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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies
  6. Seed Bugs
  7. Lygaeinae

subfamily

Lygaeinae

Lygaeinae

Includes
40 native 2 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Oncopeltus 8 native
  • Melacoryphus 7 native
  • Ochrimnus 6 native
  • Lygaeus 5 native
  • Melanopleurus 5 native
  • Lygaeospilus 3 native
  • Ochrostomus 2 native
  • Anochrostomus 1 native
  • Orsillacis 1 native
  • Neacoryphus 1 native
  • Haemobaphus
  • Tropidothorax
  • Arocatus
  • Lygaeosoma
  • Caenocoris
  • Hadrosomus
  • Seed-eating Bugs
  • Spilostethus

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Lygaeinae All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus 90,407 observations
  • Small Milkweed Bug Lygaeus kalmii 41,339 observations
  • False Milkweed Bug Lygaeus turcicus 17,733 observations
  • White-crossed Seed Bug Neacoryphus bicrucis 4,605 observations
  • Southern Small Milkweed Bug Lygaeus reclivatus 1,908 observations
  • Lygaeid Bug Oncopeltus aulicus 166 observations

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