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ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1 MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
ELIMINATE MILKWEED BUGS! Simply: 1. Prepare a cup of soapy water or half-alcohol and half-water mixture. 2. Pick bugs and nymphs from plants and drop into the liquid. 3. Repeat daily for the first week, every other day the second week, and from the third week on, repeat weekly. Be aware that the milkweed assassin bug resembles milkweed bugs so much that most people do DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1 MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
ELIMINATE MILKWEED BUGS! Simply: 1. Prepare a cup of soapy water or half-alcohol and half-water mixture. 2. Pick bugs and nymphs from plants and drop into the liquid. 3. Repeat daily for the first week, every other day the second week, and from the third week on, repeat weekly. Be aware that the milkweed assassin bug resembles milkweed bugs so much that most people do DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun WEATHER AND RELEASING BUTTERFLIES Temperature: Ideal release temperatures are above 70 degrees although they can be released down to 60 degrees. Butterflies are cold-blooded critters. Few can fly in temperatures below 60 degrees. If they must be released in cooler weather, it is best to place the butterfly underneath the end of a a low tree limb, as high as you can reach. HOW TO FEED A BUTTERFLY Lower the proboscis into the liquid. Hold it there for about ten seconds. 3. Slowly move the object away from the butterfly. If it stops drinking, repeat. Sometimes it will take several tries before it realizes that the liquid is food. 4. Let go of the butterfly. If it flies to the window, repeat the process. BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
TOP 10 BUTTERFLY NECTAR PLANTS This is a challenge to answer for several reasons. A) The top nectar plants depends partially on the area you live in your country. For example: Joe Pye Weed is a top nectar plant in some areas while in our garden, we rarely see butterflies drinking from it. EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1 WHAT KILLED MY CATERPILLARS? When we're raising caterpillars in our homes, we are fighting nature. Nature has a goal of killing 98% of them before they become adult butterflies. The odds are stacked against us before we even bring a caterpillar from our garden to our home. Nature uses disease as ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. HOW TO EUTHANIZE CRIPPLED BUTTERFLIES The choice of whether to euthanize or not to euthanize is a personal one. Although we won’t make that choice for anyone, many people have asked us the best way to euthanize a crippled or diseased caterpillar, chrysalis, or butterfly. On this page, the term ‘butterfly’ will HOW TO FEED GATORADE TO BUTTERFLIES Here are a few tips: 1. Use straight Gatorade. Do not dilute. 2. Use normal Gatorade, not low-calorie Gatorade. 3. They may begin feeding on their own but you may have to get them started. Gatorade is not something they instinctively recognize as food. WHO LAID EGGS ON MY PASSION VINE? A Gulf Fritillary lays an egg on a tendril near the base of a passion vine plant. A Gulf Fritillary laid an egg on the post that is supporting a large passion vine plant. When they lay eggs off a plant, it wasn’t an accident. They lay eggs off the plant as often as on the plant. A blade of grass, a strand of Spanish moss, a post, evenyou are
BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. BT BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Bt is incorporated into pesticides to kill caterpillars. On many pesticide labels, butterfly and moth caterpillars are incorrectly called ‘worms’. Bt is totally organic simply because it is natural in nature. In pesticides, Bt can be incorporated as the livingbacteria or as
ELIMINATE MILKWEED BUGS! Simply: 1. Prepare a cup of soapy water or half-alcohol and half-water mixture. 2. Pick bugs and nymphs from plants and drop into the liquid. 3. Repeat daily for the first week, every other day the second week, and from the third week on, repeat weekly. Be aware that the milkweed assassin bug resembles milkweed bugs so much that most people do WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. BT BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Bt is incorporated into pesticides to kill caterpillars. On many pesticide labels, butterfly and moth caterpillars are incorrectly called ‘worms’. Bt is totally organic simply because it is natural in nature. In pesticides, Bt can be incorporated as the livingbacteria or as
