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Blackened Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes melanurus

Description:

Red with symmetric black spots.

Habitat:

Bay area, salt marsh, upland field and woods, several fresh and brackish water ponds

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KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Blackened Milkweed Beetle -Tetraopes melanurus is distinguished by the blackened areas on the elytra.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23852

StanleyTakaro
Spotted by
StanleyTakaro

NYC, New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 8, 2012
Submitted on Jan 18, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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