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    Communities > Forums > Insect and Spider Identification
    Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 2, Views: 46
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    shearpamela
    Flower Mound, TX (Zone 7b)

    August 24, 2004 5:05 PM

    Post #1016921

    I've been seeing beetle like bugs that have a red body under their wings, and black and red wings. I need to know if they are friend or foe? They are on my salvia and milkweed, and here and there...
    crystalspin
    Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b)

    August 24, 2004 8:23 PM

    Post #1017217

    There are three red-n-black bugs (beetles) that favor milkweeds.
    http://www.enature.com/search/show_search_thumb.asp?curGroup...
    Look and learn!
    ~'spin!~
    shearpamela
    Flower Mound, TX (Zone 7b)

    August 25, 2004 1:23 AM

    Post #1017601

    The milkweed bug looks like the culprit ~ Thanks!

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