ExiledInIllinois Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 My first thought was to say box elder bug with how you explained it... The picture doesn't really look like them though. Anyway... Let me get on with my box elder bug speel! Do you have any box elder trees (mainly the female or "helicopter" bearing trees) around you? They seem to hoard on them and then the female box elder bug will over-winter in house till spring... They are affected by the heat and sun and will generally follow the "sunny side." Oh... The box elder is a maple tree WITHOUT the classic maple leaf shape... It has an ASH shaped leaf... Grows really fast (most farmers used them for quick wind breaks... Epsecially in the Mid-West) in ANY kind of soil... Oh, and this little tidbit, I heard that it will not bonsai (one of the few plants).
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Oh, these are what the box elder bugs look like: Box Elder Bug Oh... The link is from Minny.
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