Stats

Lifespan

Up to 1 yr

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

North America

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Warning Colors

Status

Common

About

A slender true bug found swarming by the thousands around goldenrain and boxelder trees, its black body edged in bright red. It feeds mainly on the seeds of soapberry-family plants, piercing fallen pods with a needle-like mouth.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Rhopalidae

Genus

Jadera

Species

Jadera haematoloma