Milkweed buds with yellow aphids, white flies, and ladybug larva.

Closeup of ladybug larva and aphids.

Aphids and other eggs and larva.

Milkweed is an aphid magnet. However, aphids are mostly on the milkweed, not on my grapevines, tomatoes, peppers, blackberries, etc.

I left them alone rather than hosing off the aphids and now I have ladybug larvae and white flies.

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