Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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 » Oncopeltus » subgenus Erythrischius (Oncopeltus subgenus Erythrischius) » Oncopeltus cingulifer
Photo#962897
Black and Orange - Oncopeltus cingulifer
Copyright © 2014 Drew Fulton

Black and Orange - Oncopeltus cingulifer
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
July 15, 2014
Found on Milkweed in a elementary school's garden. I first thought it was a Milkweed Assassin Bug until I got a closer look and the head and shape isn't right. Is this some sort of mimic? I also have what I think is a nymph of the same species that is also posted separately (http://bugguide.net/node/view/962899/bgimage).
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Drew Fulton on 23 July, 2014 - 7:54am
Last updated 2 January, 2025 - 10:19pm

Moved
Moved from Oncopeltus sandarachatus.

Pers. comms. Fabien Piednoir.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 January, 2025 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Large Milkweed Bug.

This definitely is not O. fasciatus, which is often over-identified in Florida. I'll go ahead and move it by Fabien's current ID, though I believe there've been some later updates as to the status of O. sandarachatus vs. O. cingulifer in Florida that may well need further update.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 23 December, 2024 - 2:38am login or register to post comments

Oncopeltus sandarachatus
This is Oncopeltus sandarachatus.
… Fabien Piednoir, 5 June, 2020 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

Oncopeltus fasciatus - Large Milkweed Bug
Moved from ID Request.
… Fyn Kynd, 23 July, 2014 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Large Milkweed Bug
… Larry Clarfeld, 23 July, 2014 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks Larry!
… Drew Fulton, 23 July, 2014 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact