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Tiny ant bugs Box Elder Bug - Boisea rubrolineata
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Tiny ant bugs Box Elder Bug - Boisea rubrolineata
Carver, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
April 7, 2022
The Box Elder Bug was minding its own business on the manzanita #2 flower but the ant kept trying to climb up or otherwise irritate its leg. Each time the Box Elder Bug would flick its leg as though irritated but the ant was undeterred. After a few flicks the Box Elder Bug simply retreated (2nd image).

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Contributed by Bob OBrien on 10 April, 2022 - 7:03pm
Last updated 11 April, 2022 - 11:07pm

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