Date: 03/14/2011

Number: 1

All my milkweed froze, but it is ALL coming back.
The PROBLEM is: And if anyone can help. please contact me and I will send pics. of what I am about to describe . . . I know I have aphids, and tons of them. I cannot stand them. I've tried bending the milkweed stem into water and drowning the aphids, I've tried wearing golves (so I don't get orange/yellow fingers) and squeezing them, and still they exist. In fact, the aphids are already here, eating the fresh little green leaves and tips of all my new growth. Also, every year I get weird insects all over my milkweed, many different kinds and in various numbers. There are brownish little dot creatures, there are very small brownish asp-shaped worms and when I squeeze them, black stuff squirts out, there are round (sort of) I don't know what, a worm of bug, and it almost looks alien with spikes on it. These are just a few of the little buggers and eventually, my milkweed leaves will be rippely (sp?) and the plants will sag.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do not have the time to stand there and kill each bug individually and I cannot spray for fear of killing my caterpillars and eggs.

El Campo, TX

Latitude: 29.2 Longitude: -96.2

Observed by: Vicki
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