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Chrysochus cobaltinus, the cobalt milkweed beetle or blue milkweed beetle, is a member of the diverse family of leaf beetles, Chrysomelidae. It is named after its cobalt-blue exoskeleton, which makes it easy to spot and distinguish, and its tendency to feed off milkweed plants. It occurs in the Western United States and British Columbia. [3]
Lygaeus kalmii kalmii Stal, 1874 – western small milkweed bug. Range includes Arizona (where it is very common in almost every sandy-grassy patch) and California, though California milkweed bugs are somewhat rare. The western subspecies has white spots and are seen with milkweed in bushy dry areas, but only for feeding, and in wet areas to ...
Last shows beetles internals through transparent exoskeleton. Finally the mature larvae move to the soil to pupate. After a few weeks, adults emerge to start the next generation eating the same host plants as the larvae. An adult may displace a monarch larvae to feed at the same site. [3] Milkweed leaf beetle adult on milkweed
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The National Wildlife Federation recommends the following three species that will work in most regions of the U.S.: Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), and ...
Labidomera suturella, commonly known as the tropical milkweed leaf beetle is a species of beetle from the family Chrysomelidae. [1] Description
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. [1] Many species feed on seeds, some on sap or seed pods, others are omnivores and a few, such as the wekiu bug, are insectivores.
The beetle is 9 to 12 mm (0.35 to 0.47 in) long and is yellow to bright red with black spots. It is one of the largest leaf beetles native to North America. The name Argus comes from the mythical Greek giant Argus Panoptes , who was sometimes depicted with 100 eyes, because the beetle is able to stretch out its red head beyond its pronotum , as ...