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Red milkweed beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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Description:

Adult: orangish-red with black spots and four black eyes (two above the antennae, and two below); combination of broad, disk-shaped hump (callus) on pronotum, strong elytral spots, especially the broad subhumeral spot, and unringed antennae are distinctive for this species

Habitat:

Sand prairie

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