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Lygaeus kalmii
Spotted this Small Milkweed Bug on a dandelion plant in a landscape area next to a post office near my mom's house in Sacramento, CA.
Suburban post office landscape area.
Adult: dark gray to black with broad orange or red band on forewing, forming an "X" shape that doesn't quite meet in the middle; head black with dull red spot on top, sometimes extending down onto face; pronotum with red transverse band, bordered anteriorly by two black spots, and posteriorly by two black semicircular lobes; membranous portion of forewing all black in eastern specimens In western specimens, the membranous portion of the forewing is black with large white spots and white posterior margin. bugguide.net
Spotted on Apr 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 8, 2012
6 Comments
I am going to plant milkweed in my garden this year, so I hope to spot more of these bugs.
With such details every user must look after milkweed plants to locate this cute bug henceforth.
Thank you AshishNimkar!
Superb shooting Misako... Wonderful series..!!
Thank you Carol!
Great series! Awesome!