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Small milkweed bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Photo by jeremyp.white
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Field Notes

Description:

Black and red 6-legged insect

Species ID Suggestions

Small milkweed bug

Lygaeus kalmii

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Latimeria
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Comments (3)
jeremyp.white
Could be. The heart shape on it's back makes me thinks it's miklweed
Shaun
Actually I believe that is what is infesting the outside if my apartment: Box elder bugs!
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PublishedMarch 21, 2011

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