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Milkweed Bug Lifecycle
Unlike the mealworm, the milkweed bug goes through different life cycle changes:
Egg
Nymph
Adult
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Milkweed Bug Lifecycle
Stage 1: Egg● Eggs are laid by the milkweed adult females. ● It takes 4-10 days for the eggs to hatch. ● The warmer the climate, the quicker they will hatch.
Egg
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Milkweed Bug Lifecycle
Stage 2: Nymphs● After the milkweed bugs have hatched, they are called nymphs (nimfs).● Unlike the mealworms, the milkweed bugs do not go through a larva
stage. So the nymphs already look like “mini adults.”● The nymph will molt 5 times before it is an adult.
Egg
Nymph
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Milkweed Bug Lifecycle
Final stage: Adult● After the 5th molt, the nymph is now an adult.● The entire process of aging from egg to adult takes about 4-8 weeks
depending on the temperature of the habitat.● After being an adult for 1 week, the adults will start mating and
producing eggs to start the cycle over again!
EggNymph
Adult
Check out the next slide to be able to tell the females and males apart!
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Adult Male and Female Milkweed Bugs
To tell the difference between a male and female Milkweed Bug, you need to look at the designs on the underside (the bottom) of the adults.
Females:Have 1 black stripe and 2 dots.
Males: Are slightly smaller with 2 black stripes and no dots.
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