{"id":6414,"date":"2014-08-18T18:10:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T23:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T01:13:05","slug":"oncopeltus-fasciatus-nymphs-large-milkweed-bug-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6414","title":{"rendered":"<em>Oncopeltus fasciatus<\/em> nymphs (Large Milkweed Bug)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6416\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6416\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Oncopeltus fasciatus nymphs (Large Milkweed Bug)\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6416\" data-wp-pid=\"6416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/img_20140818_090713.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Oncopeltus fasciatus<\/em> nymphs (Large Milkweed Bug)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A week ago (<a href=\"?p=6377\" title=\"August 11, 2014\" target=\"_20140811\">August 11, 2014<\/a>) I posted a photo of a large milkweed bug (<em>Oncopeltus fasciatus<\/em>). These are nymphs of the same thing, also on the <em>Asclepias tuberosa<\/em> in our backyard. They feed on the seeds of the milkweed but don&#8217;t seem to do any harm to the plants, so I don&#8217;t mind them. Also, they are quite pretty, in a creepy, crawly sort of way. The adult bug is fairly large, more than 2cm long. These nymphs are quite small, though, 3 or 4mm long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago (August 11, 2014) I posted a photo of a large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). These are nymphs of the same thing, also on the Asclepias tuberosa in our backyard. They feed on the seeds of the milkweed but don&#8217;t seem to do any harm to the plants, so I don&#8217;t mind them. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=6414\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6418,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions\/6418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}