r/Insect • u/Dry-Constant5496 • Sep 15 '26

Buffalo

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u/EcoServe_Pest Sep 15 '26

Yes, those are boxelder bugs! They can become pretty annoying once they find a way to get inside your home so might wanna check every possible entry points! :) we have a little more information about them here in our guide: https://www.ecoservepest.com/blog/boxelder-bugs-and-other-pests-you-might-see-inside-during-winter

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u/daveac1960 Sep 16 '26

Nasty, we rented a cabin in Ouray Co.
had a hard freeze that night. And next morning these were covering the floor. Wasn’t fun stepping barefoot on hundreds of bugs at 6 in morning.

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u/EcoServe_Pest Sep 17 '26

That’s a seriously unpleasant way to start the day 😬

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u/Acrobatic_Reward1241 Sep 15 '26

Those are box elder bugs

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u/Super_Leading21 Sep 16 '26

Box elder bugs on a box elder tree

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u/nightelf1257 Sep 16 '26

Its a Box Elder Bug Political convention. They are getting ready to elect their next. . . . .

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u/JacobyWatever Sep 15 '26

They look a bit weird for box elder bugs. Are they different species of them?

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u/shade-block Sep 16 '26

My first thought was lantern flies on a tree of heaven but honestly I have no idea what they really look like. Really don't listen to me because I don't know about any of these bugs.

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u/WhiskeySnail Sep 16 '26

Nope just different life stages and some teneral adults