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Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus cayensis
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus cayensis
Jupiter, Florida, USA
July 5, 2004
Shot in a dried wetland area. The markings are similar to a Milkweed bug, are there regional variations on the markings?
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 7 July, 2004 - 3:55pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from Six-spotted Milkweed Bug.
… v belov, 29 June, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oncopeltus.
… Mike Quinn, 1 November, 2006 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

We may have a winner!
Now looking at Nearctica.com, there are some interesting names in that genus, esp. Oncopeltus sexmaculatus (six-spotted, which your critter has).

OK, doing a Google search (on the name, not on images, which sometimes finds images missed in an image search)...

Texas Insects on Milkweed, specifically: this image. Looks very close, though yours does not show that white spot on the abdomen. There is an illustration in Biologia Centrali-Americana, #1 on that plate.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 7 July, 2004 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

sure looks like Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus)--more...
Pretty. It sure looks like Oncopeltus (Large milkweed bug genus). Slater, How to Know the True Bugs, says there are six or seven spp. (other than O. fasciatus) in southern, southeastern states. This plate from Biologia-Centrali-Americana has some close matches, such as # 21, O. varicolor, and #22, Oncopeltus guttas. I can't find any checklists for Florida on the web, too bad. Nor can I find other images that are close.


Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 7 July, 2004 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Am pretty sure this is Oncopeltus sexmaculatus
This is the publication we need. Florida may even still have copies, but their system is pretty convoluted...

When doing research on insects on milkweed, I believe I found a reference for O. sexmaculatus occurring in Florida as well as south Texas (where I found it to be fairly common)... Mike

Slater, J. A. and R. M. Baranowski. The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 14. 211 pp. Fla. Dept. of Agr. and Consumer Services, Gainesville.

PS: Am moving...
… Mike Quinn, 1 November, 2006 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
the source you cite...
...says all the Fla. records of O. 6-mac. apparently refer to cayensis
… v belov, 29 June, 2009 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

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