Overwintering Monarchs – Jan 27-28 2022 at Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove

From our awesome trip to see the overwintering monarch butterflies at Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove. Stunning photos and video, Feb. 27-28, 2022...

29 January, 2022

200,000 Monarchs Overwintering in Coastal California at year end 2021

REMARKABLE GOOD NEWS FOR OUR WESTERN MONARCHS! 200,000 Monarchs Overwintering in central coast California right now!...

18 January, 2022

What You Need to Know to Attract Monarchs to Your Garden

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW to get started Attracting and Supporting Monarch Butterflies in your Garden!...

03 July, 2021

Monarch-Emergency-2021-FAQ

WESTERN MONARCH MIGRATION COLLAPSED in 2020 Fall thru Winter 2021. Learn here WHY and What you can do to help!...

21 April, 2021

HOA Butterfly Gardening Article in CAI-OC View

HOA Butterfly Gardening article in CAI (Community Associations Institute) "OC VIEW" Magazine - April-May 2021 By Susie Vanderlip...

20 April, 2021

Status of Western Monarchs – Dec. 2020: Extreme Decline – Where to buy Native Milkweed in southern California

Western Monarch population crashed this year. Less than 2,000 monarchs. PLANT MILKWEED!...

22 December, 2020

Bleaching Eggs

Susie demonstrates how to bleach monarch butterfly eggs to eliminate O.e. parasite...

06 October, 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

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

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

Register as a Monarch Waystation!

Have your butterfly garden officially designated a Monarch Waystation! Receive a certificate and purchase a garden plaque. ...

07 August, 2019

Become a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist

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....

02 August, 2019

Monarch Butterfly Greeting Cards

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! ...

01 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