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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Here are some of the nyriad insects that I found in one small patch of blossoming Milkweed. I wasn't able to get good pictures of all the ones I saw and I'm sure I wasn't able to see all the ones that were there. Is there another plant that's as useful to so many creatures as Milkweed (not a rhetorical question)?
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Great pictures! ...and great thread!
Way to go, Bulu! I did see quite a few different insects on a golden Alexandra that is growing on the very corner of the property along the shoulder of the road. I'm trying to get start a patch in my hedgerow under the power lines (maybe "hedge"row is not quite right--I doubt I'll put many woodies there). Not as many critters as you've got...pictures to follow. No time now. Someone remind me if I don't post them. ![]()
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Here are a few photos as promised.
There were not nearly as many different pollinators as your milkweed microcosm has, but, had I stuck around longer, I'd like to think others would've happened along.
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WOW, Lots of interest there!
Wonder what the little yellow sticky things are on the box-elder bugs feet. The 2nd one in your 2nd post looks like some sort of an ant mimic.
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Oh It's a small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii; Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) My mistake.
I see they have the red pattern more INTO the wing area than a box elder has. Google Image Result for http://www.unexco.com/box-milk.jpg But I'm still wondering what's on its feet?
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I like how the first beetle picture has milkweed anthers stuck to it's legs.
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