Just made this meme to express my frustration at Boxelder bugs. No matter how many times I carry them out they find a way back in my house in Spring and Fall.
Note because I guess some folks need it: I don’t kill them, I pick them up and put them back outside!
Could it be a kissing bug? I’d never heard of them before, but they were mentioned in this thread and do look a lot like boxelders!
Naw, definitely not. They’re almost leaf bug shaped but flatter, less long than a boxelder ('bout leaf bug length), black, and a couple red stripes.
Kissing bugs like that one above are longer like the boxelders and still the wrong non-B-2-Bomber shape, too many red stripes in the wrong pattern, and I’m still unclear on their propensity to jump into a short flight like a chicken with pneumatic legs. Still the exact right colors though!