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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 Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus subgenus Oncopeltus) » Six-spotted Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus sexmaculatus)
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Bug nymphs - Oncopeltus sexmaculatus
Copyright © 2007 Penny Crispin

Bug nymphs - Oncopeltus sexmaculatus
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
May 27, 2007
These very colorful nymphs were screaming "EAT ME!" to predators. Unless they're chemically protected... either way they're gorgeous. Ideas on ID?
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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 6 June, 2007 - 10:11pm
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 7:33am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Boris Büche, 12 July, 2007 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

idea:

the nymphs on your image are younger, but agree well.
… Boris Büche, 7 June, 2007 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
If it is
a milkweed bug, then it would be chemically protected, yes? That would explain how they get away with being so colorful and sitting out in the open.
… Penny Crispin, 7 June, 2007 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
In fact, they congregate in groups to re-inforce those "warning colors." It's like a group of stop signs all got together....:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2007 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

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