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Image of the Month - February 2013

Photo by SP Carroll

Pictured above is an aggregation of Boisea rubrolineata on plants near a boxelder maple. Clustering together not only facilitates social interactions, but is also thought to deter predators and provide protection from the elements. B. rubrolineata can be found feeding on boxelder and silver maple seeds in the western United States and southwest Canada.