Attracted to light, hundred+ in house.Not bedbug (I think)..

Hello all,

I am scratching my head here, at first I thought these were bed bugs but I don't think they are. I have no idea what they could be. I do know that they are easily squished, are attracted to light (I place a small lamp on the floor and shine it close to the floor so that the floor has one small bright spot) they will follow that light where ever I move it. Also they sensitive to L-acid, and die fairly quickly.

They have some kind of pattern on the back, hope the pictures I took are enough to figure it out. Today I also found some outside on our white door when the sun was shining directly on it. However within the last few days I must have found at least a 100, probably more....


Please help and thank you!

Gratefully,
AMDG

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To see some other pictures and in better res. please click here: https://plus.google.com/photos/105967778711075459073/albums/6007855930319842465?authkey=CP7Gl7aKmOOBJQ


EDIT: One last thing I forgot to mention. I live in Arizona, desert around me (although my house does have a lawn).

This message was edited Apr 29, 2014 4:46 PM

Minot, ND

Most of these appear to be bugs in the superfamily Lygaeoidea; the one oddball might be a bristletail (silverfish and allies)...

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