nope baby lady bugs dont look like bugs at all their eggs are shaped like little footballs orange in color and they hatch out ugly purple-ish gray and white nymphs. here is an example: http://willowridge.shs.k12.ny.us/WR_Teacher_Pages/sarnackij/01B9F505-00758307.1/life%20cycle%20ladybug.jpg
tiny red bugs by: marine pat
the baby box elder id makes sense. both are all over my newly planted garden. lady bugs?? i'm on it!!
Tiny bugs on my butterfly bush by: Sylvia
These look like the bugs I found on my butterfly bush. They were clustered around what used to be a bloom. I have two butterfly bushes and I noticed one wasn't blooming. Then I found these little red bugs.
scentless plant bug by: Moni
Anonymous w/ texas laurals
The tiny red bugs you have may be aphids if there is a sticky substance. Send in a clear photo please.
Tiny red bugs by: Anonymous
I think these are the same bugs that are ALL over my texas mountain laurel. There is also a sticky residue and they seem to be eating the blooms.
They are box elder bugs by: Anonymous
These are box elder bugs. They start eating box elder and maple seed pods, then move on to Sedum and astilbe. They come and destroy lots of perennials in my garden each year after multiplying like crazy when eating the silver maple seed pods. The only think I have found that gets them back in control is releasing lots of lady bugs in the yard. I believe the lady bug larvae will eat the box elder nymphs.
Thanks Moni by: Carol
You are amazing! Can't imagine how you do it. Thanks again!
Scentless plant bug nymphs by: Moni
Carol
The photo is not very clear, however they are not baby lady beetles. Lady beetle larva are spiky - see this photo and comments about the lady beetle larva - http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/black-and-orange-spiky-bug-lady-beetle-larva-comments.html
Because the insects are clustered and are not on milkweed, then they are probably one of the scentless plant bug nymphs or a leaffooted bug (coreidae) nymph of some sort.
They kind of look like boxelder bug nymphs except they only eat boxelder trees and related maple trees.
If you find an adult insect, we would be able to identify it, but so many of the nymphs(young) true bugs look similar.
