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Boisea
Copyright © 2015 Even Dankowicz

Boisea
Taos County, New Mexico, USA
June 10, 2015
Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 17 August, 2015 - 9:07pm

Western Boxelder Bug…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 17 August, 2015 - 9:20pm

 
Why is this western but that eastern?
… Even Dankowicz, 17 August, 2015 - 9:21pm

 
Differences...
The bugs are virtually identical except that the western species has prominent red veins on the corium.
… Ross Hill, 18 August, 2015 - 11:28am

 
?
I see the same corial veins in both images
… Even Dankowicz, 18 August, 2015 - 11:58am

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