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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Boisea » Western Boxelder Bug (Boisea rubrolineata)

Species Boisea rubrolineata - Western Boxelder Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Western Boxelder Bug (Leptocoris rubrolineatus) - Boisea rubrolineata UnBug - Boisea rubrolineata Western Box Elder Bug - Mating Pair - Boisea rubrolineata - male - female Western Boxelder Bug - Boisea rubrolineata Western Boxelder Bug (Boisea rubrolineata) - Boisea rubrolineata Some kind of Stinkbug? - Boisea rubrolineata Look like Box Elder Bugs - Boisea rubrolineata Mirids? - Boisea rubrolineata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Genus Boisea
Species rubrolineata (Western Boxelder Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
listed as Leptocoris rubrolineatus on many websites and also as B. rubrolineatus
Food
Feed on Boxelder (Acer negundo), other maples (Acer spp.), and ash (Fraxinus spp.). Adults may sometimes also feed on fruit.
Life Cycle
As true bugs they have incomplete metamorphosis - egg hatches to nymph which goes through several molts to become a reproductive adult.
Remarks
Particularly noticeable in fall when they may invade homes in search of a safe place for winter hibernation, and in spring when they emerge again.
See Also
Eastern Boxelder Bug, Boisea trivittatus.
Internet References
UC Davis fact sheet
Bug Bios
Natural History of Orange County
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 24 April, 2005 - 7:45am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 27 October, 2006 - 1:55pm

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