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Boxelder bugs in Ottawa, taken late last month.

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Oct 07, 2017 at 11:11 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Boxelder bugs

Nicely done.

Birdie

Oct 07, 2017 at 11:23 PM

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Beautiful work Archibald!! just 10 star macrophotography!

Oct 08, 2017 at 12:17 AM

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Wonderful series of shots
Brian V.

Oct 08, 2017 at 01:19 AM

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Very well done Ed ~ Ron

Oct 08, 2017 at 08:04 AM

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birdied wrote:
Nicely done.

Birdie

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MedicineMan404 wrote:
Beautiful work Archibald!! just 10 star macrophotography!

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LordV wrote:
Wonderful series of shots
Brian V.

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surfnron wrote:
Very well done Ed ~ Ron

Thanks for the comments!

Oct 08, 2017 at 12:24 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Boxelder bugs

Excellent set

Morris

Oct 08, 2017 at 02:15 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Boxelder bugs

Nice shots Archi...

Oct 08, 2017 at 09:22 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Boxelder bugs

Archibald,

An excellent set.

The species is easily recognisable as one of the Scentless Plant Bugs, Rhopalidae.

Harold

Oct 09, 2017 at 06:54 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Boxelder bugs

Ed, nice comp..back it the 60's the fence in our backyard was solid oak post and pickets and every year these bugs would be all over our fence. Hundreds of them. I was probably 7 -8 years old I would shoot them off the fence with my BB gun . After I ran out of BB's I discovered I could take the pellet shaped rabbit food and stick it in the muzzle end if the barrel then use a small rod to set it cock the gun and keep on shooting those things. It probably wasn't the nicest thing to do, but it kept me entertained.

Oct 09, 2017 at 09:30 AM

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e6filmuser wrote:
Archibald,

An excellent set.

The species is easily recognisable as one of the Scentless Plant Bugs, Rhopalidae.

Harold

Yes, probably Boisea trivittata.

Oct 09, 2017 at 09:49 AM

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Tom Hicks wrote:
Ed, nice comp..back it the 60's the fence in our backyard was solid oak post and pickets and every year these bugs would be all over our fence. Hundreds of them. I was probably 7 -8 years old I would shoot them off the fence with my BB gun . After I ran out of BB's I discovered I could take the pellet shaped rabbit food and stick it in the muzzle end if the barrel then use a small rod to set it cock the gun and keep on shooting those things. It probably wasn't the nicest thing...Show more →

That is one way to control them.

The do form large groups. These were from a big colony on a box elder. Pics of single individuals looked better IMO.

Oct 09, 2017 at 09:51 AM

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Archibald wrote:
Yes, probably Boisea trivittata.

Yes. I thought you probably knew that.

Harold

Oct 09, 2017 at 10:02 AM

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Archibald wrote:
That is one way to control them.

The do form large groups. These were from a big colony on a box elder. Pics of single individuals looked better IMO.

Most all the trees in the neighborhood where we were , were hackberry trees . there was one in the back yard that was half dead.

Oct 09, 2017 at 10:05 AM

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Nice work Ed !

Andy

PS - so glad to see Ed at the end of your post so I don't have to type Archibald every time from now on !!!

Oct 17, 2017 at 07:39 PM


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