Elder bugs sighting

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I had to look them up wasn’t sure what they were. Possibly elder bugs. How did they swarm so big?

 

[SpookySpooder]

That's pretty cool

 

[Kada]

If you like them, talk to farmers

 

[catboyeuthanasia]

I think these are large milkweed bugs. That looks like milkweed they are feeding on. Judging by the time of year, these are probably fueling up to migrate!

Large milkweed bug - Wikipedia

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If you like them, talk to farmers

Also, they don't fill me with the seething rage I feel when I see one of those smelly lumps of refuse called elderbugs...

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I think these are large milkweed bugs. That looks like milkweed they are feeding on.

Large milkweed bug - Wikipedia

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Also, they don't fill me with the seething rage I feel when I see one of those smelly lumps of refuse called elderbugs...

Your correct I think , they are very similar according to this picture in wiki.

Boxelder bug - Wikipedia

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Plus another pic of them .

 

[catboyeuthanasia]

Pretty! The colour is kinda similar to a monarch butterfly. I wonder if that's Müllerian mimicry to signal that they are distasteful due to them both having milkweed toxins?

 

[Kada]

look like Serinethinae. I think in english the common name is soapberry bugs. They are a common "pest" species, they suck juices from stems leaves, seeds etc.

They are pretty though! We have a species than infests trees here that when you shake the branch 10s of thousands drop and fly around. a pretty surreal game to play Lot of research on them, can check you country's AG ministries (eg. USDA) to learn quite a lot about them. They evolve quite fast, at least in terms if host plant adaptation. kinda cool. depending who you ask lol.

 

[Mustafa67]

Your correct I think , they are very similar according to this picture in wiki.

Boxelder bug - Wikipedia

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Plus another pic of them . View attachment 458413

There are LOADS of them