Garden Pests and Diseases: Help! Milkweed Bugs demolishing my milkweeds, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I had the same problem. Having grown parsley and getting parsley caterpillars and the beautiful butterflies they produced, I let milkweed that had been attempting to establish itself grow. I ended up with tons of those nasty orange and black things, which I had never seen on milkweeds on the trails near my house. Worse, if you let it establish itself it pops up everywhere - in lawns, ornamental grasses, and in rose beds. So this year I tore it all out. It's still appearing.

My advice, grow parsley instead. Fresh parsley is love in salads, and when it blooms in the 2nd year, instead of those nasty creatures you'll get these.