Raising and Releasing Monarch Butterflies
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Almost every year now I've been raising and releasing Monarch butterflies when in season. These butterflies can actually be purchased online as already hatched tiny caterpillars or you can find them yourselves under milkweed plants as eggs. If you're lucky you may find a chrysalis while you're at it. These butterflies do not take long to morph and they eat ONLY milkweed. Find an egg, take home a bag of milkweed leaves as well, and keep them in the freezer until your caterpillar is ready for a new one or when the leaf is really wilty/yellow. Monarch butterflies are a very hardy butterfly can can be lightly handled without injuring their wing scales. They migrate to southern regions of our states in the colder months, commune in areas like Mexico and Florida and then fly back home to breed and lay eggs again :) They are a facinating butterfly and I am really facinated by them. Many don't realize you can raise, enjoy and release them and how easy it is. :) Be warned Monarchs ARE poisonous because of eating milkweed so keep them out of reach of children and pets....
Loved the video and music. I just had our grand kids release 2 Monarchs that hatched on Fathers Day. It was exciting for everyone. Including Grandpa ! I found the Milkweed leaves will last longer if you sear the end with a flame. The "pillars" aren't fussy either, they'll eat common Milkweed,or Swamp Milkweed. I have four more Chrysalis to go....here in NE Wisconsin. 6-18-12.
this is so beautiful! i am also currently raising some monarch caterpillars as well. We were keeping the milkweed in a vase inside of an enclosed habitat, but since there are SO many and im going on vacation within a week, we are buying a milkweed plant to transfer them on. One of mine named "Stripes" is in his cocoon!
Yes I do all of them the feeling is wonderful...
That Catterpillar is SO cute
wow you raised a catterpillar/butterfly right out of an egg! Thats amazing, your a good person. Bless you
Great job and Great Photos! Sure wish raising the Western Monarch's were as easy.
Some of your best photos was showing the little hairs on the leaves, they really need those in their first instar. Most Milkweed that hasn't been eradicated in the west, doesn't have the little hairs.
Cool I too breeds Monarch Butterflies I adore them
I loved how you put such uplifting classical music to the monarch's life cycle. Very appropriate. I just had 3 butterflies hatch from their chrysalises. 2 females and one boy butterfly. I will release tomorrow. They are spectacular. :)))
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@Mullikaji1 I live in Florida! There are so many monarch's here! And thank you :) By now they've all grown up but I can't wait for next season to start again !!!
In the 90's I would take care of a dozens of them. But one ended up having issues flying because his chrysalis fell. It couldn't fly. Ended up being raised like parrot. Another one, I must have handled it too much as a caterpillar, it could fly just fine, but wouldn't leave the front steps. And when I came outside it'd land on me or family member and stay. Good thing with this one I didn't have to feed it and lead it to drink like the other. After 2 months it eventually flew away.
Hi! I got some milkweed leaves to feed my painted grasshopper and found a beautiful green chrysalis suspended from one of the leaves. The chrysalis is transparent now... awaiting the emergence of the new butterfly :)
Timing is everything they say. Raising Monarchs here in Oregon was a challenge. I just release my first 2 males and my 1 female wasn't able to extend her wings. My Milkweed has now passed and the state of Oregon is without Milkweed since irradicating it in the mid 90's.
Check out my release, just click on my name/link and you'll find it.
Glad to hear you're raising Monarchs. I recently became interested in doing so myself so I purchased common milkweed seeds and grow the milkweed. Recently I have had Monarchs lay eggs and have had caterpillars but they don't last long because predators (spiders, wasps, etc.) are killing them for food. Any way that I can stop the predators and raise the caterpillars WITHOUT them being attacked and killed? Your advice is appreciated! Thanks! John
I bought 3 Milkweed plants today
hopefully some butterflies will come and lay eggs
nice video
Smoke milkweed every day
This year the butterflys did not arrive till Dec (Austin Tx) I haf my 4x12 filled with milkweed, soon covered with butterflys. I had brought in about 14 eggs when a freeze hit and all my milkweed died!! I did not expect the plants to die. Luckily I had 16 plants inside on my windowsill to put in the cage with the cats. I was able to release about 14 butterflys, but to a landscape barren of flowers!! I wonder it they lived.
Pretty. I made a Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle video too!
This video is just amazing!
Your caterpe evolve into a metapod, then a butterfree :D
I plan on keeping and breeding some butterflies. With an artifical meadow of live flowers in a screen cage.
there sooooo small and cute when their babys!!!!
This is wonderful!
wow that was awsome
Nature is fucking mind boggling insane
Their wings are like hair or nails for humans i think so if youre gentle enough they'll be fine
@Mullikaji1 Its not a cocoon, it is a chrysalis
I have raised a painted lady buterfly
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In Idaho in the 90's we had a bunch of monarchs. Suddenly they have disappeared. We still have milkweed, but no caterpillars. Occasionally, a monarch butter fly can be seen. What's happening to the monarch?
do you mean monarchs are poisonous if you eat it? Or do you have to wash your hands after you handle them poisonous?
Nice series of events , thank you. could you tell me what camera and lens you used please ?..thanks Lolwit
How could you write on it? It's wings are so fragile! :O
have any of u guys experienced this i found a few monarch cats and they never seem to grow like they molt but don't grow help?
I am going to raise Luna moths
I saw a cocoon before
𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱
𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦
𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦
Medapod..Medapod..
yo, what did you use to write on him, I got 50 or so, from first instar to last stage before morph.
Any blue monarch butterflies?
why can't any of my butterflies fly? they fall onto the fall with the wings flapping around and they lose the colour on the wings. Disaster. Some body help me
How did you write on the wing, without damaging it?
My butterflies have started hatching from their cocoons and most of them can't fly. They are all coming out with bent wings
mark omar they hatch and then pump fluid into the flat bent wings. then when they are full size and straightened out, the will flap them while still hanging on the outside of their cocoon, and when the wings dry they begin to fly. hope this helps. I know it's really late
mark omar umm the containers probably too small.
It also could be OE
where did you buy them?
Oh, come on.people write stuff on them and tag them all the time.
mine looks like the one at day 24 grrr