Oncopeltus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae, which has at least 40 described species.[1][2][3][4]
Oncopeltus varicolorLarge milkweed bug molting from third to fourth instar. Scenes of the molting followed by the entire molt at fifteen times speed. Last is superposition before to just after molt showing the increased size already.
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Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "genus Oncopeltus Stal, 1868". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN978-0-913-424-16-2.
Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN978-90-71912-21-4.