joann wrote:
Hi, new here, but hope to become involved. So here's today's question.
I'm sure we are not the only people with this situation. In the last few
days our back yard, deck and one tree have been inundated with a whole
lot of little red bugs. they seem to have 6 legs, but could be 8. Size
varies from the head of a pin up to the size of a small ant. I've seen
these things a number of years ago coming into an apartment we had, but
this is the first time I've seen them since we bought this house (19
years). So can anyone tell me from this info what I'm dealing with. I
can get a jpeg and post on a.b.p.g if necessary. we are in Indianapolis.

thanks

Joann

They are probably the nymphs of box elder, red-shouldered or maybe even
milkweed bugs (actually there are many more possibilities in the true
bug family they may be but those are the most common found) If you have
not seen them before it might be just a one time occurrence of one of
the not so familiar bugs or it may be that what ever host plant is of
age now supporting a large population where you are now starting to see
evidence of them.

Lar