theyre actually gathered in a dead clump of grass which i whipper snipped
and poisoned a few weeks ago at the bottom of the hardwood stake thats in
in the pic .there is a tap there but i never use it so the soil underneath
isn't wet

i hope they arent termites, ive got another photo of them all in the grass
..ive got a funny feeling that they are babies and when they mature they
might turn black in one of the pics i think theyre might be an adult i could
be wrong

ill attach a couple more pics in binaries under the original post

thanks for any input



"John Savage" wrote in message
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"nope" writes:
Hi all, just wondering if anyone could tell me what sort of bug this thing
is ?

Garden Pest or should i leave them alone ?

Most ISPs have their newsservers set to not distribute binary
posts where they appear in these text groups, so most readers
will be unaware of any accompanying pic.

It would be informative to be told what niche the insects are
habitating, what they seem to be feeding on, and how many there
seem to be. Your photo shows them on dead timber, so maybe they
are termites that are normally unseen but which you uncovered?
(Just to show how one can be otherwise left to jump to wild
conclusions.)

I've never set eyes on such colourful bugs.
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)