How to Rid Your Milkweed of Aphids
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....
03 September, 2020
Predators/Diseases/Parasites
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
Bleaching Milkweed and Monarch eggs to Eliminate O.e.
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...
23 June, 2020
Monarch Butterfly Release – Thursday, June 11, 2020 – Testing for Oe and Tagging New Monarchs
In this Monarch Butterfly Release, see how newly eclosed (emerged) monarchs are tested for O.e. and tagged by Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist. ...
13 June, 2020
First WESTERN MONARCH SUMMIT, Carmel, California – Jan 10-12, 2020
Western Monarch Summit drew 150 researchers, citizen scientists and devoted monarch lovers to help save Western Monarchs ...
18 January, 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
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
Pruning Tropical Milkweed in the Fall – Imperative for Monarch Butterfly Health
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...
01 August, 2019
Monarch Butterflies in Severe Decline
What are the reasons for the severe decline of eastern and western monarch butterflies? Learn how you can help SAVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES!...
01 October, 2018
Why Are My Monarchs Turning Black and Dying?
A certain percentage of monarch caterpillars and chrysalides just don't make it into adulthood and become butterflies. Learn about "Black Death" ...
29 April, 2017
Tachinid Flies Lay Eggs in Monarch Chrysalis
When the monarch butterfly is in the pupae stage, inside its chrysalis, it is prey to the tachinid fly...
12 April, 2016
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