Insects and Spiders

Hoverfly Larvae part 2 of 3 of the milkweed story

The next day I was resigned to having to remove the aphids by hand. But when I looked at them again, someone new had shown up. Several of these hoverfly larvae were eating the aphids as fast as they could. I researched and found that hoverflies are attracted to milkweed because those aphids show up there and the hoverfly larvae love to eat the aphids. Within 2 days there was not one aphid to be found.
Oleander Aphids (Aphis nerii)
Four-speckled Hover Fly larvae (Dioprosopa clavata)

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