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Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found on milkweed

Species ID Suggestions

Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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Jacob Gorneau
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Jacob Gorneau
Tetraopes sp. for sure, although some entomologists think that the species T. tetrophtalmus is a complex of many different species which are very hard to separate. Please verify!

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PublishedJuly 3, 2013

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