Caterpillar Info

VIDEOS of Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle on YouTube

I share many fascinating and entertaining videos about monarch life on YouTube to educate and inspire...

02 August, 2020

Habitats Protect Monarch Caterpillars from all Predators

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. . . ...

30 July, 2020

Monarch Predators, Parasites and Diseases

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...

27 July, 2020

Monarch Butterfly YouTube Video Playlist by Susie Vanderlip

Watch amazing videos on monarch butterflies on my YouTube Playlist! Please subscribe and leave comments!...

05 September, 2019

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle with Photos

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!...

24 August, 2019

NPV – Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus causes caterpillars to shrivel and die!

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....

16 August, 2019

Monarch caterpillars eating together

Many of us who raise monarch butterflies as well as children and adult visitors are greatly amused and entertained by monarch caterpillar behavior....

04 August, 2016

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis Making a Chrysalis

      One of the most amazing moments in monarch butterfly life cycle is when the caterpillar makes its chrysalis.  It is a critical 48-hour process that appears traumatic and awing. Watch MONARCH Caterpillar/Larva making its chrysalis in a Habitat in our Yard on April...

04 August, 2016