Usually means: Insect feeding primarily on milkweed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (milkweed bug)

▸ noun:  (US) an insect, of the family Lygaeidae, that mostly feeds on the seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant (Asclepias).

Similar:
seed bug, lygus bug, milkweed, tarnished plant bug, wekiu bug, mealbug, scarlet lily beetle, aphid midge, gall midge, alfalfa weevil, more...

Phrases:
Large milkweed bug, more...

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Similar:
seed bug, lygus bug, milkweed, tarnished plant bug, wekiu bug, mealbug, scarlet lily beetle, aphid midge, gall midge, alfalfa weevil, more...

Phrases:
Large milkweed bug, more...



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