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Tetraopes melanurus - Blackened Milkweed Beetle? - Tetraopes melanurus

Tetraopes melanurus - Blackened Milkweed Beetle? - Tetraopes melanurus
Walker Nature Center - Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 2, 2014
It looks like this would be a new record for Virginia, at least on Bugguide.net's data set.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Agreed
Your ID is correct, it is a distinctive pattern on wings.
You can safely move this one to species page I believe.
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