What were the red bugs after the rain in early June?
These were velvet mites, or rain bugs. They eat termites, too. Termites swarm after a rain, and the females dig into the soil, but the males just die so the rain bugs get stuffed. • Where do all the frogs stay that showed up in the little low area near our house after the June rain? Those are not frogs, but toads, and they stay about 2 feet under the ground. The vibrations of thuder awaken them. They mate, eat their weight in termites, and then go back underground to aestivate (suspended animation) and can live at least two years before another rain. • Where do all the little brown moths come from that show up in June? Most of the “millers” (brown moths) larvae feed on native bunch grass. After a good rain, they emerge from their cocoons as adult moths, mate, and lay their eggs on the new green growth of the grass. • There were hundreds of flying ants in my yard this morning, but they were gone by noon what was going on? Like the termites, ants are stimulated by rain to mate. Only afte
