Milkweed Beetles
By Bathgate
19 Oct, 2017
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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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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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They look horrible :(
19 Oct, 2017