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Soapberry bug

Jadera haematoloma

Description:

half inch

Habitat:

Leaf litter and the like

Notes:

often mistaken for box elder bug

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2 Comments

lynne.warren
lynne.warren 12 years ago

happy to help!

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Quite the education this morning with lynne.warren's guidance. The visual difference between this soapberry bug and the box elder bug (for which I mistook it) is the box elder's wings and thorax are trimmed in orange.
Project Noah and its participants are the best!

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Florida, USA

Spotted on Apr 2, 2011
Submitted on Apr 2, 2011

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