About Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Forster, 1771)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, commonly called the red milkweed beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Adult red milkweed beetles feed on the foliage and flowers of milkweed plants, while the beetle's larvae feed on milkweed plant roots. Like the monarch butterfly, this beetle is thought to gain protection from predators by taking up toxins from its host milkweed plant into its body, which makes the beetle distasteful to predators.
