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Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Longhorn milkweed beetle with red and black aposematic coloring.

Habitat:

Spotted on milkweed in a meadow at Boyd Audubon

Notes:

The genus and the species names both mean “four eyes”, which refers to the way that the antennae divide each eye into two - resulting in a lower eye and an upper eye thus making the beetle look like it has 4 eyes.

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Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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PublishedJuly 13, 2016

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