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Photo#77767
two-white-wing-dots bug - Lygaeus kalmii

two-white-wing-dots bug - Lygaeus kalmii
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 7, 2006
Size: 11 - 12 mm
Came to porch light, where I found it after returning from my first night on the mountainside.

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two-white-wing-dots bug - Lygaeus kalmii two-white-wing-dots bug - Lygaeus kalmii

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

either a western specimen
of Small Milkweed Bug, or maybe these ones with the white spots represent a different species (?)

 
Thank you, Robin.
I wondered if it was this species but didn't take the time to look it up first.