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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Tetraopini » Milkweed Longhorn Beetles (Tetraopes) » Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
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Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Milkweed Beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Wachusett Mountain, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 3, 2008
Size: 12 mm
Seen on milkweed. It fell off or jumped when I moved for a better angle and I lost it in the grass.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 3 August, 2008 - 3:23pm
Last updated 3 August, 2008 - 5:47pm

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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)



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… Ron M., 3 August, 2008 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I knew about milkweed bugs -- shot some today -- but not milkweed beetles.
… John F. Carr, 3 August, 2008 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
I have never seen one...
except for pictures but I have ran across numerous othee Longhorn Beetles. I have found that, as a defence, they will simply roll off of the plant and fall to the ground. Much better hiding spot...
… Ron M., 3 August, 2008 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

 
That's what it did
That's what it did. The other longhorn beetles didn't really care about, most of them because they were too busy mating. One pair walked under the flower until I stuck my camera down there. Shots to follow.
… John F. Carr, 3 August, 2008 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

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