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Large Milkweed Bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

Spotting Image 1
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Description:

Small gathering on a milkweed plant. There were about six or seven of them all together. Second photo is a nymph of the same species.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Noah Ranger +3
bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus Species Oncopeltus fasciatus - Large Milkweed Bug - BugGuide.Net


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Noah Ranger
bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I would say yes, #2 is the nymph:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/466608

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Shane_S
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Shane_S

New York, USA

Spotted on Aug 6, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012

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