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Red Milkweed Beetle Taken in Illinois.  Red milkweed beetle,Tetraopes tetrophthalmus Click/tap to enlarge

Red Milkweed Beetle

Taken in Illinois.

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  1. Do you have a dorsal view of this one? Posted 10 years ago
  2. Unfortunately I do not. This was the best picture I could get of this species. Posted 10 years ago

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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 SaraBethWilliamson
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By SaraBethWilliamson

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Uploaded Aug 21, 2015. Captured Jun 25, 2015 13:12.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  • f/5.6
  • 1/664s
  • ISO800
  • 250mm