Small Milkweed Bug

Small Milkweed Bug – Lygaeus turcicus
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2007-08-25
Thanks to John and Jane Balaban for the ID.

In my limited experience these seem more skittish and afraid of the camera than its cousin the Large Milkweed Bug is. Here’s another one that was trying to hide from me at Jamaica Bay yesterday:

Despite the names, these two look the same size to me. Any difference you see here is just an effect of how much I cropped and shrunk each picture, not a difference in the bugs themselves. The difference in pattern and color is obvious, but not size.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 6:25 AM and is filed under Birding, Bugs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the Atom feed. You can make a comment, Digg this story, or trackback from your own site.