Red-shouldered Bug

Jadera haematoloma

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Rhopalidae

Jadera haematoloma, the red-shouldered bug, goldenrain-tree bug or soapberry bug is a species of true bug that lives throughout the United States and south to northern South America. It feeds on seeds within the soapberry plant family, Sapindaceae, and is known to rapidly adapt to feeding on particular hosts. The species is often confused with boxelder bugs and lovebugs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 8,343Mexico · 246Canada · 1Cuba · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman · CC-BY-SA DescriptionJadera haematoloma, Wikipedia contributors

Red-shouldered Bug

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