Types Of Milkweed Bugs. The family includes the insects commonly known as milkweed bugs and also some of those known as seed bugs the family used to be vastly larger as numerous former subfamilies have been removed and given independent family status including artheneidae blissidae cryptorhamphidae cymidae. Oncopeltus fasciatus known as the large milkweed bug is a medium sized hemipteran true bug of the family lygaeidae.
It inhabits disturbed areas roadsides and open pastures. The family includes the insects commonly known as milkweed bugs and also some of those known as seed bugs the family used to be vastly larger as numerous former subfamilies have been removed and given independent family status including artheneidae blissidae cryptorhamphidae cymidae. The nymphs have an orange body with black legs antennae and wingpads which lengthen with age and develop small black spots on the abdomen as they mature.
The nymphs have an orange body with black legs antennae and wingpads which lengthen with age and develop small black spots on the abdomen as they mature.
Costa rica represents this insect s southern limit. It varies in length from 10 to 18 millimeters. Costa rica represents this insect s southern limit. The lygaeidae are a family in the hemiptera true bugs with more than 110 genera in 4 subfamilies.