{"id":3212,"date":"2015-09-04T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T19:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2018-03-30T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T19:48:47","slug":"new-bug-on-the-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/new-bug-on-the-block\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bug on the Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em>contributed by Sarah F.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Heads up for these new bugs on the block!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Their scientific name is\u00a0Rhyparochromis vulgaris.\u00a0A common name is tuxedo bug.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0They are appearing in large numbers all around the Puget Sound area. \u00a0They live outside in mulch, stumps, woody debris piles and are fast runners. They like to come into the house to overwinter like ladybugs or box elder beetles. . They are seed eaters and not a problem other than a nuisance for home owners. \u00a0Here is a quote from Sharon Coleman, a WSU\u00a0Horticulture and IPM Educator in Snohomish C<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">ounty<\/span>\u00a0extension facility\u2019s quote:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;My guess is they are feeding on all the fallen seeds in my garden which are likely all weeds so &#8220;go seedbugs&#8221;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>for more information click on links below:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/80021\">http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/80021<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/plantclinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2015\/02\/PLS-90-Seed-Bugs-in-Homes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/puyallup.wsu.edu\/<wbr \/>plantclinic\/wp-content\/<wbr \/>uploads\/sites\/408\/2015\/02\/PLS-<wbr \/>90-Seed-Bugs-in-Homes.pdf<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Big shot of this little guy:<\/div>\n<div><div class=\"tb-lightbox-shortcode\" style=\"max-width: 940px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tuxedobug.jpg\" title=\"tuxedobug\" class=\"themeblvd-lightbox mfp-image tb-thumb-link image thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tuxedobug-940x599.jpg\" alt=\"tuxedobug\" width=\"940\" \/><span class=\"thumb-link-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus-square\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>contributed by Sarah F. Heads up for these new bugs on the block! Their scientific name is\u00a0Rhyparochromis vulgaris.\u00a0A common name is tuxedo bug. \u00a0They are appearing in large numbers all around the Puget Sound area. \u00a0They live outside in mulch, stumps, woody debris piles and are fast runners. They like to come into the house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":3213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1],"tags":[44,55,39,41],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-uncategorized","tag-44","tag-gardening-pacific-northwest","tag-insects","tag-insects-of-the-pacific-northwest","classic-edited"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}