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Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 433, February 444, March 703, April 1,376, May 2,643, June 1,239, July 2,376, August 843, September 887, October 726, November 454, December 405.
United States40,160
Canada7,394
Ontario6,080
Illinois4,056
New York3,769
Pennsylvania3,392
Ohio2,961
Maryland2,818
Massachusetts2,653
Michigan2,461

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Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLonghorn Beetles · Cerambycidae
GenusMilkweed Longhorn Beetles · Tetraopes

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