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Small milkweed bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Photo by KarenL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Milkweed bug on.... Milkweed!

Reference Links:

Species Lygaeus kalmii - Small Milkweed Bug - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (6)
KarenL
It certainly does! But as Gary Player once said "the more I practice, the luckier I get!".
KarenL
I was very lucky with the light Dennis - the wind was blowing the seed head around & I was having trouble focusing but thankfully they turned out OK!
KarenL
I thought it looked a bit like fireworks in the photos!

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Flowers of North America
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The Color Red
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Fall Into Phenology

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2011

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