Desert milkweed.
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Desert milkweed seed pod (Asclepias subulata), at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale Main Library, Glendale, Arizona.
Desert milkweed seed pod (Asclepias subulata), at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale Main Library, Glendale, Arizona.
Small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii) on desert milkweed (Asclepias subulata).
This one was at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, but seriously, they are not hard to locate. Find the milkweed, find the bug, everywhere. They are absolutely everywhere.
Small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii) on desert milkweed (Asclepias subulata).
This one was at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, but seriously, they are not hard to locate. Find the milkweed, find the bug, everywhere. They are absolutely everywhere.
Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii), on desert milkweed (Asclepsias subulata). Like other milkweed consumers, these aphids ingest and accumulate compounds from the host plant that make them unpalatable or toxic to predators. Their bright color is a signal: “I’m dangerous and nasty, don’t fuck with me.”
I think I’ll wear yellow today.
Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii), on desert milkweed (Asclepsias subulata). Like other milkweed consumers, these aphids ingest and accumulate compounds from the host plant that make them unpalatable or toxic to predators. Their bright color is a signal: “I’m dangerous and nasty, don’t fuck with me.”
I think I’ll wear yellow today.
Desert milkweed (Asclepsias subulata), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Desert milkweed (Asclepsias subulata), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Small milkweed bug* (Lygaeus kalmii) on desert milkweed (Asclepias subulata). At the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
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*In this case “small” is part of the bug’s common name, and not just a modifier I’ve tacked on as a literary flourish.
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