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Milkweed Beetles


Milkweed Beetles

I'm not sure what these bugs really do. They are only found on milkweed and won't bother anything else.



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They look horrible :(

19 Oct, 2017

 

I bet the birds dont eat them with those markings and eating milkweed

good photo

Gg

20 Oct, 2017

 

Yeh, they nearly glow in the dark, lol. Very toxic, just like the butterflies that feed off this plant. thanks

20 Oct, 2017

 

They have their Halloween colours on Paul.

24 Oct, 2017

 

Lol they do

24 Oct, 2017

 

I think they are beautiful! I saw a beetle a bit like this on the road last week. Got home and googled and it was a Sexton Burying Beetle. Never seen or heard of it, but a common carrion eating insect. Yours are even brighter colour though.

24 Oct, 2017

 

They are a bit strange to me and reclusive. Thanks Karen. I feel compelled to show the good, the bad & the ugly.

24 Oct, 2017

 

Of course, if one came near my skin I would freak out!

24 Oct, 2017



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