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a really red one - Oncopeltus fasciatus - male
Copyright © 2011 James C. Trager

a really red one - Oncopeltus fasciatus - Male
Southwest Biological Research Station west of Portal, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 7, 2011
Size: 14 mm
These abounded on milkweeds in the wildflower plantings around the Station. Females looked pretty much like they do elsewhere, but some males had this much redder color that I had never seen before.
Contributed by James C. Trager on 23 August, 2011 - 1:24pm

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