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Oncopeltus sp.
Milkweed Bug. They do have a correct name, they are large, 25 mm long (one inch).
Flowering plant in a pine forest at 2,300 m asl.
Thank you bayucca for the ID correction and the links. It was in a very remote place.
Certainly an Oncopeltus sp., but not the famous Oncopeltus fasciatus. The markings are different. Very similar ones are Oncopeltus cayensis and Oncopeltus sexmaculatus (with, however, a white spot) and Oncopeltus guttas/gutta.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/116191/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/875845/bgi...
Unfortunately I did not find a perfect match concerning the red spot on the head, missing white spot and shape of the yellow patches.
Spotted on Sep 6, 2014
Submitted on Sep 8, 2014
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