Large Milkweed Beetle. Species oncopeltus fasciatus large milkweed bug. They can be reared and fed other seeds such as sunflower watermelon cashew etc.
About 30 eggs are laid a day and about 2 000 over a female s lifespan which lasts about. All of those insects have compelling natural history stories but this article focuses on the large milkweed bug an insect that is commonly seen but often misidentified. Fasciatus begins as an egg and experiences four nymphal stages over 28 30 days before moulting to adulthood.
They can be reared and fed other seeds such as sunflower watermelon cashew etc.
Those insects include monarch caterpillars milkweed tussock caterpillars oleander aphids longhorned milkweed beetles and both large and small milkweed bugs. As in many longhorn beetles the antennae are situated very near the eye. The milkweed beetle tetraopes tetrophthalmus belongs to the family cerambycidae which includes the long horned beetle. Those insects include monarch caterpillars milkweed tussock caterpillars oleander aphids longhorned milkweed beetles and both large and small milkweed bugs.