A: Small, tiny brown bugs in the house may seem harmless because ... shiny bodies that are red to dark brown or black. Their legs and long, segmented antennae are amber or yellow in color.

That bright red comes from something else called carmine ... you have to farm these little bugs, and collect billions of pounds of them, and dry all them and all that, so I think that just ...

Clover mites appear to be tiny black bugs that look like poppy seeds, but they’re actually red. They are impressive little bugs whose females can produce up to 70 eggs at a time, all without a male.

An curved arrow pointing right. Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

But bed bugs are both tiny and incredibly skilled at hiding ... so the first sign of infestation is rarely an actual bug. Small red or brown spots as well as clusters of dark specks are common ...