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large milkweed beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

large milkweed beetle? - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
June 27, 2009
Size: 18mm
Red milkweed beetle, I assume.
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 28 June, 2009 - 9:28pm
Last updated 4 November, 2009 - 10:50pm

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Looks like the Red Milkweed Beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus. There's another one that looks similar, Tetraopes femoratus, but the spots and antennae are different.

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