Milkweed plants are great places to observe a host of interactions between species of insects and the host plant. This exuberantly-colored critter is a Milkweed Bug (yep, that's its name). I was lucky to catch this nymph in the act of molting – slipping out of its old exoskeleton as a larger, slightly more developed version of itself. I opted to place this image in the Gallery rather than in my post entitled "Myths and Metamorphosis" because of the colors. Click on this link to go directly to the article.