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red milkweed beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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Field Notes

Description:

The genus and species name are both from the Latin for "four eyes". The antenna base on this beetle bisects the eye.

Habitat:

wild flower garden

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PublishedAugust 23, 2013

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