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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) » Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
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red milkweed beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

red milkweed beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
August 2, 2009
This is my question: Is this a Red Milkweed Beetle? Usually the spots on elytra don't create a black blob, they are separate. I have already discovered that I have Blackened Milkweed Beetles in the backyard, so is this another species? Compare with:
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 22 July, 2009 - 1:14pm
Last updated 10 December, 2009 - 3:24pm

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