Wildlife of Henry W. Coe State Park
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Milkweed Bug
Lygaeidae


Nymphs on milkweed pod.

 (A nymph is an insect in a group which
does not undergo complete metamorphosis—such that the juvenile
resembles the adult.)

China Hole, August 1976.

Detail from image below.

Photograph copyright © by Dave Hildebrand.
Used with permission.



Wider view.  

Narrowleaf Milkweed flowers at right.

Photograph copyright © by Dave Hildebrand.
Used with permission.


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