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Ok, never had that happen before. Picture but text totally disappeared??? Trying again.

Hope everyone is safe and sound after Isaac.

Not a drop of rain here and temps back up to 100 today. Earlier in the week it had dropped down into the mid 90s so the tomatoes and peppers were happy. I just got in from loading and dumping 6 wheel barrows of dirt and weeds into the slobber buckets' holes so this evening, if it cools off, I can get back to getting the fall garden in. It was supposed to be all done by today but that ain't hap'nin'. The new beets and beans are popping up but the cole veggies haven't yet. Still need to put some more beans on another fence, put a little chicken wire for some peas and plant some mustard, spinach, kale and kohl rabi. I had an excuse for not getting it done - we went to the 2016 Obama movie yesterday.

Ok, so there are a ton of little orange and black bugs about a 1/4 inch long in the garden. The closest picture I could find online is (below) an asparagus beetle. But mine aren't beetles. They almost have fuzz rather than a hard shell and are easy to smoosh. Their markings are close to this picture and I don't seen them in the asaparagus. What do I have and should I be concerned?

You will have to wait for one of our more seasoned gardeners, I do not have a clue what these are, but I’ll betcha you should be concerned.

I just pick off bugs and squash or spray plants with hot pepper, onion, garlic, soap, oil water mixture.

It’s probably a carpet beetle — the fuzziness gave it away.
They are found in gardens and in houses.

http://buginfo.com/article.cfm?id=42

SNIPPET: “The beetles we more commonly think of when we speak of “carpet” beetles are some very small ones, most with sort of a checkerboard pattern of black, white, and orange colors on its back. This is the adult stage, and in a sense this is not the stage that you need to worry about, because the adults do not feed on wool fabrics. Instead, they feed on pollen and other plant tissues outside in the garden. However, since little carpet beetles only come from bigger carpet beetles, then the adult beetles are unwelcome in the home too.”

More photos and info here:
http://www.livingwithbugs.com/carpet_beetle.html