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...
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!...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to PLANT A MONARCH BUTTERLY WAYSTATION!! Info on planting milkweed and a wide variety of nectar plants in your garden! Then ...
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....
What are the reasons for the severe decline of eastern and western monarch butterflies? Learn how you can help SAVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES!...
The Story of Chester, the Monarch Caterpillar/Larva photo story book and movie were created out of a love for monarchs and a desire to spark that same wonder and awe...
See the chrysalis the day the monarch butterfly will eclose (emerge). Then watch as I release her at Coastkeeper Garden. Enjoy her first flight!...
Every year raising monarchs is unique and different! Butterfly gardening is a constant growing experience and a source of great awe and wonder!...
A certain percentage of monarch caterpillars and chrysalides just don't make it into adulthood and become butterflies. Learn about "Black Death" ...
Watch video on how O.e. Testing of Newly eclosed Monarch Butterfly is done by Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist...
Many of us who raise monarch butterflies as well as children and adult visitors are greatly amused and entertained by monarch caterpillar behavior....
