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jmorth said:Appears similar to the Box Elder Bug, their population can be massive suddenly and then, just as suddenly disappear. They can't bite and aren't a problem other than the fact that swarms of brightly colored insects kind of mar the serenity of fine garden views.

I remember a tree in the neighborhood where I grew up that was always covered with box elder bugs in the summer (I think it's the female trees that attract them?) -- ugh!! Bugs don't normally bother me, but when present in such mass quantities they're pretty gross, IMO.