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  3. Arthropods
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  5. True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies
  6. Seed Bugs
  7. Lygaeus
  8. Small Milkweed Bug Complex
  9. Small Milkweed Bug

species 41,339 observations

Small Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

350 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Clustered Mountainmint, Showy Milkweed, Narrowleaf Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed 95
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Butterfly Milkweed, Desert Milkweed, Woollypod Milkweed, Rubber Rabbitbrush 255

Range

United States

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

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