Yellow Milkweed Bugs. The oleander aphid aphis nerii sometimes called the milkweed aphid is a common pest of milkweed plants. They haven t been too much of a problem though since i collect some of the monarch eggs to raise inside and i have enough seeds even if they eat some.
This helps to control the milkweed plant which can be invasive but is also an important food source and breeding location for monarch butterflies. Unless you re a milkweed plant farmer milkweed bugs in the garden don t require any type of control. The preferred food of the small milkweed bug lygaeus kalmii.
The bright yellow aphids found on milkweeds are destructive non native pests.
Those yellow bugs are aphids which are sucking the juices of the milkweed. The bright yellow aphids found on milkweeds are destructive non native pests. This helps to control the milkweed plant which can be invasive but is also an important food source and breeding location for monarch butterflies. They may cause a little distortion of the leaves or buds but they rarely harm the plant.