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title: "Small Milkweed Bug"
description: "Lygaeus kalmii — Insecten en spinnen. Lygaeus kalmii, known as the small milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/small-milkweed-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Milkweed Bug

> Lygaeus kalmii — Insecten en spinnen. Lygaeus kalmii, known as the small milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae.

- Scientific name: *Lygaeus kalmii*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 41894
- Wikidata: [Q10571418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10571418)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62045](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62045)

## Names

- en: Small Milkweed Bug
- fr: Petite punaise de l'Asclépiade

## Countries with the most observations

US (32192), CA (5711), MX (550)

## Summary

Lygaeus kalmii, known as the small milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central and North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygaeus_kalmii

## Photo

![Small Milkweed Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-milkweed-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62045

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-milkweed-bug?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).