Red Milkweed Beetle

July 18, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

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Face to face with a red milkweed beetle on a milkweed leaf.  The antenna sockets of this beetle divide the compound eye into upper and lower eyes, and the beetle's scientific name Tetraopes Tetrophthalmus means "four eyes".

 

Adult beetles eat milkweed leaves, buds, and flowers, and larvae feed on milkweed roots.

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