Red Milkweed Beetle

Subject:  Really cute bug
Geographic location of the bug:  Missouri
Date: 09/13/2017
Time: 11:25 PM EDT
Over the summer, I found this really neat bug. I have no clue what it could be called, but it sure did like hanging around the nature park’s garden!
How you want your letter signed:  Mark

Red Milkweed Beetle

Dear Mark,
Though it was on grass when you took the image, this is a Red Milkweed Beetle or Milkweed Longhorn in the genus
Tetraopes, which is always found in association with milkweed, its sole food plant.

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