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beetle? - Lygaeus kalmii
Copyright © 2006 eos

beetle? - Lygaeus kalmii
Hardwick, VT County, Vermont, USA
August 17, 2006
Size: 1/4 inch or larger
In meadow on common milkweed leaf
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Contributed by eos on 27 August, 2006 - 9:21pm
Last updated 10 September, 2006 - 4:37pm

Moved
Moved from Large Milkweed Bug.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 September, 2006 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

bug nymph
Possibly a Milkweed Bug juvenile. When you see antennae composed of just a few joints like this, suspect a bug. Most beetles have over twice this many antennal segments.
… Jim McClarin, 27 August, 2006 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
large milkweed bug
Thanks Jim for the id. Because you sent me toward a bug, I found a picture of an adult large milkweed bug with nymphs just like my photo in The Audubon Sodiety Field Guide to NA Insects and Spiders.
… eos, 28 August, 2006 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe this is actually the small milkweed bug
Stephen Luk recently pointed out some differences in a comment in ID Request. Redder in general than Large Milkweed Bug, and with two diagonal black markings on the thorax.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 September, 2006 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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