While allowing my son and friend to play outside they rushed in the house to pose the question, “What Do Box Elder Bugs Eat?”. I googl’ed it and immediately fed them the information and they were gone like the wind, quiet and happily playing outside.

After 30 or so minutes of unusual silence, I became slightly alarmed at what they were doing with this piece of information.

They had a nice sized jar and had collected about a half pound of Box Elder Bugs, filled it with a buffet of grass and flowers - straight from answers.com.

Later that night as everyone settled down, I ventured outside to find the mysterious box elder jar. To my surprise, I found that it had been capped without holes and all of the little black and orange bugs had died. I am not big into slaughtering the race of bugs, but I decided to tell my kid that all the food in the world is useless without the ability to breath.

It reminded me of the Bonsai Kittnen Internet Hoax that grew cats in a jar!