Teeny, tiny yellow dots
are moving on the plants.
Little pinprick holes in spots
like sticky, icky ants.
These pollen looking pests all
crowd and gather on the stem.
Around the leaves they all crawl
and munch and crunch on them.
What are these nasty vermin?
And from where did they come?
Milkweed aphids have moved in
and made us all feel glum.
How far will this army go
with their full-blown attack?
Stripping leaves to my great woe,
they eat their milkweed snack.
a pinch of homestead 
Yuck! When I first say the picture, I thought it was rust!