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chris_lcf530 Peachtree City, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 18, 2007

found these little things when I was collecting Monarch butterfly caterpillars off of my milkweed plant.
Enemy of my little caterpillars???
chris

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Aug 18, 2007

Aphids, just blast them off with the waterhose

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chris_lcf530 Peachtree City, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 18, 2007

Really!!! I have never seen aphids like this? I thought they were little white powdery things.

thanks

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Aug 18, 2007

the milkweed aphids are yellow and very noticable on the plant

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chris_lcf530 Peachtree City, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 18, 2007

Thanks, I guess I never thought about there being different kinds of aphids.

chris

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Silly_Sane Aug 18, 2007

milkweed aphids. they will keep on populating
dont just blast them. saturate them with dilluted dish washing soap
they will smother them and die
force of water blast can knock off the leafs and caterpillar babies

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 18, 2007

And the soap can kill the baby caterpillars. So be careful where you spray....

BTW, aphids come in all kinds of colors: red, purple, yellow, orange, gray, black....It just depends on which species they are. Look for those two little "stovepipes" sticking out of their back near the rear.

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chris_lcf530 Peachtree City, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 19, 2007

I removed the leaves that had the aphids on them. The ones that I saw. I had a hard enough time seeing these little guys with a jewelers magnifier, I will keep a lookout for the stovepipe thing. I am going to look in bugfiles to see what the stovepipes look like. Thanks for all the help.

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Aug 19, 2007

I've seen pink aphids too

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2007

And green too. I think they come in all colors!

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