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Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata
Copyright © 2006 John R. Maxwell

Eastern Boxelder Bug - Boisea trivittata
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 3, 2006
Size: Maybe around 1.2 cm?
Saw this with a bunch of Eastern Boxelder Bugs (Boisea trivittata). I always thought it was some other species. Then I saw this image and it made me wonder, teneral maybe? The back end seems extended?
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 14 November, 2007 - 10:39pm
Last updated 15 November, 2007 - 1:49pm

Yes, it looks like a freshly molted one
perhaps also yet to fully expand its wings, hence the back end looking a bit odd.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 15 November, 2007 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Frass?
I'm moving this to the guide as an example of a top view of a freshly molted specimen, but I will happily Frass if that is better. Not that good an image, but it might help ID?
… John R. Maxwell, 15 November, 2007 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
worth keeping for the time being.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 15 November, 2007 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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