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Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The red and black coloring are aposematic, advertising the beetles' inedibility. There are many milkweed-eating species of insect that use the toxins contained in the plant as a chemical defense.

Habitat:

forest edge, near pond on milkweed

Notes:

I spotted this along the edge of the pond at Fireman's Park.

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Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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PublishedAugust 14, 2011

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