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Photo by cej10
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Field Notes

Description:

Some sort of red spotted beetle. Second picture shows that it's eating the plants. Both photos taken at dusk inthe same wooded area near a small stream in an otherwise urban area.

Species ID Suggestions

Red milkweed beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Reference Link
Latimeria
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Comments (1)
Latimeria
If you didn't know the plant they're feeding on, it's a type of milkweed, Asclepias sp. (Hence the name!)

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
The Color Red
Photographed
PublishedJuly 14, 2011

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