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Lygaeus kalmii
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.
Found on Marigold flower at my work place (hometown).
Spotted on Feb 2, 2013
Submitted on Mar 16, 2013
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