What is this small red bug? pictures attached...? they are very small (about 1.5mm) near a bulbous, shiny red body,...
they are very small (about 1.5mm) near a bulbous, shiny red body, 6 legs, black head and antennas. i found them on my front porch on my avocado kernel that was sitting surrounded by a glass of sea in the sun. at first i thought they be baby ladybugs so i moved the nut out of the water and onto a plant so they wouldn't drown, but after that found that baby ladybugs own the black spots just approaching adults.....so what are these?!!?
i know they are not mites, which is the only "small red bug" i can find on the internet. i hold searched and search and have found nought on what seems to be a really simple bug!
i've attached a few pictures i took this morning. please expand them for a better view!!
http://s248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188...
thankfulness in credit!
lulu
Answers: We can accurately give you a nonspecific identification, but we are bound
and determined to be more specific. These are a moment ago hatched
Hemipterans, True Bugs. We thought they looked resembling Stink Bugs, but
finding them on an avocado pit is puzzling unless the female stink bug
only laid her eggs on its surface not considering it as a food source.
We did find a very similar imitation on BugGuide, also from Texas, that is
of late identified as a nymphal Hemipteran herd, but it is suspected that
they are Stink Bugs, own flesh and blood Pentatomidae. BugGuide had another photograph
from Virginia posted with the following comment by Eric Eaton: "They
habitually stay together to re-inforce their warning colors of red and
black. After the subsequent molt they will disperse a bit." Another similar
image on BugGuide from California is freshly listed as True Bugs as is
one from Alabama. Another virtually tantamount image on BugGuide is
down as a not yet identified stink bug nymph.
Well adjectives I can say is they look a touch bit like aisian beetle. asian beetles are deeply like ladybugs, but short the dots.