Milkweed Bug
6227 I had a few of these small 1/4-inch orange-red and black bugs in my garden last year. It is the beginning of June and this year they seem to be hatching families. I have seen milkweed bugs around here, but they are much larger. Are they part of the same family? From Toronto Ontario
Number 6227 – These do resemble the nymphs of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). The adults look like this: Click here
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B. McNamara
Thank you for letting me know that these are Milkweed bugs.
There is a few patches of Milkweed in the neighbourhood that we protect since they attract butterflies. I hope these bugs do not destroy them.