Photographer: Geni Certain, Munford

Summer in the South NEXT | START OVER | PREVIOUS This is the Large Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. I guess it's pretty big as bugs go, and that's milkweed buds it's perched on. It likes milkweed seeds, but these plants are a long way from setting seed. Submit a picture. Copyright © 2004 Consolidated Publishing Co.