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| Large Milkweed Bug |
I know that most of you will not enjoy this. I'm sorry. I photograph what I like not what my viewers like. That is probably why I don't have followers. This is an image stack at 2X.
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| Large Milkweed Bug |
This one is at 10X.
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| Large Milkweed Bug |
I think I have mentioned previously that this insect's required food is the sap from the seedpods. The one in the top left center is a larva. Can you notice the wings, unformed, It is near moulting, climbing out of its skin, to become like the larger insect near the center.
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| Large Milkweed Bug Exuvia |
This is what they leave behind after moulting. It is called an exuvia. As I write the Large Milkweed bugs are still on the milkweed plant. It is October 3, 2019.
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| Large Milkweed Bug Larva |
I recognize most the insects visiting the milkweed because I visited the milkweed daily while I was at the nature center. I started because I was interested in the Monarch Butterfly and its caterpillar.
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