 Miklweed With Ahpides |
Milkweed is a host plant for the Monarch butterfly. I have quite a stand of it in a sunny location on the east side of my house. The Monarch feed on the flowers and the Monarch caterpillar eat the leaves, sometimes stripping an entire plant in a couple of days if there are a lot of caterpillars.This plant is covered with aphis (or more properly with aphides, the plural of aphis). It would be nice to get rid of them, but any method I have researched would also kill the Monarch eggs or caterpillars…so eradicating the aphides is not an option if I want to host the Monarch.Fortunately, although I have many plants that are susceptible to aphides infestation, Crape Myrtle being one of them, none seem to be susceptible to the variety of aphis that infest the milkweed. |
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Major Mike’s Musings
April 25, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Milkweed With Aphides
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9:20 pm on April 25th, 2007 1
Can you wipe them off using dishwashing detergent perhaps, and then rinse?
9:38 pm on April 26th, 2007 2
Oh yeah. I probably could, but I’m too lazy.