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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-femured Milkweed Borer (Tetraopes femoratus)
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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
Notes under other image.

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Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus Red-femured Milkweed Borer - Tetraopes femoratus
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 3 August, 2009 - 8:06am
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Longhorns.
… Andrew Williams, 24 August, 2009 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 4 August, 2009 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Probably just
a Red Milkweed Beetle.
… roar, 3 August, 2009 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
this one is confusing
I'm hoping it's Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, so I can peg KS on that map, but.. it has red on the legs, and banded antennae. The spots look more like Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, but the other stuff more like Tetraopes femoratus. I've got notes on one of the other images.
… Andrew Williams, 3 August, 2009 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

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