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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 Longhorn - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2005 Matthew Roth

Red Milkweed Longhorn - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 26, 2005
Size: 12mm
A specimen from my collection. Probably species Tetraopes tetrophthalmus. Can anyone comfirm? Thanks!
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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 1 April, 2006 - 8:44am
Last updated 4 April, 2006 - 5:31pm

T. tetrophthalmus looks correct to me
T. tetrophthalmus looks correct to me. For all your longhorns, Yanega (1) provides an excellent field guide to all the northeast species and uses color photos rather than keys to ID (sort of a hardcopy early BugGuide!)

Tim
… Tim R. Moyer, 4 April, 2006 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Moved to species page. I'll check into getting that book.
… Matthew Roth, 4 April, 2006 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
try BioQuip
or my local library gets me amazing things through inter-library loan

Tim
… Tim R. Moyer, 5 April, 2006 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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