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The '''boxelder bug''' ('''''Boisea trivittata'''''), also called '''box bug''', '''maple bug''' or, inaccurately, '''box beetle''', is a North American species of [[Hemiptera|true bug]]. It is found primarily on [[boxelder]] trees, as well as [[maple]] and [[ash tree|ash]] trees.<ref name="U of M">[http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/boxelder-bugs/ Boxelder Bugs] University of Minnesota Extension</ref> The adults are about {{convert|13|mm|in}} long with a dark brown or black coloration, relieved by red wing veins and markings on the abdomen; [[Nymph (biology)|nymphs]] are bright red.<ref>Göllner-Scheiding, U. (1983): General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37–189.
==Etymology==
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