Question: I found a bug in my bedroom. It looks sort of like a tick. It has 6 legs and out of middle tip of the head it has 1 appendage about 1/16″ long with 2 antennae. The bug is about 1/4″ long by 1/8″ wide. The color is grayish/black with thin orange toward back end.

My bug has a more rounded body kind of egg shaped like a tick. The orange stripe is at the end of the bug and only about 1/64″ and goes from left to right. Also, there is a round long nose coming out the head with the antennae coming out the right and left side of the nose.

ANSWER: This is one of the root weevils. The large weevils (beetles with a long nose or snout), such as the strawberry root weevil, are sometimes found indoors. These beetles live outdoors and feed on plant leaves, but they can come indoors when populations become large and they start to move around. They can find openings around doors and windows to get in. They don”t infest houses, but can be a little annoying by their presence, and their slow walking up walls and across cabinets.

Control of these pests is best done with a vacuum cleaner. Aerosols can be used but there are not usually that many of them to warrant a spray program. Check the door thresholds and windows for entry ways. Outside they are not easily controlled with insecticide sprays because they move around a lot.

The most common species are strawberry root weevils (even though you don”t have strawberries), black vine weevil, and the Asiatic oak weevil (which actually does feed on a variety of trees). The most common hosts for these weevils include azalea, holly, privet, rhododendron, yew, and other ornamentals.