Red bugs that i have never seen tham before - Page 4

 

Look a bit like Termites to me. Google "Termites" and then click the
Images option. Not exactly the same, but close.

Linda

 

yeh iwas thinking the same thing

 i've done that  and i couldnt find anything exactly like them.

 i was a bit stressed that they may have been termites

they are only very tiny maybe at the largest being about 3mm long

 


I found the pic through google groups.  They do look like termites, we have
some round here that are about that size.  There are many species round the
world, you would need to be an expert to say exactly which one.

Is your house timber?   <fade up music from the movie jaws>

David

 

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:11:43 +1100, David Hare-Scott wrote:


Maybe a problem if it is on a slab and soil etc is built up around it AND
the wood has been/is water affected.  Or on piers and the ant caps are
not effective..

Also need to be the right species and as far as I know, that ain't them.

If OP says he smashed the log/stick open, and there was chambers in it,
then fine, but he said they were on dead grass. In daylight?

 

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:15:31 +1100, nope wrote:


Leave them alone.

What was the weather like?
Do you have any other photographs?
Look like an ant to me, but with out better photographs, can not be sure.
IME You do not normally see termites on the surface like that unless they
are winged or nest has been broken open.