I hope this isn't too creepy for you. Yesterday afternoon I discovered the milkweed pods were swarming with brightly colored bugs. I checked with my resident garden expert, and she informed me that these insects are called, (drum roll, please) Milkweed Beetles. They suck the sap from the ripe pods. One day they were nowhere to be seen and the next the milkweed was covered with them. I guess that was the day the milkweed was declared ripe.
