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Colorful Bugs - Oncopeltus fasciatus - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Sally King

Colorful Bugs - Oncopeltus fasciatus - Male Female
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 3/4"
Mating on poison milkweed.
Contributed by Sally King on 27 July, 2009 - 8:05pm
Last updated 5 August, 2014 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ron M., 13 August, 2009 - 11:23am

How about
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
… John R. Maxwell, 27 July, 2009 - 8:08pm

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