whitecrossed seed bug

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5699  Large quantities of these bugs found in planter boxes Comox Valley, Vancouver Island   Jo

This appears to be a whitecrossed seed bug, Neacoryphus bicrucis (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Lydaeidae); see http://tinyurl.com/3g4z8yd for an image and more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.

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