Comments on: Shaw Nature Reserve Part 10 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/other-wildlife/2008/07/23/179/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ALberto R http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/other-wildlife/2008/07/23/179/#comment-1513 ALberto R Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:34:22 +0000 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/?p=179#comment-1513 They're milkweed tussock moth caterpillars (Euchaetes egle). They’re milkweed tussock moth caterpillars (Euchaetes egle).

]]> By: Ted C. MacRae http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/other-wildlife/2008/07/23/179/#comment-393 Ted C. MacRae Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:21:29 +0000 http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/wpblog/?p=179#comment-393 The beetle is the common milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) - it breeds exclusively in the living roots of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). There are several other species of Tetraopes in Missouri - all are restricted to certain species of Asclepias. p.s. I live ~10 miles from Shaw Nature Reserve ;-) The beetle is the common milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) - it breeds exclusively in the living roots of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). There are several other species of Tetraopes in Missouri - all are restricted to certain species of Asclepias.

p.s. I live ~10 miles from Shaw Nature Reserve ;-)

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