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gamck54 Toronto, Canada Mar 20, 2016

There are many of these red insects(?) on my hibiscus, which I am overwintering indoors.
Is it feeding off the plant?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 20, 2016

These look suspiciously like nymphs of the hollyhock/hibiscus thrips, Liothrips (also known as Pseudophilothrips) varicornis - see http://citybugs.tamu.edu/files/2014/08/IMG_8334_sm.jpg for an image and http://www.hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com/care/thrips.htm for some control suggestions.

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gamck54 Toronto, Canada Mar 23, 2016

Thank you!
That's them!

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