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Large Milkweed Bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

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42.1654, -80.1068

Field Notes

Description:

a true bug of the order hemiptera, these insects use their sucking mouth parts to drink the sap of plants.

Notes:

adults and many nymphs on milkweed (Asclepias spp.)
the yellow and red nymphs are freshly molted

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PublishedApril 5, 2016

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