Ladybird (bug) Beetle?

Posted on October 19, 2015 by | 2 Comments

 

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Behaving much like ladybugs exiting the ground around the post that holds our rain gauge at the corrals in Greasy last Saturday, I am assuming they are one of 5,000 species of Ladybird Beetles I wasn’t able to identify. No macro, using the point and shoot, click to enlarge the unusual patterns.

 

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On Horehound, October 17, 2015

 

Feedback from Facebook identifies these as Box Elder bugs.

 

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2 responses to “Ladybird (bug) Beetle?”

  1. Richard's avatar Richard | October 19, 2015 at 10:41 am | Reply

    Those are Milkweed bugs, Oncopeltus fasciatus. Not a good thing in my book

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  2. Peter Notehelfer's avatar Peter Notehelfer | October 19, 2015 at 3:13 pm | Reply

    They are beautiful up close – remind me of native american woven blankets . . .

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