Boxelder Bugs
A major pest of boxelder trees, also entering structures to overwinter.
- Common Name: Boxelder Bug
- Scentific Name: Boisea trivittata (Say)
- Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Heteroptera/Rhopalidae
- Metamorphosis: Simple
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Size
Adults about 1/2" long.
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Color
Black with reddish lines.
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Biology
Lay clusters of straw-yellow eggs on stones, leaves, etc.
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Habit
Emerge from hibernation when the boxelder buds open.
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties