Red Shouldered Bug

About 9 to 13 mm in length. Black dorsal side with broad red lateral stripes on sides of head and pronotum (most distinct on pronotum); eyes are also red. May be orange or yellow in places that are typically red, depending on the color morph. Ventral side is dark except for margins of abdomen and posterior segment, which are red. Appendages are black. Rostrum surpasses posterior coxae.

Hosts: Cardiospermum corindum (Faux Persil), Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine, Showy Heartseed, or Love in a Puff), Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum (Balloon Vine or Heartseed), Cardiospermum halicacabum var. microcarpum (Balloon Vine or Love in a Puff), Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese Flame Tree), Koelreuteria elegans (Chinese Rain Tree), Koelreuteria paniculata (Goldenrain Tree), Sapindus mukorossi (Chinese Soapberry), Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Western Soapberry), Sapindus oahuensis (Hawaii Soapberry), and Serjania brachycarpa (Littlefruit Slipplejack)

United States, Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America to Columbia and Venezuela