#tetraopini

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Red Milkweed Beetles mating (by me)

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Red Milkweed Beetles mating (by me)

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Red Milkweed Beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (by me)

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Red Milkweed Beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (by me)

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Red Milkweed Beetle (by me)

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Red Milkweed Beetle in the grass (by Dendroica cerulea)

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Red Milkweed Beetle (by Dendroica cerulea)

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Blackened Milkweed Beetle on Flickr.

This was a new species for me. Like Red Milkweed Beetle, it feeds on milkweeds, but it favors butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) rather than common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). The heart shape on its elytra is distinctive.