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Red Milkweed Beetle A Red Milkweed Beetle forages for a meal in the grasses Geotagged,Spring,Tetraopes tetrophthalmus,United States,beetle,insect,longhorn beetle,red milkweed beetle Click/tap to enlarge

Red Milkweed Beetle

A Red Milkweed Beetle forages for a meal in the grasses

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    This is not Tetraopes tetrophthalmus because it is lacking one pair of larger black spots in the middle of the elytra.
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/655524/bgimage

    There are a few other similar species in the same genus though and I am not sure which one it may be. Moreover, they are somewhat variable in the different sources.
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/2965/bgpage
    http://texasento.net/Tetraopes.htm
    https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdetails.asp?id=12510&w=n
    https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=11u6W0StBnYC&dq=Tetraopes+california&q=genus+Tetraopes#v=snippet&q=genus%20Tetraopes&f=false     Posted 10 years ago

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Uploaded May 30, 2015. Captured May 24, 2015 12:09 in 42990 Los Gatos Road, Temecula, CA 92590, USA.
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  • NIKON D610
  • f/4.5
  • 1/320s
  • ISO400
  • 85mm