Identification
Elongated, covered with flattened hairs. Sharp spine extends from each rear corner of pronotum.
Range
Eastern United States and southern Ontario, west to Colorado.
More common in Southeast
(1).
Food
nymphs and adults feed on spurge (Euphorbia spp.)
Print References
Ruckes, Herbert. 1955. The Genus Chariesterus de Laporte (Heteroptera, Coreidae). American Museum Novitates. 1721: pp. 1-16. 20 figs.
[above reference available in PDF format in Internet References link below]
Slater, p. 57, fig. 87
(1)
Salsbury, p. 99--photo
(2)Internet References
The Genus Chariesterus; PDF doc with descriptions, illustrations, and key to all species of
Chariesterus (Herbert Ruckes, courtesy American Museum of Natural History)
Bugs (Hemiptera) of Ojibway live images of nymph and adult, plus common name reference and foodplant (ojibway.ca, Windsor, Ontario)
