One morning in my backyard milkweed patch

Milkweed is home to a lot more than monarch caterpillars. Here is a sampling of what I found yesterday morning in my small patch of Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, growing in a narrow strip on the side of our house.

Ant, Prenolepis imparis

 

Honey bee on milkweed flower

 

Exoskeleton of lady bug larva

Two-striped Planthopper nymph, Acalonia bivittata

flatid planthopper nymph

cricket

Brown-belted Bumblebee, Bombus griseocollis

mites on Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Large Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Blow Fly, Calliphoridae

Long-legged Fly, Condystylus sp.

Tumbling Flower Beetle, Mordellidae

Though it looks like its head is falling off, this is a healthy individual.

Lauxaniid fly, Homoneura sp.

Leafhopper nymph, Jikradia olitoria

Unidentified plastered object; any ideas?

Acrobat ant, Crematogaster

Planting native plants brings a great diversity of wildlife to your garden. It helps to look closely to appreciate the wealth.

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