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some images from my walk this morning. It's been a lot nicer now that it's cooled a bit though it is still quite warm. And everything is in that summer supercharged life mode.
Milkweed Aphids, Aphis nerii by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay
Oleander Aphids, Aphis nerii (by me)
@infamous-takoyaki submitted: just some pals i found here in Oregon :) The only bug that i’d like to have ID’d is the one T-posing on the window frame (never seen anyone hold their wings out like that)
What an excellent collection of pals! I especially want to smooch the snail. I'm hoping that hoverfly in the video is laying her eggs on that plant! Hoverfly larvae will eat aphids ravenously, and that milkweed plant is clearly absolutely rife with oleander aphids. Anyway the T-posing friend is a plume moth!
@vaor-29 submitted: inmates at the Baby Jail shortly before being exiled for Ate All The Milkweed crimes!
my family and i have been raising Monarchs for some years now, it's always really nice to see the little ecosystems that have been forming around them any time we have to check them up/relocate them! here's some more pictures of the other residents:
the ladybug larvae are a recent development, but very much welcome cause as much as i like their pretty yellow color, the aphids have been a little out of control recently and their honeydew keeps encouraging mold and bacteria growths on nearby plants... i'd appreciate any tips on discouraging them from overcrowding so much!
and a bonus update: two of the little rascals decided it was a good idea to pupate on the tupper right before i could relocate them, smh!!
Baby jail!!! That looks more like a baby buffet. Love that for them.
I don’t think there are many control methods for the aphids that wouldn’t affect everything else living on the plant except physically wiping them off yourself and avoiding caterpillars and ladybug larvae. I just used my hand to remove aphids from my milkweed. But it’s great you have the ladybug larvae and the mealybug destroyers! They love to gobble up pests. I also see a whole lot of aphid mummies (the very round, brown aphids), which means you’ve got parasitic wasps preying on them. Hope those two criminals who pupated on the lid successfully emerged :)
Some bugs and a probably not but potentially bug-adjacent question!
The milkweed in my little strip of garden is always a bustling hang out spot for lots of bugs, but this year it’s been almost exclusively these orange guys. A couple monarchs were here earlier in the summer but I haven’t seen them in a while. I haven’t seen the milkweed get so gross like this and also be dominated by mostly one species, I’m guessing it’s a mold situation but is there a chance it’s from the orange bugs somehow? If it is mold (not asking you to confirm that, I know it’s not your area and I’m already pretty certain it is), any suggestions for antifungal treatments that wouldn’t harm any potential monarch eggs or other bugs? I’m in the Chicago area.
And if not, simply enjoy this offering of Many Bugs!
The orange guys are oleander aphids, and they're very common on milkweed. They won't kill the plant unless they're very bad. When I've had them in the past and they got bad, I'd just physically wipe them off the stems and leaves with my fingers. They don't seem to deter monarchs, though. The white stuff is maybe powdery mildew? I don't think it's related to the aphids, as far as I understand it's caused by too high humidity/not enough sun. I've never had to treat that, so maybe some other people have some suggestions. Otherwise it's common enough I'm sure you'd be able to find some treatments online easily :)
@eljaspardo submited: Thought you'd enjoy these oleander aphid pals I found under a milkweed leaf yesterday! Sippin' that tasty juice :>
(Found in northern Colorado)
Sippin that sweet delicious milkweed juice!! I hope they are enjoying it...
@klumquat submitted: These little yellow guys were moving around on the underside of these plants, location is New Jersey, found these in summer, any idea what these are?
Yep, they’re oleander aphids. They’re often found on milkweed like you see here, so they’re also sometimes called milkweed aphids. They’re found pretty much all over the world at this point.
