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ground bug ( beetle??)) - Boisea rubrolineata
Copyright © 2008 johnberggren

ground bug ( beetle??)) - Boisea rubrolineata
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
July 19, 2008
Size: less than 1/2 inch....
some variety ofshapes ....all I saw had short wings..and a star shaped pattern on the mid segment
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Contributed by johnberggren on 19 July, 2008 - 11:30pm
Last updated 22 July, 2008 - 10:32am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

box elder
looks like you nailed it in one .... nymph state ... so not quite what one sees in a lot of pictures
… johnberggren, 20 July, 2008 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

Not an expert...
Please see Western Boxelder Bug (Boisea rubrolineata)



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… Ron M., 19 July, 2008 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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