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Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Large Milkweed BugOncopeltus fasciatus
False Milkweed BugLygaeus turcicus
Southern Small Milkweed BugLygaeus reclivatus
Eastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittata
Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridis
Red Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmus
European FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Mediterranean red bugScantius aegyptius
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 26,991 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4,665 |
| California | 4,520 |
| Ontario | 3,240 |
| Texas | 3,101 |
| New York | 1,796 |
| Colorado | 1,225 |
| Michigan | 1,118 |
| Massachusetts | 1,096 |
| Ohio | 993 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Seed Bugs · Lygaeidae |
| Genus | Lygaeus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Small Milkweed Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.