Oncopeltus

Oncopeltus
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Genus: Oncopeltus
Stål, 1868

Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species.[1][2][3][4]

Oncopeltus varicolor
Large milkweed bug molting from third to fourth instar. Scenes of the molting followed by the entire molt at fifteen times speed. Last is superposition before to just after molt showing the increased size already.
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