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Red and black-spotted Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2009 Kathy Bilton

Red and black-spotted Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Potomac Overlook Park, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
July 17, 2009
Size: a little less than 2 cm.
I've been seeing this beetle (or one that looks just like it) on one or another of a group of milkweed plants for several days. (Size given does not include antennae.)
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Contributed by Kathy Bilton on 17 July, 2009 - 3:24pm
Last updated 31 July, 2009 - 1:11pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Fox, 31 July, 2009 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

Would you believe
... it's a Red Milkweed Beetle. ;-)

'Tis the season over here in our neck of the woods!
… Ashley Bradford, 17 July, 2009 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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