Lygaeus kalmii Stål, 1874

Small Milkweed Bug

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Lygaeidae

Genus: Lygaeus

Species: Lygaeus kalmii

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Lygaeus kalmii

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Associated Species	Type of Associate	Reference
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)	Host plant (food plant)	See photo
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed)	Host plant (food plant)	See photo