Milkweeds are bright and aromatic perennial flowers that attract all types of small insect wildlife. I've witnessed various bees, invasive Japanese Beetles and aphids to the variety of moths and butterflies. Some milkweeds are considered endangered species.
These sweet smelling flowers are the perfect pollinators; when they begin their ending phase, they sprout green large pods that have seeds inside. When they are ready to open, it releases thin and silky threads attached to smaller seeds. They will fly away with the wind and implant into the ground. The roots of these flowers go deep and it's amazing to see the stages of its life.
A Ladybug's Lunch
A Treasure in Nature
Aphid Hunter
Aphid Hunting
Arid Afternoon
Bee Clear and Concise
Bee Flying Towards the Sweet Nectar
Bee Genius
Bee Goal
Bee Shade
Bee Silhouette
Bee Taking a Break
Bee Team Up!
Bee Work
Bees in Black and White
Beetle King
Blanched and Opened
Blending in with the Milkweed Leaf
Breakfast for Bees
Bright Green Eyes
Bright Reflections
Built for Milkweeds
Built to Succeed
Butterfly in Flight
Cabbage White Butterfly
Chomping its Way to Sweet Milkweed Victory
Colorful Milkweed Pom Poms
Colorful Moth
Contemplating the Next Bite
Creepy Spider
Crinsom Pink Rain
Delightful and Fragrant Milkweeds
Do Not Enter A Milkweed's Bug Domain
Dripping and Drooping Milkweeds
Early Lunch
Earwing
Embedded in Nectar
Enjoyment
Evening Monarch Caterpillar Crawl
Excuse Me, I'm Dining!
Female White Cabbage Butterfly
Finding A Dry Spot
Fire Colored Milkweed Bug
First Milkweed Blooms
Flight Test
Flower Level Achieved
Fly and Ants
Fly and Bee
Fly Dining Etiquette
Forced Flower Perspective
Fragrant Appeal
Fragrant Senses
Frizzled Petals
Glossy Wings
Glowing Morning Delight
Graceful Gaze
Green Milkweed Seed Pods
Greetings Human
Having Faith
Hidden Caterpillar
Hiding
Honeybee Blending
Honeybee Breakfast of Sweetness
Hummingbird Moth
In A Bumbling Hurry
In Between the Milkweeds
In Search for Peace
Incoming Bee!
Iridescent Wings
It's An Insect's World
Japanese Beetle
Japanese Beetles
King of the Bees for Milkweed
Leaf Balance
Leaf Climber
Leaf Cutter Bee
Leaf Precipice
Leafy Shade
Longing for a Nectar Drink
Look Out Flowers, Here I Come!
Macro of Monarch
Milkweed Beetle Dinner
Milkweed Bug and Varia
Milkweed Hugger
Mix of Flowers
Monarch Backdrop
Monochrome Milkweed Beetle
Morning Style
Moth Might
Munching on Milkweed Leaves
Nectar Circulation
Nectar Collecting in the Rain
Nectar Opportunity
Nectar Solution
Nectar Storage
Nectar Tea for One
Off Balance Moth
On A Nectar Mission
On the Caterpillar Trail
Orange Ladybug
Orange Monarch and Milkweed
Pest Insect Takeover
Pierinae
Pollen Tap Dance
Preparation of Bloom
Racing to Sweetness
Raindrop Mornings
Rest
Scouting for a Milkweed Meal
Shelter Us
Spotted Lady Bug
Squash Vine Borer and Milkweeds
Staged
Stretching to the Nectar Line
Swirls of Color
Syrphid Slurping
Tattered Wings
To Bee Needed
Trying to Climb
Two Acrobats
Watch Out!
What Teeth it Has
White Butterfly
Worth Looking Into
