Milkweed beetles
Two milkweed beetles – you know what they’re up to.
I’ve seen lots of beautiful flowers this season, but I haven’t had many good insect encounters until this. And in the same milkweed patch, I found a two large jumping spiders…
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If we want to see a couple couple, we’ve come to the right place.
The milkweed patch was the place – milkweed attracts lots of interesting bugs.
I can confirm that for the milkweeds we have in Austin.
Great work
Thanks, Jeremy!
Sometimes I can be a little slow. I was wondering why this pair didn’t look like our milkweed bugs, and then I figured it out: you have a pair of beetles here. Same colors, but different family. I’m always fascinated by the details of insects. Here, it’s the segmented antennae, and the texture of the wing covers. They look like hammered copper.
Thanks – yes milkweed bugs are a different insect. I see them later in the season, when the seed pods open. I see milkweed beetles more often, you know they’re around because they eat the milkweed leaves in a recognizable pattern.
Superb 🙂
Thanks, Joshi!