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NYVOICES99 Corning, NY(Zone 5a) Sep 07, 2007

These bugs are all over my Milk Weed & worse on my Butterfly Weed, Can anyone tell me what they are & if they are good/bad? Thanks so much..:)Anita

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 07, 2007

NY, those are Milkweed bugs, they suck the juices out of the seed pods. Just cut the pods off and the mw bugs will move on.

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1INSECTS/milkweed.html

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NYVOICES99 Corning, NY(Zone 5a) Sep 07, 2007

Thank you so much, will have to read up on them, as I would like to let my Butterfly Weed set seed, but I hate them bug's:( as long as they wont hurt anything they can stay, Thanks again :)Anita

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