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Identify this bug? Infestation. Help!

leesiulung Oct 04, 2010 02:22 PM

I have an infestation in my home of these and they all appear dead. I cleaned up the house and find no bugs. During the day, I see no bugs and I wake up the next morning and they appear in the house all dead all over the place. I have never seen one of these guys alive.

So the question is, what are these?

This is really irking me out... considering moving out of my apartment since I just moved in. Some help would be very much appreciated so I can at least researched it on my own.

If it helps, I just moved to San Diego,CA.
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Replies (3)

gerryg Oct 04, 2010 04:49 PM

Lawn Shrimp/House Hoppers... here's a couple of links to get you started.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in377

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/01/bug-of-the-month-may-2009-lawn-shrimp/

Gerry

Buglady Oct 18, 2010 05:00 PM

Hi. In case you're still wondering, you have what are commonly called "house hoppers" or "lawn shrimp". They are amphipods, terrestrial crustaceans. They normally live in moist soil under ivy or leaf litter, and sometimes water in the form of heavy rains or even over-watering will drive them out, where they end up stranding themselves where it's too dry, like inside a house.

New weather stripping under your door should help.
Lawn Shrimp on What's That Bug.com

Buglady Oct 18, 2010 05:35 PM

Woops! Didn't see someone already answered this :P

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