Subject: Milkweed Beetle?
Location: Southern Minneaota
June 12, 2017 7:41 am
Is this a milkweed beetle?
Signature: LALehner
Dear LALehner,
These are indeed mating Milkweed Longhorns in the genus Tetraopes, most likely the Red Milkweed Beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus. According to BugGuide, they can be identified through a: “combination of broad, disk-shaped hump (callus) on pronotum, strong elytral spots, especially the broad subhumeral spot, and unringed antennae are distinctive for this species.”
