Should I kill milkweed bugs?

To start, you may want to try living with the damage the bugs are doing to your plant, as milkweed bugs rarely actually destroy milkweed.

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Species of Labidomera

Milkweed leaf beetle

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Milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)

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