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Field Notes

Description:

red with black spots bugs that parasite fruits of Asclepiadaceae. They arrive and parasite the capsule, i dont know if they feed on the latex of the tissue of the plant but it looks like....i rescued some fruits so the seeds survive for the next generation

Habitat:

xerophytic shrubland in the university campus of Mexico city

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
YurianaMartínez
i have noticed the adults mating in the same fruit, the same plant of course where few weeks later i get to see the progenie....
YurianaMartínez
Thanks to AgnesAdiqueTalavera I know this is another stage of life of a milkweed Bug: Oncopeltus fasciatus, i should place all pics in only one spotting....(adult and baby of a species) i will as soon as i have some time

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Mexico Horn of Plenty
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2013

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