Red Milkweed Beetle

Longhorn beetle with red and black aposematic coloring.

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Ferdy Christant

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Stunning detail! What kind of lens do you use, Christine? Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I use a Canon 100mm IS macro lens, and I love it. For cameras, I go back and forth between a Canon 60D and an 80D. I also have a mini tripod and a shutter release cable...and, I hold my breath sometimes while taking a shot ;P. Anything to help prevent too much shake, haha. Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Holding your breath is hard to unlearn, I do the same thing and am totally out of breath after a macro session :) Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Haha, yes! Posted 7 years ago

The Red milkweed beetle

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.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Christine Young