lesser maple spanworm moth common milkweed asclepias syriaca

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Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth and Bee on Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth on Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth on Common Milkweed 2 - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth and Bee on Common Milkweed 2 - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Honey Bee on Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth on Common Milkweed 2 - Asclepias syriaca

Honey Bee on Common Milkweed 2 - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Honey Bee on Common Milkweed 3 - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds. Common milkweed is a clonal perennial herb growing up to 8.5Â ft tall. Its ramets grow from rhizomes. Speranza pustularia, the lesser maple spanworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. Adults are on wing from May to July in the south and from June to August in the north. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of maple.