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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Oncopeltus » subgenus Erythrischius (Oncopeltus subgenus Erythrischius) » Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
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Lady beetles--(not beetles)--Oncopeltus fasciatus nymphs - Oncopeltus fasciatus
Copyright © 2009 Marty R.

Lady beetles--(not beetles)--Oncopeltus fasciatus nymphs - Oncopeltus fasciatus
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
September 25, 2009
Size: ~.3"
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Contributed by Marty R. on 25 September, 2009 - 3:45pm
Last updated 15 February, 2013 - 10:42pm

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… Marty R., 25 September, 2009 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Milkweed Bug Nymphs, Oncopeltis fasciatus
Are the bugs in your pic on Milkweed?...looks to be...?
… Bill Reynolds, 25 September, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Bill --
Not beetles at all, but Hemiptera: Lygaeidae -- true bugs.

Just one slight correction, Oncopeltus.
… James C. Trager, 25 September, 2009 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both
Heh heh, to the uninitiated, little orange things are ladybugs. That should give me pause before putting my opinion in the subject line. :-)

Yes, they were on a milkweed plant. I saw a group on another plant in which there was noticeable size variation among the individuals.
… Marty R., 25 September, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

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