The Boxelder tree is a member of the Maple family so any maple can
serve as food for these guys....

They're as bad as ladybugs at this time of year.

I also get inundated with Western Conifer Seed bugs here in N.
Illinois. I call them the evil threesome, ladybugs, boxelder bugs, and
WCSB. Between the three of them, life is pretty bad at my house...

dickm



.. On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:40:19 GMT, "JJ" wrote:

Thanks Doug,

First trip to the plate and I think you hit a homerun!
Trouble is we don't have any box elders and have never had this problem
before this fall. I'm a little stumped??

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
m...
In article , "JJ"
wrote:
Help! First it was the invasion of the Asian Beetles that look like
ladybugs, now we're being overwhelmed with a new bug and I could use some
help identifying it.

It is black, has 6 legs and is a half-inch long. Body width of
quarter-inch.

It has two antennae, which are almost as long as its body.

It can fly, but it mostly walks on the windows in sunny locations.

When the wings open, they are bright orange, almost the same color as
ladybugs. When they are closed, they form a /\ on the top of the bug
body.
It's like an orange detail stripe.

Sounds like boxelder beetles. Do they look like this?
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05522.html

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.