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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Lygaeus » Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)
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Small Milkweed Bug Nymph-Lygaeus kalmii - Lygaeus kalmii
Copyright © 2014 Angus MacLean

Small Milkweed Bug Nymph-Lygaeus kalmii - Lygaeus kalmii
Coldbrook, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
September 17, 2008
Believe this is the correct ID based on a BugGuide image.
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Contributed by Angus MacLean on 25 March, 2014 - 3:06pm
Last updated 23 January, 2020 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from False Milkweed Bug.
We're changing our mind. Even though this is seen on a composite, those extra rows of black spots on the abdomen point to kalmii
… john and jane balaban, 23 January, 2020 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 7 May, 2014 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

On a Composite
we take this to be turcicus
… john and jane balaban, 25 March, 2014 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved, not a beetle
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 March, 2014 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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