For #MacroMonday I have a small red ant on the leaf of Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa).

#MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Ants #CloseUp #Milkweed #Macro #NativePlants #SanDiego #California #Asclepias

Milkweed and Visitors — These vibrant milkweed flowers are attracting a busy group of insects. The flowers, likely *Asclepias* species, are a vital food source for pollinators and a crucial host plant for monarch butterfly larvae. The insects appear to be bracket fungi.

#Pollination #Flowers #Leaves #Milkweed #Asclepias #Vibrant #Natural #Insects #BracketFungi #Texas

Oleander aphids (Aphis nerii) on a swamp milkweed seedpod that has been chewed open, I think, by a monarch butterfly larva. Almost all aphid species adopt a headstand posture (facing ground) when feeding. Interesting. #aphids #milkweed #hemiptera #insects #entomology #asclepias
#Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged.[4][5][6] Most species are toxic
#Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as #milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged.[4][5][6] Most species are
#Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as #milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides
#Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as #milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides