Subject: bugs on house siding
Geographic location of the bug: agawam, ma
Date: 11/05/2017
Time: 02:43 PM EDT
tons of these bugs on outside of house. never had them before
How you want your letter signed: Don Williams
Dear Don,
This is an Eastern Boxelder Bug, a species that often aggregates in large numbers. Houses with light colored, south facing walls that are in the sun are favorite locations for aggregating. Eastern Boxelder Bugs are also known to enter homes to hibernate once weather begins to cool. The aggregations have led to common names like Populist Bug and Democrat Bug.