Harmful Effects of Common Milkweed Bug

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Common Milkweed Bug

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Harmful Effects of Common Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus kalmii

A species of Lygaeus, Also known as Small milkweed bug complex

Common Milkweed Bug poses risks to plants by feeding on leaves, stems, and fruits, causing wilting, yellowing, and severe damage. The species is not selective in host plant type, potentially affecting a wide range of flora.

What Type of Pest Is Common Milkweed Bug?

Hurt Plant

Hurt Plant

Damage Stage

Adults, Nymphs

Host Plants Organs

Leaves, Stems, Fruits

Damage Ways

Sucking Plant Fluids

Damage Reason

Feeding

Damage Level

Mild to Severe

Once common Milkweed Bug infests a plant, both adults and nymphs engage in feeding from various plant organs, notably leaves, stems, and fruits. They extract plant fluids, often resulting in wilting, yellowing, and potentially severe damage to the host plant, with no preference for specific plant types.

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Black-and-red seed bug

Black-and-red seed bug

Black and fringed with red and gray, some call it the black-and-red seed bug, due to its resemblance to a dying ember.

Redcoat seed bug

Redcoat seed bug

White-crossed seed bug

White-crossed seed bug

The striking white-crossed seed bug boasts a conspicuous red and black pattern along its exoskeleton, an adaptation serving as a visual warning to potential predators. As it matures from nymph to adult, its diet transitions from predominantly plant-based sap to a more varied menu that includes smaller arthropods, demonstrating its role in the ecosystem as both herbivore and predator.

A seed bug

Neortholomus scolopax is a species of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

False chinch bug

False chinch bug

The false chinch bug is a tiny North American bug that can cause serious damage to plants if present in large quantities, though it's not reported as a significant crop pest. This bug doesn't have a larval stage; instead, it has several nymph stages which are very similar to the adult insect. When it feels threatened, it releases an odor similar to those of stinkbugs.

Tropidothorax cruciger

Tropidothorax cruciger

The Tropidothorax cruciger is part of a family known as "seed bugs" due to their dietary habits. Sometimes they can also eat sap. This insect differentiates itself with a stark contrast of red and black. You can see a large, red X pattern if you look at it from an overhead view.

Oleander seedbug

Oleander seedbug

Caenocoris nerii can reach a length of about 0.30–0.37 in. The female is larger than the male. Bodies are elongated. The basic color of the body is black, with red markings. Two red quadrangular patches are present on the head. Two red markings appear on the shoulders of pronotum and at the inner margins of the hemielytra, which only partially cover the membranous blackish wings. Scutellum and abdomen are completely red.

Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug

The red-orange X-shaped back of the large Milkweed Bug makes it an instant eye-catcher, which is what it wants. This striking pattern acts as a warning to predators that it will be poisonous to eat, as it contains toxins from the milkweed it feeds upon. The large Milkweed Bug mimics the cry of similar-looking bugs, making it even less appealing to predators looking to catch them.

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