ELIMINATE MILKWEED BUGS! Simply: 1. Prepare a cup of soapy water or half-alcohol and half-water mixture. 2. Pick bugs and nymphs from plants and drop into the liquid. 3. Repeat daily for the first week, every other day the second week, and from the third week on, repeat weekly. Be aware that the milkweed assassin bug resembles milkweed bugs so much that most people do WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun WEATHER AND RELEASING BUTTERFLIES Temperature: Ideal release temperatures are above 70 degrees although they can be released down to 60 degrees. Butterflies are cold-blooded critters. Few can fly in temperatures below 60 degrees. If they must be released in cooler weather, it is best to place the butterfly underneath the end of a a low tree limb, as high as you can reach. BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
HOW TO FEED A BUTTERFLY Lower the proboscis into the liquid. Hold it there for about ten seconds. 3. Slowly move the object away from the butterfly. If it stops drinking, repeat. Sometimes it will take several tries before it realizes that the liquid is food. 4. Let go of the butterfly. If it flies to the window, repeat the process. TOP 10 BUTTERFLY NECTAR PLANTS This is a challenge to answer for several reasons. A) The top nectar plants depends partially on the area you live in your country. For example: Joe Pye Weed is a top nectar plant in some areas while in our garden, we rarely see butterflies drinking from it. BT BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Bt is incorporated into pesticides to kill caterpillars. On many pesticide labels, butterfly and moth caterpillars are incorrectly called ‘worms’. Bt is totally organic simply because it is natural in nature. In pesticides, Bt can be incorporated as the livingbacteria or as
ELIMINATE MILKWEED BUGS! Simply: 1. Prepare a cup of soapy water or half-alcohol and half-water mixture. 2. Pick bugs and nymphs from plants and drop into the liquid. 3. Repeat daily for the first week, every other day the second week, and from the third week on, repeat weekly. Be aware that the milkweed assassin bug resembles milkweed bugs so much that most people do WHAT KILLED MY CATERPILLARS? When we're raising caterpillars in our homes, we are fighting nature. Nature has a goal of killing 98% of them before they become adult butterflies. The odds are stacked against us before we even bring a caterpillar from our garden to our home. Nature uses disease as WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS? Butterfly chrysalis deformities are not unusual. Some are flaws that are fatal to the adult. If it can emerge, it will be so flawed it either won't be able to fly or won't be able to even fully emerge. The change from caterpillar to chrysalis is a quick change, a total of about three minutes. ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. HOW TO FEED GATORADE TO BUTTERFLIES Here are a few tips: 1. Use straight Gatorade. Do not dilute. 2. Use normal Gatorade, not low-calorie Gatorade. 3. They may begin feeding on their own but you may have to get them started. Gatorade is not something they instinctively recognize as food. BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
TOP 10 BUTTERFLY NECTAR PLANTS This is a challenge to answer for several reasons. A) The top nectar plants depends partially on the area you live in your country. For example: Joe Pye Weed is a top nectar plant in some areas while in our garden, we rarely see butterflies drinking from it.ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
EUTHANIZING DYING BUTTERFLIES Euthanizing dying, diseased, crippled (unable to fly and feed), and other butterflies and moths, from egg through adult, is not fun. But at times it is the kindest thing to do. The beauty of raising caterpillars indoors is that nature no longer has as much control over their fate. Outdoors, nature only allows about 1DISINFECTING LEAVES
Place the well-watered plant, pot only, in a plastic bag and tape it shut around the stem. 2. Turn the plant upside down and lower the plant (but not the pot) into the solution (outlined in directions for leaves/stems, above). 3. Place two sticks across the top of the WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES? Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. These are species we have personally raised and did our own experiments with them. If you have raised butterflies on other DISINFECTING CATERPILLAR CAGES 10) Drain the solution. 11) Rinse well. Rinse again. Bleach dries as salt. If not rinsed well, habitats may have a layer of salt after they dry. Although salt won’t harm a larger caterpillar if it is on it for a short while, constantly daily touching salt could be harmful to caterpillars. 12) Rinse habitats again. MILKWEED SAP IN EYES Milkweed sap in human eyes is extremely painful and blurs vision for two or three days. The worst part is that it normally takes hours for eyes to feel the pain and for you to know that there is a problem. By then, you’re on the computer, washing dishes, or doing some otherchore. You
TOP 10 BUTTERFLY NECTAR PLANTS This is a challenge to answer for several reasons. A) The top nectar plants depends partially on the area you live in your country. For example: Joe Pye Weed is a top nectar plant in some areas while in our garden, we rarely see butterflies drinking from it.ELIMINATE APHIDS!
