Marilyn wrote:
It look like a boxelder bug. See:

http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs_box_elder.htm

Marilyn

"rcas12" wrote in message
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Hi,

Can anybody help me to identify these insects in my garden? They
usually hide near the wall, get out when it's warm and like to cluster
in large numbers. I don't know whether I should get rid of them. BTW,
I'm in SE Michigan and it's spring time now

http://picasaweb.google.com/rcas12/I...87941691744530
http://picasaweb.google.com/rcas12/I...87941691744546

Thanks.




Yep. Sure looks like an Eastern Boxelder Bug (Leptocoris trivittatus)
although there are some others that follow that general pattern of body
shape and black/red coloration such as the various milkweed bugs.

I don't recall ever seeing large congregations of boxelder bugs in the
early spring although I guess it could be a mass of them which
overwintered and which was which tempted out by the warm weather from
some sheltered location. Sometimes later in the year I've found masses
of them carpeting the ground -- really rather freakish looking.

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