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Bugman,
I see that you guys are SWAMPED, guess all the critters come out in the spring time! We have lived in the Tampa Bay area for over 20 years and have never seen this many of these little bugs! In fact, i can’t really remember even noticing them at all before this year. They display some very interesting behaviors to me, I’m not a big bug watcher so these guys have really grabbed my attention as of late. Found your site today and thought I’d snap a few shots to see if you could identify them for me. Seems like they REALLY like the seeds put off by a few trees in our yard, they swarm them in masses. Also looks like they are at least partialy carnivorous, included a shot of what looks like a few of them "sucking" another one dry. Maybe you could shed some light on these extreamly prolific but seemingly laid back little red bugs. Thanks, by the way, your site is great… will keep my eye out for other interesting little insects.
Honey Girl
Hi Honey Girl,
We jumped to the conclusion prematurely that these were Boxelder Bugs, but after seeing the adults, we realize they are Red Shouldered Bugs, Jadera haematoloma. The metamorphosis image of the nymph shedding its skin is awesome.
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