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Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Photo by Christine Y.
Published on Project Noah
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41.4815, -73.2132

Field Notes

Description:

Longhorn beetle with red and black aposematic coloring.

Habitat:

Spotted in a meadow at Bent of the River Audubon

Notes:

Thanks bayucca for the ID!

Species ID Suggestions

Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Comments (4)

Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Tetraopini, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/558171 http://bugguide.net/node/view/193050/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/2966/bgpage

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