Identification
for Boxelder Bug
A grown boxelder bug runs roughly half an inch and is mostly dark, dressed up with a trio of red-to-orange lines across the shield behind its head, matching slashes on each wing, and a thin red border down the sides. Source: https://extension.colostate.edu/resource/boxelder-bugs/ When the bug folds its wings down they cross over the back, leaving a neat X marked on top. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/nuisance-insects/boxelder-bugs The young are tinier, lack wings, and start out vivid red with darker fronts, picking up black as they age; the eggs are red as well. Source: https://extension.unh.edu/resource/boxelder-bug-fact-sheet