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red with black spots bugs that parasite fruits of Asclepiadaceae. They arrive and parasite the capsule, i dont know if they feed on the latex of the tissue of the plant but it looks like....i rescued some fruits so the seeds survive for the next generation
xerophytic shrubland in the university campus of Mexico city
Spotted on Feb 24, 2013
Submitted on Feb 24, 2013
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i have noticed the adults mating in the same fruit, the same plant of course where few weeks later i get to see the progenie....
Thanks to AgnesAdiqueTalavera I know this is another stage of life of a milkweed Bug: Oncopeltus fasciatus, i should place all pics in only one spotting....(adult and baby of a species) i will as soon as i have some time