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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 21, 2008

These were found on my milkweeds. Please help I.D.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 21, 2008

These are large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) - see http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/199/

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 22, 2008

How are these differ from the "assassin" bugs?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 23, 2008

Milkweed bugs are sap feeders; assassin bugs (family Reduviidae) are mostly predaceous on other arthropods; a few species in the subfamily Triatominae are blood feeders.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 23, 2008

suunto, many thanks for your help of not only identifying the bugs, but indepth explaination of the characteristics of the difference b/w the two type of bugs. I hereby mark this as solved.

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