The Audubon Sanctuary: Who's on the Milkweed Plant?<Click all photos to enlarge.
We saw two different types of red and black insects on the milkweed plants, which have finished blooming and are now forming pods. The photo on the left is a milkweed bug; it feeds on the leaves and stems of the milkweed. It will not sting or bite. They can, however, kill the milkweed plant, which is beneficial to monarch butterflies. The insect on the right is the milkweed beetle. They, too, are harmless to humans and feed only on the milkweed plant.
<Thanks for reading my blog entry, which is part of a personal photography project to bring attention to and to benefit the Fred Archibald Sanctuary in New Market, MD. The sanctuary is owned and managed by the Audubon Society of Central Maryland. Copyright 2017 Cam Miller. All photographs are for sale upon request.>
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