
Common Small Milkweed Bug - Arocatus rusticus
The Common Small Milkweed Bug adults have the elongated parallel sided body and orange-red with dull black colours. Head is large and triangular. Their antennae and legs are black in colour. They have relatively large eyes on distinct stalks. The thorax is half orange and half dull black. The bugs run quickly along stems and leaves of host plants.
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Similar species: True Bugs
By Calbost Niel
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Uploaded Feb 1, 2021. Captured Feb 1, 2021 11:00 in 58-82 Terrace Falls Rd, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
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