red insects on tire covers? June 18, 2009, 02:33:11 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103408Hi Folks What are those red insects crawling on my white covers for the tires? More importantly, how do I get rid of them? I want to store them in the house while I'm traveling but don't want those critters inside! thanks, Pat
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #1 – June 18, 2009, 04:48:00 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103410Where are you...are you in red ant territory?TinaP 2006 MB "Wild Thing" No Red Ants in Maine
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #2 – June 18, 2009, 04:54:23 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103411Meant to also refer to them as "fire ants"...they're very very small and have a terrible terrible bite on humans and pets.TinaP
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #3 – June 18, 2009, 06:01:29 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103412I'm
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #4 – June 18, 2009, 06:03:01 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103413..not fire ants & don't seem to bite just numerous & a nuisance!
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #5 – June 18, 2009, 06:17:46 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103414Do they have wings? Do they fly? They sound suspiciously like what we had in our front yard last year and if they are the same, you do not want them in your house! I believe they were box elder bugs and the garden center told us they could be very destructive if they ever got into the house......just a thought, LouAnne in CAIn a message dated 6/18/2009 3:03:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, writes:not fire ants & don't seem to bite just numerous & a nuisance! _http://www.flickr.com/photos/92367173@N00/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92367173@N00/) (2005 to present pictures) _http://gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com/index.html_ (http://gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com/index.html) _http://community.webshots.com/user/lasassone_ (http://community.webshots.com/user/lasassone) (pre-Oct.2005 pictures) _http://lulusgirl.blogspot.com/index.html_ (http://lulusgirl.blogspot.com/index.html) (my recipe blog!)[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: red insects on tire covers? Reply #6 – June 18, 2009, 06:37:04 pm Yahoo Message Number: 103415"They are VERY tiny...just pinpoints." You're describing mites, a tiny critter in the spider family. There are lots of different kinds, from harmless velvet and clover mites to biting chiggers that can transmit diseases and make life pretty darn uncomfortable even if they don't. If they're congregating on a white surface, I'll hazard a guess that they may be chiggers, since biting insects are typically attracted to white surfaces. In any case, the last thing you want to do is take a chance on letting them infest your rig. Throw some mothballs into a plastic garbage bag, then seal up the tire covers in the bag and keep them there for a week--that oughta kill the little buggers.Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
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