The milkweed aphid, also known as the oleander aphid, is a source of great frustration for people who raise Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. Let’s look at some options to controlling these plant pests. First, we should realize that aphids are attracted to milkweed the same way Monarchs are attracted to milkweed. Their offspringdepend
ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTERFLY EGGS OUT OF 100 LIVE TO BECOME ADULT In general, 400 eggs can be laid by one adult butterfly or moth. Out of those 400 butterfly eggs, only about 8 live to become adult butterflies. Nature kills about 98% before they become adults. All three pre-adult stages suffer great losses as they are laid, hatch, grow, pupate, and mature in chrysalis/pupa. WHITE TWINEVINE MILKWEED Soldier butterflies are a bit pickier about host plants than Monarch and Queen butterflies. Their favorite host plant in south Florida is White Vine, also called White Twinevine, Funastrum clausum. White Twinevine is in the milkweed family, full of white sap. In this vine, the sap is excessively sticky, unlike most milkweeds. Light: Full sun WEATHER AND RELEASING BUTTERFLIES Temperature: Ideal release temperatures are above 70 degrees although they can be released down to 60 degrees. Butterflies are cold-blooded critters. Few can fly in temperatures below 60 degrees. If they must be released in cooler weather, it is best to place the butterfly underneath the end of a a low tree limb, as high as you can reach. BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS DEFORMITIES The adult had a hole in the wing in that area. Others were clearly missing the tips of the legs, the tarsus (foot), the tarsal claws (hooks on the tips of the ‘feet’), had deformed or misshapen wings, misshapen bodies, bent or missing legs and/or antennae, and many other types of deformities. The tarsa (foot) on the left side ofthis
HOW TO FEED A BUTTERFLY Lower the proboscis into the liquid. Hold it there for about ten seconds. 3. Slowly move the object away from the butterfly. If it stops drinking, repeat. Sometimes it will take several tries before it realizes that the liquid is food. 4. Let go of the butterfly. If it flies to the window, repeat the process. TOP 10 BUTTERFLY NECTAR PLANTS This is a challenge to answer for several reasons. A) The top nectar plants depends partially on the area you live in your country. For example: Joe Pye Weed is a top nectar plant in some areas while in our garden, we rarely see butterflies drinking from it. BT BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Bt is incorporated into pesticides to kill caterpillars. On many pesticide labels, butterfly and moth caterpillars are incorrectly called ‘worms’. Bt is totally organic simply because it is natural in nature. In pesticides, Bt can be incorporated as the livingbacteria or as
WHAT KILLED MY CATERPILLARS? When we're raising caterpillars in our homes, we are fighting nature. Nature has a goal of killing 98% of them before they become adult butterflies. The odds are stacked against us before we even bring a caterpillar from our garden to our home. Nature uses disease as WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS? Butterfly chrysalis deformities are not unusual. Some are flaws that are fatal to the adult. If it can emerge, it will be so flawed it either won't be able to fly or won't be able to even fully emerge. The change from caterpillar to chrysalis is a quick change, a total of about three minutes. WHICH PASSION VINE SPECIES ARE SAFE FOR BUTTERFLIES Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars? First, it depends on the species of butterfly caterpillar. Some butterfly species can eat and grow on some passion vine species that will kill others. Key: GF = Gulf Fritillary ZLW = Zebra Longwing VF = VariegatedFritillary J
FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND BUTTERFLIES Now that much of the US has already experienced freezing temperatures, butterflies and moths in those areas are set for the winter. Those that overwinter have gone into diapause. Those that migrate south have migrated. Those that will die in the cold have done so. So where are they? Let's look! Some species, such as NPV – NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS – BUTTERFLY FUN FACTS NPV causes the caterpillar to crawl upward before it dies. After crawling upward, the caterpillar will normally hang in an inverted V from its middle legs or in a straight line from its anal prolegs. It dies and turns to pure liquid. The liquid drips out of the cuticle of the caterpillar, splattering over leaves below it.Skip to content
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The answer, of course, it ALL of them. It helps to know which stage is a butterfly. When I do presentations for children or students, I always ask that question. We have a BUTTERFLY egg (undeveloped butterfly), a BUTTERFLY child (young butterfly – caterpillar), a BUTTERFLY teenager (chrysalis – a maturing butterfly – going through sexual maturity), and an adultBUTTERFLY.
