Boisea trivittata
Box Elder (Bug and Tree) I went to Box Elder High School. :-)
insect or a bug k
The box elder tree is not named after the box elder bug. The trees in question (Acer negundo) receive their name from the similarity of their white wood to that of a boxwood and of their pinnately compound foliage to that of an elder. The name-saking serves the other way around, with the insects in question (Boisea trivittata) being linked with their favorite food source.
the box ellders size is 1.2 inches
The adults are about 12½ mm (½ in) long.
The scientific name of a wheel bug is Arilus cristatus.
The Boxelder bug is of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera Order. Class-Insecta. Family-Rhopalidae.
Plant body parts are the prey of the box elder bug (Boisea trivittata).Specifically, box elder bugs have piercing-sucking mouthparts. This kind of mouth enables the box elder bug to feed on soft plant tissue such as flowers and leaves. They also can feed on twigs if the latter are young. Additionally, they prefer these plant body parts to be on ash, boxelder (Acer negundo) and maple (Acer spp) trees.
The scientific name for an assassin bug is Reduviidae.
The scientific name for the kissing bug is Triatoma.
The scientific name for a leaf bug is Phyllium.
We call them box elder bugs I am not sure if that is the real name or not. They like to stay around were there is a box elder tree.