These are on the local milkweed seedpods. Thank you for any help you can give me on IDing these colorful critters.
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Large Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. Yours are immature. Here's a gallery that depicts immature and adults.
http://www.critterzone.com/animal-pictures-nature/insect-milkweed-bug-large-Oncopeltus-fasciatus.htm
Oh my goodness, thank you so much, I've seen the mature ones before.
Thanks for the link.
A.
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