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Unknown nymph - Oncopeltus fasciatus
Copyright © 2009 Shelly Cox

Unknown nymph - Oncopeltus fasciatus
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
September 13, 2009
Size: less than 3/8 inch
This pretty orange and red nymph was crawling on some milkweed with a colony of small milkweed bug nymphs. I have never seen anything quite like it and I was hoping someone would know what it grows up to be?
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 14 September, 2009 - 3:03pm
Last updated 12 October, 2009 - 9:39am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Heteroptera nymphs and eggs.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 October, 2009 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 9 October, 2009 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Recently emerged.
This bug probably just molted. Probably a milkweed bug of one sort or another. Neat.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 September, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll do some investigating on
I'll do some investigating on Milkweed bugs...maybe I can figure it out. The picture doesn't do it justice, it was the brightest orange and red you can imagine, like fire!
… Shelly Cox, 15 September, 2009 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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