ID help please. Nasty bugs!

ID help please. Nasty bugs! · 10:02 AM

Will they kill me if I don't kill them first? Noticed right outside the back door a little cluster of fuzzy spots, dark and white. Dark bugs about 5mm long and white egg shells. Shot with Phoenix plastic fantastic 100mm and dioptor.

Here is one moving around more than the others.

...and here is the cluster f... where the eggs are stuck to the house by those little amber bowling pin looking things.

Anybody got a verdict? Leave them alone or leave town?

thanks.

imtheguy · 09-08-2009, 09:13 PM

Thanks to Mark and Blue I now know to avoid the pits soon to be appearing in the soil around the house. I played enough HL2 to understand the dangers of Antlions.

Really guys, thanks for taking the time to id the critters for me. I will enjoy watching them grow up.

Jonson PL · 09-10-2009, 11:13 AM

I didn't think bedbugs would be that big, should they resemble them.
If they are carpet beetles, seems you can kiss your carpets bye, bye.

If these should be beneficial, I don't know if I would prefer these to ants. But then I don't know the ants that you have around. But they for sure look like something out of a Sci-fi movie.

Creepiest buggers since this thread :
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/60586-random-outdoor-ima...us-insect.html

imtheguy · 09-10-2009, 12:01 PM

Thank you for your concern but we are getting along fine now. I feed each of them a cow in the morning and they let me alone the rest of the day.

garysmith22 · 09-10-2009, 10:59 PM

I Itch! Great photos!

Jonson PL · 09-11-2009, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by imtheguy

Thank you for your concern but we are getting along fine now. I feed each of them a cow in the morning and they let me alone the rest of the day.

ok, just don't oversleep :ugh:

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09-08-2009, 09:13 PM	#16
imtheguy Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,950 Original Poster	Thanks to Mark and Blue I now know to avoid the pits soon to be appearing in the soil around the house. I played enough HL2 to understand the dangers of Antlions. Really guys, thanks for taking the time to id the critters for me. I will enjoy watching them grow up.

09-10-2009, 11:13 AM	#17
Jonson PL Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Copenhagen Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,842	I didn't think bedbugs would be that big, should they resemble them. If they are carpet beetles, seems you can kiss your carpets bye, bye. If these should be beneficial, I don't know if I would prefer these to ants. But then I don't know the ants that you have around. But they for sure look like something out of a Sci-fi movie. Creepiest buggers since this thread : https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/60586-random-outdoor-ima...us-insect.html

09-10-2009, 12:01 PM	#18
imtheguy Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,950 Original Poster	Thank you for your concern but we are getting along fine now. I feed each of them a cow in the morning and they let me alone the rest of the day.

09-10-2009, 10:59 PM	#19
garysmith22 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Strasburg Colorado Posts: 25	I Itch! Great photos!

09-11-2009, 02:09 AM	#20
Jonson PL Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Copenhagen Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,842	Originally posted by imtheguy Thank you for your concern but we are getting along fine now. I feed each of them a cow in the morning and they let me alone the rest of the day. ok, just don't oversleep :ugh: