Red bugs
I checked my gourds today for prenests(5) and found some tiny crawling red bugs on the outside of one of my gourds. I have already put sevin in all my gourds. Should I reapply or not worry about?
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2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
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Peggy Riley
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I'm not sure what the red bug would be, do you? If you are worried I'd treat under the nests.
Peggy
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Linda Reynolds
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You might want to do a *Google IMAGE search* and see if you think they are spider mites.
Ever-Grateful,
Linda
Linda
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Billy Stephens
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Chiggers. That's what we call them in Carolina. They itch really bad if they bight you.
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Billy Stephens
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Sorry. I meant BITE
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Bob Fraser
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If they're chiggers, don't let them get on you! ..... They're tiny and they bite like crazy...
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as of 5/31 83 babies 63 eggs. Wound up with 173 fledged.
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2011 - 8 pair
2012 - 31 pair full house no more room at the inn.
as of 5/31 83 babies 63 eggs. Wound up with 173 fledged.
2013 - 35 pair around 200 fledged.
2018 - 80 pairs 420 fledged
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
I know chiggers from my Boy Scout days. These appear to be bigger than chiggers but not red spider mites. I think I will treat the gourd affected.
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2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
WE HAVE ALOT OF LITTLE RED BUGS CRAWLING AT OUR HOUSE TOO. MY HUSBAND SAID THEY ARE TINY RED SPIDERS. THEY DO BITE AS I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A FEW.THEY LEAVE A LITTLE BITE BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE POISON. THE BITES REALLY DO ITCH ALOT.WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM HERE BEFORE.
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Glynn B - LA
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2019 26 pair 116 fledged
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2015 3 pair 13 fledged
2014 1 pair 4 fledged
2013 2 pair 6 fledged
2012 0 pair
2011 0 pair
I don’t have the perfect site. One open flyway with trees within 80 ft. I do have a small pond they utilize during the heat of Summer. (2017) HEAVY HAWK PREDATION
2018 20 pair 76 fledged
2017 19 pair 82 fledged
2016 13 pair 48 fledged
2015 3 pair 13 fledged
2014 1 pair 4 fledged
2013 2 pair 6 fledged
2012 0 pair
2011 0 pair
I don’t have the perfect site. One open flyway with trees within 80 ft. I do have a small pond they utilize during the heat of Summer. (2017) HEAVY HAWK PREDATION
Since I live so close to Bulldog, I know the little red bugs he is refereing too. They're not red bugs. I see them all the time in different places. They're very small, about half the size of the head of a pen, and they are kinda round like a tick. I've never known one to bite (not saying they can't!) 
Tony
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I have had these Bugs for the past 2 years, never seen them before. Last year they were in Gourds and on the Rack. I went to Tractor Supply and bought an all Natural Bug Deterrent spray. Sprayed all Gourds and Rack. This did the job. I didn't have to use very much. Both times I had them it was very humid then.They showed up just 2 days after the Nest Check. I don't know what kind of Bug they were, but from this Post I feel they are the same.
Dave
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