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Bug Nymphs - Oncopeltus fasciatus
Copyright © 2006 Cliff Bernzweig

Bug Nymphs - Oncopeltus fasciatus
National Park, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
September 3, 2006
Look like Milkweed Seed Bugs, but they are on Phragmites.
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Contributed by Cliff Bernzweig on 3 September, 2006 - 10:53pm
Last updated 17 November, 2007 - 3:31pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
I have found O. fasciatus in plants other than milkweed so it doesn't surprise me.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 November, 2007 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

This looks to us
exactly like Oncopeltus fasciatus
… john and jane balaban, 12 April, 2007 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Robin McLeod, 31 January, 2007 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

wow
something that actually feeds on phrag?
… Omar Fahmy, 3 September, 2006 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Unless they got a little lost
Also saw today Broad-winged Skipper, which feeds on Phrags.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 3 September, 2006 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
was it
the native or invasive Phrag?
… Omar Fahmy, 4 September, 2006 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

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