False Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius & J. C. 1803

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Lygaeus turcicus (False Milkweed Bug) is a species of true bugs in the family seed bugs. They visit flowers of smooth oxeye, Clustered Mountain-Mint, Pendleton's eryngo, and narrowleaf mountainmint. They are diurnal. Individuals can grow to 11 mm.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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mutualistic with
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002442
- Definition: An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which both organisms benefit from each other
- Attribution: Arctic Lichen Ecology
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Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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11 mm
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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hemimetabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sw. (smooth oxeye)
feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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piercing-sucking mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/piercingSucking
- Definition: Mouthparts modified into long or short, sclerotized piercing devices that are used to penetrate the host/prey/substrate to gain access to food, and liquids are transported through the food canal with the aid of a pressure gradient created by a sucking pump.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sw. (smooth oxeye)
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of False Milkweed Bug. View this species on GBIF

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