The fly lays its eggs on leaves of the foodplant, close to where larvae are feeding The tiny eggs are then eaten whole by the larvae and the grubs that emerge feed on the insides of their host, avoiding the vital organs A fly grub eventually kills its host and emerges from either the fullygrown larva or pupa before itself pupating Milkweed bug eggs When they lay eggs, they're very easy to identify are they're brightly colored with orange coloration and are stuck to the plant You can tell if they're milkweed bug eggs because they females will lay about 2550 eggs, depending on where the bugs are natively located Several days ago, a cluster of bright yellow spherical eggs appeared on the underside of one of our milkweed plants (Asclepias syriaca) in the garden I have no idea what they are Ladybird beetle eggs can be yellow but are, I think, more elongated This morning I found a group of orange eggs on the swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) out back
Stop Milkweed Pests From Ruining Milkweed For Monarchs
