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Photo by danieljpsmith
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Field Notes

Description:

Pretty cute, red bugs, swarming on maturing milkweed seedpods.

Habitat:

Wetland prairie

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
ceherzog
Now that I think about it, they are probably nymphs of a Milkweed bug, or some such thing.
ceherzog
They look like aphids...we have only yellow aphids on milkweed in Florida.

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PublishedSeptember 4, 2011

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