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Oncopeltus fasciatus
The large milkweed bug adult is a 9–18 mm long insect. Mature adults are orange with black rhomboidal spots at both end of a body and a black band in the middle. Freshly molted individuals are pale yellow with gray spots that change into black with time. Bright orange instars resemble adults, with orange-black pattern different than in grown individual and without wings.
Found in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, TX, USA.
Spotted on May 19, 2013
Submitted on May 29, 2013
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