They are all the same organism, same critter, just one that is maturing. The caterpillar is not a different creature. It simply has a different appearance. The chrysalis is not a different creature. It simply has a different appearance. A few years ago, a woman called our office, asking how she can kill the ‘worms’ eating her passion vine without harming the butterflies. She was unable to grasp the fact that the ‘worms’ (caterpillars) were butterflies in child form. Once people grasp that important fact, they begin to use less pesticides and plant more hostplants.
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PLANTS AND PESTICIDES – HOW LONG TO WAIT? Enthusiasts often run out of leaves for caterpillars and rush to the nursery to buy more plants. Then comes the BIG question: How long should I test it with one caterpillar before placing more caterpillars/leaves together? You won’t like the answer. Pre-pupae were unable to pupate properly, due to insecticides. First, to be 100% sure, until it becomes an adult and flies away without problem. If a caterpillar is exposed just before pupating, some insecticides won’t affect them until they emerge as adults. If some pupae are exposed, it won’t affect them until they emerge as adults. The adults will expand and dry their wings, but when they start to fly around, they go into spasms, usually eventually dying with their wings folded over their legs. Next, at least into chrysalises. Some insecticides (such as used in some oral flea/tick medications) will affect them only when they begin to pupate. The result is deformed or incomplete chrysalises. Caterpillar dying from insecticide. If you don’t have that much time and MUST feed the leaves to your caterpillars, wait three days if at all possible. The certified organic pesticide, Bt (a natural soil-dwelling bacteria), takes three days to do it’s job. Three days after caterpillars eat it, thecaterpillars die.
Many insecticides will cause almost immediate vomiting (green fluid that stays green) and sometimes convulsions. This isn’t a pain reaction. It’s a nerve reaction. The insecticide acts on certain nerves, causing the caterpillars to jerk around. Greenish stains are from spitting. They stay green or yellow. Black/gray stains are from dried hemolymph. Within five minutes of hemolymph (like blood) being exposed to air, it turns black/dark. Bottom line – the longer the better, up to the adult emerging andflying away.
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PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL VS POLYDAMAS SWALLOWTAIL? For folks who live in Florida, Southern Texas, and below Tuscon, Arizona, your pipevine plants may be visited by two different swallowtail butterflies. This can cause a problem because most plants that Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars can safely eat will kill Polydamas Swallowtail caterpillars and vice versa. Now it’s a bit easier for you. Click here to visit our page that shows the difference in egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult forms ofthese two species.
