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Genus Oncopeltus

Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus fasciatus

spotted orange beetles on butterfly weed - Oncopeltus fasciatus

Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus

Oncopeltus sexmaculatus - 5th Instar - Oncopeltus cayensis

Milkweed bug nymphs - 10 days later - Oncopeltus fasciatus

Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) - Oncopeltus fasciatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)

Subfamily Lygaeinae

Genus Oncopeltus

Numbers

7 spp. in genus per Nearctica and Arnett (1985) (1)

Remarks

Oncopeltus appear to be much more communal, particularly in the nymphal stage, than are Lygaeus milkweed bugs...

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 19 December, 2008 - 11:17am

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