The Milkweed Insects

One of the fascinating features is the incredible diversity of insects that can feed on one kind of plant. Our understandable obsession with a few serious insect pests on a relatively small number of crop plants skews our view of the insect/plant relationships around us.

Milkweed Bugs, Large and Small (Family Lygaedidae) – Field Station

Milkweed Bugs are Rampant

Life phases of the large milkweed bug

Milkweed Longhorns Missouri Department of Conservation

Asclepias – Milkweed Opinicon Natural History

Milkweed & its Many Insect Visitors — ReWild Long Island

red milkweed beetle

Introducing Michigan insects in the garden - Gardening in Michigan

The Red Invaders: Those Colorful Milkweed Bugs - Bug Squad - ANR Blogs