DRUID
Asclepias incarnata
swamp milkweed


Genus name honors the Greek god Asklepios the god of medicine.

Specific epithet means flesh-colored.

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Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org
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Steven Katovich, Bugwood.orgBugwood.org
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Steven Katovich, Bugwood.org
Danaus plexippus
monarch butterfly
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from:
Monarch Nectar Plants: Great Lakes

by the Xerxes Society

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Large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) adult and two juveniles. Photo by Greg Hume.

Oncopeltus fasciatus

large milkweed bug

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A Red Milkweed Beetle in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/19/2016). Photo by Bob Cammarata.
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
red milkweed beetle
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A Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (7/30/2015). Photo by Richard Orr.

Labidomera clivicollis

swamp milkweed leaf beetle

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Ansel Oommen, Bugwood.org

Euchaetes egle
milkweed tiger moth


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Daren Mueller, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
Aphis nerii
oleander aphid

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        • Carex sp.
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