Subject: bug party
Location: grand rapids michigan
June 24, 2014 3:54 pm
Found several piles like this today, sitting right out in the open. Any idea what they are? At the least they make for interesting photos.
This is an aggregation of Eastern Boxelder Bugs, also known as Democrat Bugs. Your image depicts various instars or stages of growth in immature nymphs. Adults and nymphs will congregate together in very large masses. Eastern Boxelder Bugs are considered benign, though they have been know to enter homes to hibernate, making pests of themselves.