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<\/p>\nLast week I noticed that my milkweed wasn\u2019t looking quite right. The lower leaves were turning yellow and dropping. And most of the flowers had gone missing. The heat of the past days?<\/p>\n
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I took a quick look and one of the problems seemed to be aphids. When I was nearly finished spraying the aphids, I saw a caterpillar. Concerned that I might have accidentally sprayed the caterpillar, I gave the it a bit of a shower. Shortly after its shower, the caterpillar began to move quickly down the stem. And then it seemed to disappear.<\/p>\n
![\"Caterpillar\"](\"\/images\/Caterpillar_IMG_3750.jpg\")
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I looked for it for three days. Couldn\u2019t find it until maybe today. I found this caterpillar in the same location. <\/p>\n
![\"Caterpillar\"](\"\/images\/Caterpilar_IMG_3850.jpg\")
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Coincidence or the same caterpillar?<\/p>\n
I would like to believe that it is the same caterpillar. That the spray that I used on the milkweed had not harmed it. And it appears that the caterpillar loves the milkweed flowers.<\/p>\n
![\"Caterpillar\"](\"\/images\/Caterpillar_IMG_3855.jpg\")
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Unfortunately, the spray didn\u2019t take care of the aphid problem. This is what I found today. <\/p>\n
![\"Aphids\"](\"\/images\/Bugs_IMG_3818.jpg\")
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Gosh there are a lot of them, but it is interesting that the bodies are yellow with black legs. <\/p>\n
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