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Oncopeltus fasciatus grooming - Oncopeltus fasciatus - female
Copyright © 2019 Dvori Feldman

Oncopeltus fasciatus grooming - Oncopeltus fasciatus - Female
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
December 31, 2018
Eve: flew in on a north wind during a lone mild day in winter, New Year's Eve 2018. Brought inside to safety to overwinter with other O. fasciatus on healthy Asclepias curassavica potted plants. She joined the others in light diapause. They become more active on mild-weather days.

see my article on handraising milkweed bugs here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1716733

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Contributed by Dvori Feldman on 2 January, 2019 - 1:47pm
Last updated 24 August, 2019 - 7:48pm

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