I mean what the heck is this mess. Found them on my blackberry bush. Just one leaf and one group of creepy crawlers.
Neem oil, leafcutter ants. Well nevermind, ^^^^ looks a whole lot more like em.
I just googled your image and that came up. I have no clue.
Bugs can look so similar.
dang ants, i have them building ant mounds all over my yard. get rid of one, they just move to another place lol
This is one of the things I found. I also found a statement that they are eating the “trichomes” off the plants. It freaked me out.
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If it moves and eats, time to get the Dead Bug Spray, protect your outdoor plants.
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They are eight red assassin nymphs or leaf footed bug nymphs. I’m leaning toward the Eastern leaf footed bug nymphs. I cut the branch off, put it into a plastic bag, sprayed with Neem, placed in another plastic bag and into the trash.
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well we can’t have that can we…nuke em! BAM!
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Ok – they may be leaf footed bugs – of the dang stink bug family. Argh. But if they’re assassins, then they eat all kinds of other garden bugs. Oh, what to do, what to do. 
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Bright lights, dark smokey room, waterboarding, interrogation.
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Safe bet is to remove them.
Place them out away from your garden.
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