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Large Milkweed Bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

Photo by KimLomman
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Field Notes

Description:

The large milkweed bug adult is a 9–18 mm long insect. Mature adults are orange with black rhomboidal spots at both end of a body and a black band in the middle. Freshly molted individuals are pale yellow with gray spots that change into black with time. Bright orange instars resemble adults, with orange-black pattern different than in grown individual and without wings.

Habitat:

Found in Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, TX, USA.

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