It’s not a beetle, not a cockroach, and not something you should squash, no matter how many squeeze their way into your home.
All through fall and winter this year, CBC London has noticed social media posts and questions about a particular type of bug turning up inside homes. It’s black with red edges, almond-shaped and about two centimetres long.
Antonia Guidotti is an entomology technician at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. She says these are likely boxelder bugs. They are native to North America and get their name from the boxelder tree, also known as Manitoba maples, whose seeds are an
