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 Large Milkweed beetles
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12/30/10 02:43 PM
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Jared D.
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I was in Fredericksburg Texas back in June and found all these little red bugs on a milkweed plant. I had never seen this type of insect before. I took these pictures and later found out they are called large milkweed beetles. http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=30248
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/30/10 02:45 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Great pictures. The last one is real cool.
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/30/10 03:22 PM
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nethingthatbites
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not really beetles (order: coleoptera)...they're a true bug (order hemiptera) they include: stink bugs, leaf footed, squash bugs, cicadas, assasin bugs, hoppers, aphids and allies "hemipterans have hypodermic-needle-like mouthparts that allow them to extract subsurface fluids from plants and animals." http://cirrusimage.com/bugs.htm
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/30/10 11:08 PM
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4blade
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 12:47 AM
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 01:16 AM
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B_Rod
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 11:06 AM
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gitthanet
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we always called them box elders, they are hard to get rid of once they take over a tree. Those things would be all over the cedar fence posts at the Fw zoo when I worked there. Nice photos!
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 04:23 PM
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JeffZ
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 04:30 PM
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Topwater13
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The boxelder bugs that infested our neighbors trees/house (and ours too) were more black with red spots. They were impossible to get rid no matter how many times I sprayed poison (more than 20). I finally talked my neighbor into cutting down both trees. Of course I had to do it for free, but it was worht not having bugs on the side of my home.
cool pics
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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12/31/10 09:01 PM
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If it would have jumped in that last photo, you would have probably had to clean your shorts.........
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Re: Large Milkweed beetles
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01/02/11 02:29 PM
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