Beginner Gardening: Sooty mildew??, 1 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
ecrane3,
I had googled Oncopeltus and found that these are not aphids at all; they are larvae of the "milkweed bug". Here is a picture of the adult beetle. I had also been squishing them with my bare hand and washing my hands quickly, but it probably is a bad idea as the bugs (incl larvae) that feed on milkweed are poisonous. I have some vinyl gloves left over from epoxying that I will use next year if the soap fails.