Small red insects

Dubflier · 06-07-2013 9:00am #1

Hi

This is more out of curiosity than anything else, just noticed a large number of very small bright red insects milling around on the concrete out side the back door. The sun is blasting the path area and they wouldn't be any more than 1 mm in size (so don't ask me to post a picture).
Any ideas what these lads are and should I be iradicating them or just let them get on with it.

Dubflier

shamrock55 · 06-07-2013 9:05am

Is this the first time you have ever seen these they are very common as kids we used to callthem blood suckers and squish then regularly just because of the red goo dont know what they are really called though

Dubflier · 06-07-2013 9:18am

shamrock55 wrote: »

Is this the first time you have ever seen these they are very common as kids we used to callthem blood suckers and squish then regularly just because of the red goo dont know what they are really called though

Hi
No I have seen them before at the front of the house, usually on very sunny days when its quite dry and warm, they are always on the concrete.
Dubflier

Mothman · 06-07-2013 9:21am

They're Clover Mites

While the link may suggest otherwise, they are not usually an issue worth dealing with.

They're not insects, which only have 6 legs. These little things have 8 legs.....not that they're big enough to easily tell

Dubflier · 06-07-2013 9:53am

Mothman wrote: »

They're Clover Mites

While the link may suggest otherwise, they are not usually an issue worth dealing with.

They're not insects, which only have 6 legs. These little things have 8 legs.....not that they're big enough to easily tell

Thanks you seem to be spot on,

FREE TO GOOD HOME CLOVER MITES AS MANY AS YOU LIKE

I don't like the idea that they can make their way inside as I already had an episode with ants on the kitchen work top a couple of months back.