Milkweed Bug

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Milkweed Bug

• By
• Joey, Trevor

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Environment

• Milkweed bugs are found in small groups on the
  underside of the leaves of the milkweed plants in
  southern Canada, the continental United states,
  and central Mexico.

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Food

• Milkweed bugs eat tissue from the milkweed plants.

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Predators

• The milkweed bugs predators are birds, ants, and
  spiders.

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Interesting Facts

• The Milkweed bug eats with a proboscis. They are
  also able to get rid of the poison in the
  Milkweed plant. The adults have wings and are
  able to fly south.

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Interesting Facts

• The Milkweed bug sometimes will hang onto the
  Milkweed plants seeds.
• The females can lay 2,000 eggs in her life.

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Interesting Facts

• They will mate in late spring or early summer.
  The milkweed bugs legs are very delicate. They
  have bright colors on

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Interesting Facts

• their body because they taste bad. They shed
  exoskeletons when they molt.

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Interesting Facts

• To catch them, use bottles or a small container.
  Phylum Arthropoda. Class Insecta. Order
  Hemiptera. Scientific name Oncopeltus Fasciatus.