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05-08-2008, 12:08 PM
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Name: Will Goodwin City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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On our back porch (brick and concrete) there are these little red bugs crawling all over the place. They are tiny (like I could fit 50 on my pinky fingernail). Anybody know what they are? I am not sure if they have 6 legs and 2 antennae or 8 legs. I know pics would help, but I don't think my zoom is good enough....I can try if nobody knows.
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05-08-2008, 12:33 PM
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Name: John Macmaster City: Eastover State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Oct 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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If they are as small as you say they "could" be Red Seed Ticks.
Really hard to see but I have run into these guys hunting, before.
Hard to say without photo's though.
MAC
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05-08-2008, 12:52 PM
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Name: russell City: Charleston State: WV County: Kanawha Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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this so weird because i have never seen this before either and all of a sudden our house and our two neighbors are experiencing them.
i believe what we have are clover mites. they look like tiny lady bugs. we were told they came from freshly fertilized lawns, mulch and even some new plants attract them and they multiply like crazy.
right now we have them all over the front porch and lawn. i did sew some new grass seed (yes seed, not sod) and we have put in some landscaping recently (sage, dianthus, some shrubs and pansies) so it could be that. http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_clovermite.shtml | |
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05-08-2008, 01:41 PM
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Name: Bill City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jan 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Will,
I am seeing theese in my office (on my paperwork) and I agree with Russell that these are most likely clover mites. They should be gone in a few weeks.
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05-08-2008, 06:19 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I get them every spring all over some concrete block retaining walls next to my driveway. I have always just called them Red Bugs. I never really knew their true name. Harmless and only slightly annoying for the red stains they leave when you smash them.
Dave 
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