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Red Soldier Beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2009 G. Thomas Bancroft

Red Soldier Beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Mt Zion, Montogomery County, Maryland, USA
July 3, 2009
Size: about 3/4 inch
On milkweed flower.
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Contributed by G. Thomas Bancroft on 3 July, 2009 - 8:54pm
Last updated 16 September, 2009 - 8:24pm

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Longhorns.
… Mike Quinn, 23 July, 2009 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

red milkweed beetle
Looks like a red milkweed beetle to me. http://bugguide.net/node/view/91655
… brandyr, 3 July, 2009 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much.
Thanks so much.
… G. Thomas Bancroft, 3 July, 2009 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Red Milkweed Beetle
Looks like Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, the common species of the genus on milkweed in the Northeast. Markings are a bit variable. Yours matches this:
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2009 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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