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The red milkweed beetle is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae. The binomial genus and species names are both derived from the Latin for "four eyes." As in many longhorn beetles, the antennae are situated very near the eye–in the red milkweed beetle, this adaptation has been carried to an extreme: the antennal base actually bisects the eye.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Joe Spandrusyszyn
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By Joe Spandrusyszyn

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Uploaded Aug 3, 2014. Captured Aug 2, 2014 14:54 in 1-175 Pittsford-Henrietta Town Line Road, Pittsford, NY 14534, USA.
  • E-PM1
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO500
  • 128mm