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What are the little red insects

anacc · 2019-07-04 19:06:06

They only seem to come out on warm sunny days. They are absolutely tiny with lots of legs and are bright red.

04-07-2019 08:06PM

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anacc

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They only seem to come out on warm sunny days. They are absolutely tiny with lots of legs and are bright red.

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#2 04-07-2019 08:07PM

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Red spider mite?

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#3 04-07-2019 08:35PM

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They are clover mites. Completely harmless. They tend to like hot surfaces so you see them on rooves and walls on sunny days.

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#4 05-07-2019 10:12AM

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Used to call them bloodsuckers as a kid.
Spent days squishing them.
Wasn’t a very educated child tbh. But that’s what majority of kids done

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#5 05-07-2019 10:29AM

anacc

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dodderangler wrote: »

Used to call them bloodsuckers as a kid.
Spent days squishing them.
Wasn’t a very educated child tbh. But that’s what majority of kids done

Yeah we used to call them bloodsuckers too. It's what prompted me to ask the question here because I was pretty sure that couldn't be the real name for them"!

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