Subject: Black and red beetle with wings
Location: La Cañada Flintridge, CA
September 18, 2015 9:34 pm
This was found mid-September in La Cañada, CA. They are all over my school. I don’t know what it is!!
Signature: Teacher
Dear Teacher,
This is a Red Shouldered Bug, Jadera haematoloma, and they sometimes form huge aggregations of 1000s of individuals.
A True Bug, not a beetle.