Milkweed, the food of monarchs
and some of its dirty little secrets.
Gallery of milkweed visitors
Bugs or Hemiptera
Left, leaf-footed-bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis; center, Neurocolpus; right, large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus.
Flies or Diptera
Hymenoptera
Bumblebee, Bombus sp.
Flies: left, flesh fly; right, bottle green fly, Lucilia
Butterflies or Lepidoptera
Moth
Beetles
Interesting facts:
Flower strategies:
Videos
Milkweed visitors (Milkweed zoo): Numerous pictures of milkweed visitors by a number of photographers.
Photography by Beatriz Moisset.
Most pictures were taken in Montgomery County and Bucks County, PA in 2002 to 2005
Contact: bmoisset@aol.com