@themonarchmatriarch: Predatory stink bug on milkweed, feeding on what appears to be a Colorado potato beetle larva. Those potato beetles are eating my sunflowers and potatoes. Sadly, the predatory stink bugs don’t discriminate and have been known to eat monarch caterpillars. Regardless, they are beneficial bugs to have in the garden. They pierce the belly of their prey and syphon out the fluids, almost like a vampire. #stinkbug #beetle #milkweed #ecosystem #nomnom #vampire #predatory #larva
