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Small Milkweed Bug

Scientific Name: Lygaeus kalmii

Family: Lygaeidae

Native Range: Northern ranges of North America

Size: *

Active: Adults over-winter. Females become active in spring.*

Color and Appearance: Black with red markings

*From Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygaeus_kalmii

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Jagged Ambush Bug

Scientific Name: Phymata fasciata

Family: Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Native Range: North and Central America (Wikipedia)

Size:

Color and Appearance: Black with golden hairs*

*From Heather Holm, Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants. Minetonka: Pollination Press, LLC, 2014., p. 267.

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Stilt Bug

Family: Berytidae

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Color and Appearance: Noted for their slender bodies and long legs

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Unidentified Insects

I spotted these arthropods in the yard, but could not identify them. Hopefully I will come to recognize them over time.

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Aphid

Superfamily: Aphidoidea

Native Range: World wide, Pennsylvania

Size: Small

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