City of Dana Point in southern California has commit to "Bringing the Monarchs Back" to Dana Point including one the town of Monarch Beach! To do this, Dana Point is planting 10,000 sq feet of monarch habitat over ten years by...
SUMMARY OF 2023 WESTERN MONARCH SEASON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Based on posts from the Facebook Group I administer: "Monarch Butterfly Guardians - southern California" April and May, 2023 - Absolutely NOTHING - NO MONARCHS, no eggs, no cats, milkweed not developing There was great concern if the...
TAKE-AWAY FROM THE MONARCH WATCH 30th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS September 15 – 18, 2023 in Lawrence, Kansas As the Conservation Specialist for Monarch Watch in southern California, I went to the 30th Anniversary Event to meet and network with an amazing array of passionate monarch butterfly Conservation Specialists...
Help conservation science save monarchs by gathering data on your larva and milkweed, then entering on the MLMP website...
From our awesome trip to see the overwintering monarch butterflies at Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove. Stunning photos and video, Feb. 27-28, 2022...
REMARKABLE GOOD NEWS FOR OUR WESTERN MONARCHS! 200,000 Monarchs Overwintering in central coast California right now!...
For urban monarch butterfly gardeners: Calif Dept of Fish and Wildlife Ruling and FAQ's explained Aug. 2021...
Discovery Channel documentary on Monarchs and Toyota Corporation butterfly habitats at all their factories: premieres Sunday, July 25th, ...
NEW Monarch Butterfly Habitat at Sea Terrace Park - Dana Point, California! The City of Dana Point is committed to bringing monarchs back and creating habitat in their parks!...
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW to get started Attracting and Supporting Monarch Butterflies in your Garden!...
WESTERN MONARCH MIGRATION COLLAPSED in 2020 Fall thru Winter 2021. Learn here WHY and What you can do to help!...
HOA Butterfly Gardening article in CAI (Community Associations Institute) "OC VIEW" Magazine - April-May 2021 By Susie Vanderlip...
California Pollinator Coalition goal of providing enhanced habitat for pollinators on working lands....
Nurseries for Native Milkweed in Southern California. From San Diego to Ventura County. ...
The Western Monarch Butterfly migration collapsed in 2020 as under 2,000 monarchs were counted ...
WESTERN MONARCHS CLOSER TO EXTINCTION: LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP!...
Western Monarch population crashed this year. Less than 2,000 monarchs. PLANT MILKWEED!...
Susie demonstrates how to bleach monarch butterfly eggs to eliminate O.e. parasite...
How To Get Rid of Aphids on Milkweed! Save your milkweed from being drained of vitality by aphid infestation by following these tips for removal....
New fun short videos for you and to share with kids and grandkids from this wonderful, robust 2020 monarch butterfly season in southern California!...
I share many fascinating and entertaining videos about monarch life on YouTube to educate and inspire...
The best way to protect your monarch caterpillars is to raise them in netted butterfly habitats! Why is that necessary? I'll tell you my experience. . . ...
Entertaining video from my garden that reflects the wonderfully robust Monarch Butterfly season we have had thus far in southern California, April thru July, 2020...
Predators, Parasites and Diseases of Monarch Butterflies This is a great article to help prepare you for what you see happen in your garden. If you raise monarchs for any length of time, eventually you see them all! Life in the garden is no walk in the...
On Sunday July 5, 2020 at 3pm over Facebook LIVE, I gave a 45 -minute Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Monarch Butterflies presentation for Mansion Miracles, a non-profit that creates positive experiences for children with trauma. Using unique and engaging videos and beautiful photos...
This is a remarkable monarch butterfly season in southern California. Have had more caterpillars and released more monarchs than all four prior years put together! Today, I released 7 gorgeous monarchs that emerged (eclosed) today, Friday, July 17, 2020....
O.e. is a microscopic parasite on tropical milkweed can over a year or two accumulate to where it seriously damages if not kills monarch caterpillars and butterflies. To help eliminate it, some people bleach the milkweed in a 5% bleach solution to water. Some even...
The monarch butterfly season thru June, 2020 has been robust! Many more butterflies are in gardens, females laying eggs and many caterpillars evolving into butterflies. Enjoy the June 6, 2020 release of multiple newly eclosed monarchs!...
I will be releasing newly enclosed (emerged) monarch butterflies all week at 3:30pm in my garden! Ask any question you'd like me to answer by putting them in the comment section here. I am the...
The monarch butterfly season thru June, 2020 has been robust! Susie Vanderlip releases multiple monarchs and shares info on monarch life cycle on June 9, 2020 Ask Questions on my 'Monarch Butterfly Speaker' Facebook page and I will answer them! ...
The monarch butterfly season thru June, 2020 has been robust! Many more butterflies are in gardens, females laying eggs and many caterpillars evolving into butterflies. Susie Vanderlip, tags newly eclosed monarch butterflies and releases 7!...
In this Monarch Butterfly Release, see how newly eclosed (emerged) monarchs are tested for O.e. and tagged by Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist. ...
MONARCH BUTTERFLY RELEASE on Friday, June 12, 2020 Newborn Male monarch takes its time to flit off! Poses beautifully on a pentas nectar plant. And showing monarch eggs on milkweed, both native narrow leaf and tropical. https://www.facebook.com/susie.vanderlip/videos/10223703733966602/ ...
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STUNNING VIDEO! Trip to Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Sites in Michoacán-Mexico Feb 2020. AWESOME video of millions of monarchs flitting everywhere!...
Two lists of nectar plants that monarch butterflies drink nectar form. The lists were provided by nurseries and monarch butterfly enthusiasts....
Western Monarch Summit drew 150 researchers, citizen scientists and devoted monarch lovers to help save Western Monarchs ...
Watch amazing videos on monarch butterflies on my YouTube Playlist! Please subscribe and leave comments!...
Excellent description of every stage of Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle with helpful photos to guide you in appreciating and raising monarch butterflies in your garden!...
Did your caterpillars crawl up in your rearing container, hang, and die? Chances are they have NPV, Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus. Melt, Wilt, and Black Death - other names that are used for this virus....
Have your butterfly garden officially designated a Monarch Waystation! Receive a certificate and purchase a garden plaque. ...
Become a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist! Learn what are the tasks as a Citizen Scientist and links to how to become a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist, testing and tagging monarch butterflies....
Because they continue to bring such joy to me and to many others, I have photographed butterflies in my garden for 11 years and share their magic with others through stunning photo greeting cards! ...
it is critical to PRUNE TOPICAL MILKWEED (by Halloween in southern California, perhaps earlier in other tropical areas of the US). Prune the stems down to 6 - 10" tall and strip off all the leaves, mimicking native milkweed die back and removing all the...
Learn about another important pollinator - bees. Bees and monarchs alike love to nectar on milkweed flowers!...
How to PLANT A MONARCH BUTTERLY WAYSTATION!! Info on planting milkweed and a wide variety of nectar plants in your garden! Then ...
Native milkweed is different across states in the US. So, check out the source for appropriate native in your area and purchase them to plant in YOUR garden! ...
Learn what and when to plant milkweed and nectar plants to create a Butterfly Waystation in YOUR garden!...
Watch as a monarch butterfly emerges (ecloses in scientific terms) from the chrysalis! Awesome!...
Monarch butterflies are in severe decline. Learning about their miraculous life cycle and behaviors motivates us all to do all we can to save them from extinction....