Anybody know what an alley bug is? now updated with pics

[Kali]

Last edited Sat May 23, 2020, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

What other common names? Or even better, genus species? Pix later on desk top. No clue how to do on phone. Being swarmed. Haven't seen them since I was a kid in the city - hence the alley bug name.

Oh, they are true bugs, less than 1/2 inch long, mostly black with some orange markings - you know, like a ton of other true bugs

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Dumpster divers?

[Sneederbunk]

2. Something to do with bowling?

[happybird]

3. Love bugs?

They look kinda like lightning bugs and used to swarm my front stoop.

[Kali]

4. Lightening bugs/fireflies are beetles

But these are definitely swarming my front porch. In daylight.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Sounds like boxelder bugs.

This?

[sl8]

6. You beat me by 10 seconds.:) n/t

[Kali]

7. very much like them, but I don't think we even have those out here

and don't they tend to swarm in the fall?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Maybe these, the black and red seed bug?

They look a lot like boxelder bugs but they are native to the deserts of western North America, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melacoryphus_lateralis

[Kali]

11. that is a pretty damn close match

only it isn't late summer. but the appearance is a match to my eye, especially the white margin at "tail"

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Milkweed leaf beetle ? or Large milkweed bug ?

http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2014/10/13/bugs-in-orange-and-black-i-milkweed-leaf-beetle-ilabidomera-clivicollisi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_milkweed_bug

[Kali]

13. def not the beetle

milkweed bug is closer but think it is most likely the one Velveteen found

[Donkees]

10. Melacoryphus lateralis

[Kali]

12. this is probably it

see my edit and Veveteen's reply above

[Fla Dem]

14. Love bugs were swarming in my neck of the woods last week.