Alias: Box elder bug. As things begin to warm up in eastern Idaho you may begin to see bright read bugs crawling around south faces of your property. These are the nymph phase of the box elder bug, ...

Alias: Elm seed bug. These bugs are often mistakenly called boxelder bugs or occasionally kissing bugs. While kissing bugs can be a serious nuisance, elm seed bugs are quite tame in comparison. They ...

Before there were stinkbugs to disturb our domestic bliss, we had the box elder bug (Boisea trivittata). The box elder bug is a native species, unlike the brown marmorated stink bug, which emigrated ...