I have bugs in my room that are reddish-brown in color, small, and with a hard shell?

Question

They look like little miniature beetles because of their shape and hard outer shell, but I'm not sure. They're bigger than fleas and I don't think they're mites. I think something's hatched close to my window and they're crawling in through the window. I know they're attracted to light, since they gather on my lampshade during the night. There aren't really any in the bed and so far there aren't too many (enought to be worried about), but I think I should get rid of them now. Does anyone have any idea what they might be? (Also, I don't think they bite, since I've found one or two on me and they didn't leave marks.

Answer 1

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/dom...

Does this help?

Answer 2

who cares what kind of bugs they are...pesticides...do it before you get an infestation and they eat you.

Answer 3

June bugs. They are nasty creatures but they won't hurt anything.

Brush them off the side of the house, and keep your window closed with and a dark curtain over it so they are not attracted to the light in your room.

Answer 4

Maybe baby lady bugs????

Answer 5

maybe you can catch a few and bring them to a pest control extertiminating place and they can tell you

dust mites or bed bugs perhaps?

Answer 6

Here in the high desert of Arizona, we get what sounds like your bugs.  When I called our county health dept. about them they said  "Welcome to Arizona"....They look like a small beetle, are driven by heat and light, their nests are in the ground under the scrub brush and weeds.   Weed control does help somewhat but not entirely.  They hide under everything by day.

A little late in appearing this year, they come out around sunset, in force, (a few at the beginning of their season then millions) starting around early June and finally gradually go away when the monsoon rains start.

You'll know for sure if we're talking of the same bug when you pinch one between your fingers, you'll get a strong pine odor, similar to the sap from the Juniper trees that are prolific around here.  

We "steer" them to one spot in the house  with a lamp and simply vacuum them off the ceiling before we go to bed.  They seem to be harmless, but they are really pesky.  When they get really bad, we even tape the bottoms of our outside doors and any screen frames that have any gaps.

Raid on the door and window sills works, but I don't really like using pesticides.

Hope this helps!  Good luck!  

We've (us and the neighbors) have spent a few years trying to find the best way to avoid "our little friends" visits each summer.  We've been able to cut them down to about 50 or less per night instead of 1,000+ per night in the house.

Would also love to hear of any other ideas!