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Common Name:
Small Milkweed Bug

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Lygaeidae
Subfamily: Lygaeinae
Tribe:
Species:
Lygaeus kalmii

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 8/7/05

Notes:

Lygaeus kalmii Lygaeidae
Small Milkweed Bug
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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