Can you tell which is Pipevine Swallowtail and which is Polydamas Swallowtail? Posted on July 24, 2019 by Edith Ellen SmithLeave a
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR PLANTS Butterfly species vary from area to area, state to state, and region to region. Plants chosen for a butterfly garden in Florida many not be the best plants for a garden in New York or Oregon. For the Southeastern US, these are some of the plants that would be great in a butterfly garden. * Pawpaw for Zebra Swallowtail* Pipevine
for Pipevine Swallowtail * Fennel, parsley, dill for Eastern Black Swallowtail * Black cherry, tulip poplar for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail * Spicebush, red bay, sassafrass, for Spicebush Swallowtail and Palamedes Swallowtail * Milkweed for Monarch and Queen * False nettle, hackberry, for Eastern Comma, Question Mark, RedAdmiral
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Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Variegated Fritillary, Julia * Asters for Pearl Crescent * Willow, hackberry for Mourning Cloak * Willow, black cherry for Red-spotted Purple * Willow for Viceroy * Hackberry for Tawny Emperor and Hackberry Emperor * Hackberry for American Snout * Senna for Cloudless Sulphur, Orange-barred Sulphur, and SleepyOrange
Many of these plants are available online from Shady Oak ButterflyFarm .
Posted on July 23, 2019 by Edith Ellen Smith3 Comments
SHOULD I OR SHOULD I NOT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? There is a concern expressed by enthusiasts who want to remove the head capsule from a molting/molted caterpillar. Should you? Or not? A Monarch caterpillar with its old head capsule over its mouth,molting.
There are two beliefs on this. One belief is that, if it molted and can’t get its head capsule off, an enthusiast should remove it to allow it to eat and grow. The other belief is that, if it didn’t take it off naturally, removing it and allowing it to live and lay mate may pass on a defective gene, one that may have interfered with the molting process. A Monarch caterpillar in the process of actively molting. There is a challenge to be sure that it has finished molting. Removing it too soon will kill it. If it has been observed molting and it has been a while with the head capsule still on its mouth, what do youthink?
What are your thoughts? Please comment below. Posted on July 22, 2019 by Edith Ellen Smith2 Comments
SPIT/VOMIT OR BLOOD? Green liquid with caterpillars normally means either stress or insecticides. Some species immediately spit when they are touched. Skippers are notorious for this reflex. Other species tend to spit when they have been exposed to insecticides. Because of this, green stains in with caterpillars is a sign of possible problems. But their hemolymph (comparable to blood) is also green. When we see green, how do we know if it is hemolymph or spit? Simple. Spit stays green and hemolymph turns dark within five minutes. A crushed chrysalis has spilled out green hemolymph (their version of blood). Within five minutes, hemolymph turns dark or black. Spit/vomit, from insecticide exposure, stays green. A Monarch caterpillar walked over a fresh chrysalis, tearing its cuticle (like skin), and leaving a trail of footprints in hemolymph.Watch
for green, like in this photo. When you see it, check for insecticide exposure. Remember, flea/tick medication is also an insecticide. Remember, oral and topical flea/tick medication is also an insecticide. The ‘medication’ (insecticide) is exuded by your dog’s body through his skin and dander. When you pet your cat or dog, you are transferring the insecticide from your dog’s body toyour hands.
Use of insect spray/treatment even in rooms behind closed doors on the other end of the house can travel through the air and a/c ducts to the room where caterpillars are eating. A spray was used 30′ away from this habitat with closed doors between the habitat and the spray. Every caterpillar died. All the caterpillars in this habitat died from an insecticide used 30′ away behind closed doors. Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019by
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WHAT COLOR IS THE MONARCH CHRYSALIS SHELL? When we see a green Monarch chrysalis, we think of it as a green shell/cuticle. Actually, it’s a pale green. The bright green we see is the developing butterfly. Maturing Monarch chrysalis/butterfly As the butterfly matures, we see the color begin to form a day or twobefore it emerges.
We took a badly deformed chrysalis and euthanized it. We scraped the contents off the shell. This is what the shell looks like without a developing butterfly inside. An empty Monarch chrysalis is pale green, not the rich green that we associate with Monarch chrysalises. Posted on July 22, 2019 by Edith Ellen SmithLeave a
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