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Family Lygaeidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Large Milkweed Bugs that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- This is the largest Milkweed Bug that we
found. The bug is somewhat ovate with broad head. They were always found on
Milkweed plants. They are brightly red in colour with distinguish black
patterns.
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- Above pictures were taken on 2002 in Macgregor
bushland, where was a just-cleaned land and dominated by the Milkweeds of Red-headed Cotton Bush
(Asclepias currasavica), Swan Plant (Asclepias fruiticosa and Asclepias
physocarpa). We have more pictures and information of those host plants in
the Wanderer Butterfly and Australian
Crow Butterfly pages.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p502, Plate 3W.
- 2. Specimen
Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB,
Western Australian Department of Agriculture, 2006.
- 3. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) - Slater, A., University of Kansas science bulletin, v. 52(8,i.e.9) p. 301-481, 1985.
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