Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Do I have termites?, 1 by katie59

katie59 wrote:
Live in Woodinville, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range just east of Seattle. Tonight a noticed a spot in the yard with a couple hundred red-winged, red-bodied "guys" climbing around in the grass. I don't know much about bugs, but they looked like they had just emerged and were getting ready to take flight. I didn't see pairs at all, so I'm guessing that there was no mating going on.

The bugs were about 1/2" long. The spot on the lawn was about 10 feet from the house. I've never seen these before, so I'm hoping that they aren't anything that has invaded the house.

Do these sound familiar to any of you experts out there?

I tried to take a picture, but just have a little basci digital, so I'm afraid that this was beyond its (my) photographic capability. Just the same, I'll include it.

Thanks,

Kathy