Black bug with hard shell curls upBlack bug with hard shell curls up. . Need to identify the following bug: 1" long, many legs, hard . . . . . . . . . The water bugs then slurp up their meal. . . . . . Leaves will often turn yellow or brown, curl up, and . I have black bugs with red markings crawling all . It is a small black bug (about 5mm long) with orange . . . Many are striped black and orange as described . by night and hide during the day; curl up . by predators, the sowbug curls up into... more