A Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) clings to a leaf of its host plant, Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

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Size: 4674px × 3116px
Location: Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Wildlife / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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