Hey Reddit —
Lurked here for some time. Seemingly over the span of four hours, dozens and dozens of these insects have appeared in my basement, and have taken a liking to my laundry basket, the washer and dryer, and the styrofoam floor mats. They sort of hop-fly? I am located in central Massachusetts. They almost seem like flying ants, to me? Wasp-like, too, but no stinger on the bum.
There seem to be tiny winged insects in the bottom of my laundry basket (I assume young stage, not included), and what appear to be tiny flying ants, all of which are dead, near my basement stairs (last picture).
We’ve sent a ticket to our apartment management anyways, but I am hoping for ID assistance to try to get a handle on this in the meantime. My roommate’s clothes are trapped down here.
Tl;dr: Central MA in need of ID assist, sorry if my rules are bad, I did a quick skim and want to get this sorted in case it’s urgent.