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Large milkweed bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Small colony comprising adults, early instars & nymphs on the leaf of a marginal plant at the edge of Radnor lake. Reverse of leaf (photo 4) shows newly molted adults & a pair of unrelated bugs.

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Comments (7)
KarenL
The bright orange color of the milkweed bugs advertise their toxicity to predators. Added to the Animals with Warning Colors mission.
KarenL
Thanks Carol! Unfortunately I never did manage to ID the other bugs but I thought that maybe they were pond skater nymphs.
Carol Snow Milne
Wow! Those bugs in #4 photo are freaky! Hope you can ID them.
Carol Snow Milne
Great series Karen. I am very impressed again! A lot going on! I love action movies. HA!
KarenL
asergio, I have been attempting to ID them but I can't find anything like it in any of my books. I created a separate spotting for them hoping someone could help me http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7337631
Sergio Monteiro
The two bugs that apear in photo 4 are very interesting too. Do you know what they are?
KarenL
I've added a further photo taken today, 3 weeks after my original spotting. The colony is still together though the vine they are on has withered & died. I had no idea that these little guys were such great parents!

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2011

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