Oncopeltus sanguinolentus Van Duzee, 1914 is a animal in the Lygaeidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Oncopeltus sanguinolentus Van Duzee, 1914
The blood-colored milkweed bug Oncopeltus sanguinolentus is a Lygaeidae seed bug found in North and Central America that feeds on milkweed.
Oncopeltus sanguinolentus, commonly called the blood-colored milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug that belongs to the family Lygaeidae. This species can be found in both Central America and North America. Similar to several other species in the genus Oncopeltus, it feeds preferentially on milkweed plants, most notably Asclepias subulata.
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Oncopeltus zonatus (Erichson, 1848)
Oncopeltus guttaloides Slater, 1964
Graptostethus servus (Fabricius, 1787)
Spilostethus rivularis (Germar, 1837)
Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli, 1763)
Spilostethus crudelis (Fabricius, 1781)
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