first year growing milkweed and this dude popped up. i have no idea what it could be.
also – i heard i’m supposed to leave the aphids because it somehow increases the odds of getting a monarch. is that true or should i get rid of them? my instinct is not to intervene and let nature take its course.
thanks
by No-Band5927
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Think it is a “Large Milkweed Bug.”
They look like that right after coming out of their little shell from the nymph stage…will quickly darken up.
Aphids…I never bother them. Plants have always been fine. They are ultimately food for the next level of predators. Ants farm them for their juices.