western boxelder bug

Boisea rubrolineata

Ecology 5

Hosts: Acer grandifolium (Bigleaf Maple), Acer negundo (Box Elder or Maple Ash), Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple, River Maple, or Soft Maple, Koelreuteria paniculata (Goldenrain Tree), and Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Western Soapberry)

Distribution 6

Western United States and Southwest Canada

Description 7

Identical to B. trivittata except the veins of the corium are prominent and red in color.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by dloarie, http://www.flickr.com/photos/57556735@N08/6824296896
  2. (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by dloarie, http://www.flickr.com/photos/57556735@N08/6970424867
  3. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/3935398044
  4. (c) Ken Schneider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ken Schneider, http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonotrichia/4569576834/
  5. (c) Scott Carroll/soapberrybug.org, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/11987637
  6. (c) Scott Carroll/soapberrybug.org, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/11987636
  7. (c) Scott Carroll/soapberrybug.org, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/11987635

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