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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Tetraopini » Milkweed Longhorns (Tetraopes) » Tetraopes annulatus
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Milkweed Longhorn - Tetraopes annulatus
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Gruber

Milkweed Longhorn - Tetraopes annulatus
Fort McCoy SNA, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA
June 30, 2007
Sandy prairie/oak savanna habitat.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 4 July, 2007 - 2:48pm
Last updated 2 October, 2007 - 9:28pm

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Longhorns.
… Jeff Gruber, 2 October, 2007 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Tetraopes annulatus
This beetle was identified as T. annulatus by Andrew Williams, who studies milkweed fauna extensively. Per Andrew, T. quinquemaculatus lacks the 2 elytral maculations closest to the suture.
… Jeff Gruber, 19 July, 2007 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops...
...Andrew is correct about T. quinquemaculatus. I forgot about T. annulatus, which does reach as far east as Wisconsin. Western specimens usually have a much more grayish look to them.
… Ted C. MacRae, 22 August, 2007 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

This is probably...
...Tetraopes quinquemaculatus - it is often associated with Asclepias tuberosus.
… Ted C. MacRae, 5 July, 2007 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

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