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Milkweed leaf beetles (mating)

Labidomera clivicollis

Photo by KarenL
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Description:

Mating leaf beetles. My milkweeds are also home to both small & large milkweed bugs, red milkweed beetles, milkweed tussock moth caterpillars, & of course monarch caterpillars - so many photo opportunities from a single species!

Reference Links:

UW-Milwaukee: Field Station - Bug of the Week: Milkweed Critters

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