The rush milkweed (also called desert milkweed) plants are in bloom.
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Turns out the buds, flowers, and seed pods are a bounty of food for insects.
If you have been following Bug of the Week, you can probably recognize some of the seven insects that I found on the rush milkweed today.
- What are the yellow-orange insects?
![](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_0525.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1)
2. How about this red and black one?
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3. What is this insect? What do you think it’s waiting for?
![](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_0499.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1)
4. Here’s another waiting insect. What is it?
![](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_0421.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1)
5. This one is tricky. What do you think it is?
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6. This is another tough one. We’ve already looked at the yellow orange insects. So, what is the pale green oval at the end of the hairlike stalk?
![](https://i0.wp.com/blog.growingwithscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_0250.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1)
7. Finally, who is this striped cutie?
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Milkweeds are home to some interesting insects. Do you have any milkweeds growing nearby?
Edit:Â The answers are now posted.