Unknown Red and Black beetles

fishman10 · 04-22-12, 06:42 AM

I was walking the backyard yesterday trying to find something to photograph and came across these red and black beetles. There were hundreds of them in a single 1 square foot area. I have no idea what kind they are.

Pictures
Unknown Red and Black Beetles

video
Red and black bugs - YouTube

marvelfreak · 04-22-12, 07:00 AM

I don't know what kind they are, but dam they are cool looking.

exwizard · 04-22-12, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by marvelfreak

I don't know what kind they are, but dam they are cool looking.

^^^^what he said

^^^^

CK SandBoas · 04-22-12, 07:27 AM

Those beetles are awesome!!! Kinda reminds me of LadyBugs, just with a really unusual pattern

Wolfus_305 · 04-22-12, 01:10 PM

Those are soooo cool! not a clue what they are though

**Pareeeee** · 04-22-12, 01:56 PM

Those are not beetles. They are a nymph (immature) 'true bug' of some type - not sure of the species but we have them here as well. Now I'm gonna have to get my insect books out!

**Pareeeee** · 04-22-12, 02:11 PM

Found it! I knew I'd seen them before. They are a type of 'true bug' called the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. They are an invasive species.

Adult looks like this:

Nymphs (young) are considerably more striking in appearance:

Photos found on this site: HGIC - Invasive Species: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Wolfus_305 · 04-22-12, 05:36 PM

ohhh that's cool. I thought they looked kinda like stinkbugs but I'd never seen them that colour, the nymph stage explains that