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Darth Maul Bug
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Darth Maul Bug

Spilostethus hospes

The Darth Maul bug (Spilostethus hospes), is a species of seed bug found in Asia, Australasia, and Oceania. Its common name is a reference to the Star Wars character Darth Maul, who shares similar markings. It is sometimes referred to as the Milkweed Bug in Australia because it feeds on Milkweed plants, however the Large Milkweed bug refers to a different species - Oncopelltus fasciatus. The two bugs both fall under the family of Lygaeidae and...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 450766.