Have you ever wondered what those little tiny red bugs are that are usually found on concrete surfaces.
Tiny bugs on concrete wall.
Clover mites generally feed on grass weeds and other vegetation.
They are under 1 mm even with a magnifying glass you can t really make out details but you can see these tiny black spots marching.
Bugholes are found more frequently in the upper portion of the concrete structure or at angled form surfaces as a result of additive accumulation from escaping air voids along the height of the structure.
These surface voids are primarily an aesthetic problem for exposed structural concrete.
They don t seem to fly.
I detected some tiny insects wandering over my concrete.
They are covering the concrete walls and rocks outside but not really near the pla.
They do not jump and their speed is about 1cm sec or so.
What do clover mites eat.
The small gray bugs you find on concrete may belong to any of several species of insects.
They are tiny black gnat like bugs but they crawl fast especially in the sunlight they actually act like ants.
I noticed them at a rate of maybe 10 or so per square meter.
Well these bugs are called mites more specifically clover mites.
Mites on concrete female spider mites begin to produce eggs after mating and can have as many as 300 over a fortnight.
There is a garden on one side of the patio in case that matters.
Clover mites lay less producing only about 70 eggs but these pests are parthenogenetic meaning that eggs do not need to be fertilized.