milkweed bug

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noun

any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.

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Origin of milkweed bug

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby milkweed bug

milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milkweed, milkweed beetle, milkweed bug, milkweed butterfly, milkweed family, milk-white, milkwood, milkwort