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Oncopeltus sexmaculatus - 5th Instar - Oncopeltus cayensis
Copyright © 2007 Rick Shackleton

Oncopeltus sexmaculatus - 5th Instar - Oncopeltus cayensis
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
December 8, 2007
Size: about 0.5 in.
I'm guessing this is a type of milkweed bug but I'm unable to narrow that down. Any ideas, please? Located on milkweed at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
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Contributed by Rick Shackleton on 9 December, 2007 - 10:36pm
Last updated 5 August, 2014 - 7:22pm

Moved
there's no O. 6-mac. in Fla

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

Look here
One nearly matching yours can be found at the top of an image near the bottom of this page.
http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/texasmisc.htm
… John R. Maxwell, 9 December, 2007 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Thank you John. Thanks for the link also. It will help me identify many photos of skippers I've yet to identify.
… Rick Shackleton, 9 December, 2007 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

Fifth instar of
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus , which occurs in TX, and FL; see here: 1.
… Hartmut Wisch, 9 December, 2007 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Here are some images that may contain something close.
… John R. Maxwell, 9 December, 2007 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you John and Hartmut
Thank you very much. The colors seem so defined and exact I wouldn't have guessed an instar stage. Given your inputs I would believe Oncopeltus sexmaculatus.

Rick
… Rick Shackleton, 9 December, 2007 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

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