Some orange and black insects on butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa, in my wife's flower garden. A dozen years or more ago, at her request, I dug up some of these plants from the wild, and planted them in her flower bed. I always managed to cut the roots in half, but they grew anyway. She has found that removing the old flowers encourages blooming all summer. They are relatives of milkweed.
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Here's a photo, in a different year, of what I believe to be more of the same kind of insects, on a butterflyweed pod, also in my wife's flower garden (perhaps on the same plant), but not so close up. I'm guessing that these insects are Oncopeltus fasciatus, based on other photos found in the Milkweed Zoo group.
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Martin LaBar 77 months ago | reply
Thanks. Yes, paulinacha, we know something about you mother's dead-heading.
Thanks, mizzbee.
madrb01 75 months ago | reply
Pretty picture
Laenulfean 73 months ago | reply
great colours and amazing detail, very nice!
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Eeek5127 71 months ago | reply
Great shot. I am amazed by your framing. Incredible. Thanks for sharing!
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J-spo 71 months ago | reply
Great capture! funny how those little bugs are only on one part of the flower!
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algo 71 months ago | reply
Lovely colours and great close up catch.
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buttersweet 71 months ago | reply
aka pleurisy root. an awesome herb. wonderful color. good work.
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ladybugdiscovery 63 months ago | reply
This is a great shot, I had to buy my butterfly weeds and then they multiplied profusely in my garden but I loved them, and so did the butterflies.
Wooden_Shoes 60 months ago | reply
I love the colours. I would though try and more closely crop it eliminating some of the buds.
StefsEye 57 months ago | reply
actually i like how the pic is organized in three plans: bugs, buds and open flowers...
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Aynchent1 50 months ago | reply
Beautiful shot of one of my favorite plants.
I'm with StefsEye - great composition; and the color and clarity are terrific!
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Trish Campbell [deleted] 47 months ago | reply
Stunning image...eye-popping colours!
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Edu Souza . 22 months ago | reply
Great one
sheilacaldecott 10 months ago | reply
Found something similar on my Cherry Tree. Not so stunning as your photo. They were the same shape, a little catapiller like but not catapillers. Black longish body with a v shaped bright distinctive orange bit on the back. No wings and very small antenna more like a weevil and had black legs. I have not seen this before (I'm in UK) but think it is some kind of saw fly in early stages. All the end branches of cherry tree had rolled up black leaves. Can anyone identify this for me