During the third week of June, a few more insect species arrived, among them were red milkweed beetles. These beetles also feed on the leaves by cutting the veins before nibbling on the leaves.

Beetles are fascinating, but there are so many that it is difficult to know where to begin – more than 350,000 species that ...

Bright orange milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) usually emerge toward the end of summer and feed in clusters on the stems and leaves of common milkweed, swamp milkweed, and other milk ...

"There are several native species of milkweed, and we found that common milkweed was very prevalent in people's gardens and was really key, both in terms of whether monarchs laid their eggs there ...

Most people are familiar with common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), but there are a total of 15 species of milkweed in Indiana alone! All share the characteristic of having milky sap, hence the ...

Wojciech Poreba inspects milkweed at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove while looking for monarch butterfly eggs Wednesday afternoon Aug. 7, 2024. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press) Raising and releasing ...

Milkweed aphids taste foul to many predatory insects because of the compounds they ingest from the milkweed plants. However, several beneficial bugs prey on milkweed aphids, including ladybugs ...

“There are several native species of milkweed, and we found that common milkweed was very prevalent in people’s gardens and was really key, both in terms of whether monarchs laid their eggs ...

Monarch populations have declined along with the disappearance of milkweed; in recent years, they've been a candidate for endangered species status by the International Union for Conservation of ...

Milkweed aphids taste foul to many predatory insects because of the compounds they ingest from the milkweed plants. However, several beneficial bugs prey on milkweed aphids, including ladybugs ...