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Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 31, 2009
Tetraopes sp.

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Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus
Contributed by Andrew Williams on 2 August, 2009 - 7:52pm
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 24 August, 2009 - 3:02pm

the white rings
the white rings on the the antennae would rule out T. tetrophthalmus? Hopefully Dr. Thomas can see this. Nice photographs Andy!
… Maury J. Heiman, 2 August, 2009 - 9:24pm

 
thanks, wondered about that , some thoughts
I looked through the pics for
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, and saw mostly all black antennae, but there were a couple/few that had white rings. Now I think I'm seeing some red on the femur of mine too, which might mean Tetraopes femoratus? Thanks for the note. Adding reference pics below.

Tetraopes femoratus, KS with similar spots


Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, ringed antennae

… Andrew Williams, 3 August, 2009 - 7:36am

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