I have these black bugs in my basement...they look like lightning bugs but they have red backs....They have now made it upstairs and I don't know how to get rid of them..any advice? or know the name at least?
2007-03-03 14:19:21 · 10 answers · asked by Mother_Of_2 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Here is a link to my favorite website for the identification of insects:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
In the box on the left, click on the outline of the bug that looks most like the ones you see. It will take you to pages of bugs in that family of insects. There are lots of good color pictures and you should easily be able to identify the the culprits.
Good luck with your bug problem.
2007-03-07 08:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
High heels and a good aim. All kidding aside,call a pest control company. It would help to know what state you live in. In California black and red with an hour glass is a black widow.
Consider them all poisonous, until you know for sure.
2007-03-03 14:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by Robert D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are called black basement bugs
2007-03-03 14:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by dotcombust007 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is it a box elder bug? Check out the link below and search box elder bug.
2007-03-03 14:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by D Marie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell you for sure without a picture, but it sounds like Leatherwings. They look like trouble, but they are "good" bugs. They eat aphids and other pesty bugs.
Scoop them up, carry them outside and put them on a plant. Roses if you have them.
They won't bite or sting you.
Good luck!
2007-03-03 14:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by Char 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aye those might be blister bugs they look like lightning bugs but yet they do not light
2007-03-03 14:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the same bugs that live at my house. There's one right here. I'll ask him his name and get back you...
2007-03-03 14:22:08 · answer #7 · answered by GeminiVirgo1971 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hurricane Katrina took care of a lot of them, but unfortunately they are still around
2007-03-03 14:23:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it sounds like boxelder bugs
2007-03-03 14:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by bnd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a roach. You're pretty much screwed unless you fume your entire house
2007-03-03 14:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by just_curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