It's like a lily beetle with acne. No, sorry. don't know.

haha it looks like that to me too :D

It's a red milkweed beetle - Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

It is indeed T tetrophthalmus and is native to North American continent. It is in the group of beetles called the Longhorn beetles.

it lays its eggs near the roots and the adults feed on the foliage of the milk weed.

Ha, you guys are too smart but I'l be back with another one! That's where I found him, on the milkweed.

i didn't know it was a test Paul. Glad we passed with flying red and black colours.

Yes, and I wanted to show you the crazy bugs over here. I seriously wanted to know what it was.

did you see the blog I did where I had a yellow and black longhorn beetle? yours are cousins of ours. They are brilliant beetles.

Yes, I've see it. Great pictures. You're pretty good with the camera.