Large Milk Weed Bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

I saw tons of these on the milk weed flowers and I am assuming that they are the nymphs of the milk weed bugs.

KarenL 11 years ago

Oncopeltus fasciatus Species Oncopeltus fasciatus - Large Milkweed Bug - BugGuide.Net

Hema Shah 11 years ago

updated!!

Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thanks so much for the ID Karen!

Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I think Karen is perfect...

Hema Shah 11 years ago

Fire bugs , milk weed bugs and false milk weed bugs are quite confusing due to the similar colors.

KarenL 11 years ago

Great spot Emma!

Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thank you so much Ashish, for the feed back.

Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Swarming by nymphs of Firebug.

Spotted by
HemaShah

Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 12, 2012