... at first glance i was thinking it was eggs of some sort, until i looked closer and saw they had legs and were moving (yeeks) so i came to the bug forum.
any ideas?? sorry the one image is blurred [hard to capture something so small] but it shows how many of the lil guys there are.
should i just leave them alone, or clean them off the plant, which is scarlet milkweed?
TIA,
Terese
did a bit of "googling" and found this
Gold aphids are the most voracious and persistent that I have seen. They only colonize on Asclepias species (milkweed), but are quite capable of destroying the plants without close attention. Plant parts must be cut off and discarded. Some aphids will drop to the ground and climb back onto remaining stubs further weakening the plants. Standard soap solutions do not affect these critters, and if you grow any of the milkweeds you may have to treat them like roses.
