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Lygaeus kalmii
What you have is a true bug (order Hemiptera). This is what entomologists call a Milkweed Beetle: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/...
Spotted on Sep 10, 2011 Submitted on Mar 7, 2012
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