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The red milkweed beetle is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae. The binomial genus and species names are both derived from the Latin for "four eyes." As in many longhorn beetles, the antennae are situated very near the eye–in the red milkweed beetle, this adaptation has been carried to an extreme: the antennal base actually bisects the eye.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Feb 4, 2018. Captured Jul 26, 2014 10:38 in Main St S, Southbury, CT 06488, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/332s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm