http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post What are these little wingless red and black beetles in my driveway? Sat, 26 May 2007 19:42:59 -0800 Sat, 26 May 2007 19:42:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway What are <a href="http://xs215.xs.to/xs215/07210/WTFbug.jpg">these</a> little wingless red and black beetles in my driveway? <br /><br /> There are a couple hundred of them swarming a roughly 1.5 meter radius in my driveway. Said driveway is in central Virginia.<br> The beetle on the rock is just under an inch long. post:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63465 Sat, 26 May 2007 19:32:41 -0800 closetphilosopher bugs beetles insects resolved http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway#955185 I can't tell from just a description, but maybe you'll find something to help you on <a href="http://whatsthatbug.com/beetles.html">this page</a>. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63465-955185 Sat, 26 May 2007 19:42:59 -0800 that girl http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway#955196 <a href="http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2006/6-21/bbug.html">Boxelder bug nymphs</a>. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63465-955196 Sat, 26 May 2007 19:52:29 -0800 MonkeySaltedNuts http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway#955204 Seconding the boxelder bugs. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63465-955204 Sat, 26 May 2007 20:10:43 -0800 R343L http://ask.metafilter.com/63465/What-are-these-little-wingless-red-and-black-beetles-in-my-driveway#955210 BTW. I was easy to identify. First I noticed that it was a <a href="http://www.dpughphoto.com/true_bugs.htm">true bug</a> (like stink bugs) not a beetle, and a nymph (undeveloped wings). So a google image search for <a href="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&client=firefox-a&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Bug+nymphs">bug nymph</a> turned it up on the first page. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.63465-955210 Sat, 26 May 2007 20:25:41 -0800 MonkeySaltedNuts