not my area of expertise.
I recall there being at least a couple species of both smaller red and larger black types indoors - probably depends somewhat on geographic region. "Termites" just now occurred to me as something seen in and around wood buildings (more in south?). I'm sure BugGuide experts will fill us in.

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