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Small milkweed bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Photo by thardy
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Small milkweed bug

Lygaeus kalmii
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oxyjack
What you have is a true bug (order Hemiptera). This is what entomologists call a Milkweed Beetle: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/field/milkweed/13MilkweedBeetles.htm
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PublishedMarch 7, 2012

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