Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
____________
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) [Asclepiadaceae]
(Observations are from Vestal, Clark et al., Wagner, Yanega, Hart & Gleason, and Arnett & Jacques)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Cerambycidae: Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle) Ya1996; Chrysomelidae: Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Beetle) [adults feed on foliage] Vst1913, Labidomera clivicollis Clk2004; Curculionidae: Rhyssomatus lineaticollis [larvae live in stems] HG1907
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus kalmii (Small Milkweed Bug) [feeds on flowers & seedpods] AL1981 HG1907, Oncopeltus fasicatus (Large Milkweed Bug) [feeds on flowers & seedpods] Vst1913
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Arctiidae: Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar) [Common Milkweed is a preferred host] Wg2005