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Orange insect - Oncopeltus cayensis
Copyright © 2006 photobug

Orange insect - Oncopeltus cayensis
Delray Beach, Palm Beach (South Florida, east coast) County, Florida, USA
August 3, 2006
Size: .7 centimeter approx.
This "bug" was found infesting our milkweed, a.k.a. asclepias. In the 34 years we have lived in this house I don't believe I have ever seen this little critter.
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Contributed by photobug on 3 August, 2006 - 7:52pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 7:58pm

Moved
Moved from Large Milkweed Bug.
… john and jane balaban, 29 June, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 November, 2006 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
How do we distinguish the nymphs
of this species from those of Oncopeltus sexmaculatus?
… john and jane balaban, 19 December, 2008 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you're onto something
more red in the rear end than the usual O. fasciatus - and more like O. sexmaculatus (below) - I'd go along with a revised ID for this one.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 19 December, 2008 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Large Milkweed Bug
see guide page and compare similar nymphs with an adult, below:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 August, 2006 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

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