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birdlady_liz wrote:
I cut my milkweed to make it bushier, makes more for them caterpillars to eat later. Eggs are laid on the undersides of the leaves as a general rule and not easy to spot. You could have had aphids or even scale, so cutting back and throwing away was for the best, I'd say. Liz