Q: I planted milkweed last year in order to attract monarchs to my yard. This year I had a bunch of caterpillars, then I found milkweed assassin bugs. I have not seen any caterpillars since. My ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My house is being invaded. It happens to some extent in fall of most years, but this is the most intense we have experienced, and on the first day of ...