Doug Wechsler / Large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) nymphs on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) leaf, Pennsylvania, USA, August.

Doug Wechsler / Mating pair of Large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) leaf, Pennsylvania, USA, July.

Doug Wechsler / Multicolored asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) eggs and newly hatched larva on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Pennsylvania, USA, July.

Doug Wechsler / Great spangled fritillary butterfly (Speyeria cybele) two on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Todd Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, Maine, USA, July.

Doug Wechsler / Acrobat ants (Crematogaster ashmeadi) nectaring on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Pennsylvania, USA, July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Common milkweed locust (Phymateus morbillosus), Samara private game reserve, Karoo, South Africa, January

Doug Wechsler / Milkweed / Oleander aphids (Aphis nerii) on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Philadelphia, PA. August

Doug Wechsler / Milkweed tussock moth / tiger moth caterpillars (Euchaetes egle) first instar and egg mass on common milkweed. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. July

Doug Wechsler / Large milkweed bug nymphs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on common milkweed pod (Asclepias syriaca). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. July

Doug Wechsler / Long-legged Fly (Condylostylus sp.) on Common milkweed leaf, Pennsylvania, USA

Doug Wechsler / Caterpillar larva of Monarch butterfly {Danaus plexippus} on leaves of host plant Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Adirondack Park, New York, USA