Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) on leaf of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). Beetle eats toxic flowers and leaves of milkweed

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Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) on leaf of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). Beetle eats toxic flowers and leaves of milkweed and gains toxciity as defense against predation. Like monarch butterfly, it uses bright orange and black markings to warn predators to stay away.

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Keywords: aposematism, asclepias, beetle, black, clivicollis, colors, defense, defensive, incarnata, insect, labidomera, leaf, milkweed, orange, strategies, swamp, toxic, warning