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My question is not related to the topic of Fall Nectar Producing Plants. When should one stop bringing in monarch eggs/caterpillars for hand rearing? I live in Iowa zone 5B and am still finding monarch eggs and caterpillars on the milkweed plants in my area.

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Very informative. Thank you. I also had many laughs with your disclaimers. Haha

Just watched your fabulous clip! So I found a little guy with a broken wing but clearly healthy any thoughts?

There are no long term affects in butterflies since they don’t live long term. 😂

I am hoping you see this and are able to give me some advice asap. I found a pair of mating Monarch’s in my yard today but the male has died while connected to the female. She is unable to separate herself or fly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Thanks for the info in this video. I am raising Monarchs for the first time and decided to let a few Tussocks come along for the ride!

I ordered my first set of larvae this year and involved the neighbor kids in the release. It was so much fun, and my husband is already excited about doing it again next year. So we’re an official waystation here, with 2 types of milkweed in Maryland zone 7B. We released 12 raised from Monarch Watch larvae and 6 wild caught 5th instar caterpillars after tagging. Thank you for the helpful video!

Amazing video! How much time passed from when the chrysalis went clear to when the butterfly emerged?

Okay, I’m a moron, i tried to put paper towel down so if the chrysalis fell or the Monarch fell so it can climb back up, I accidentally knocked down a caterpillar on top of the pop up tent, it was finding a spot to J hang and possibly making the silk pad or mat, do you think the monarch caterpillar will go back up?

I am in hardiness zone 5b, it appears that you harvest the rubber-banded pods the first week of November? When on the calendar do you go out to rubberband the pods beforehand? We have milkweed growing roadside in the tall grass and I would like to harvest and plant the seeds. I get the monarchs that visit the flowers in my yard and would like to provide them a close location to lay their eggs. When I was in middle school, used to collect the catapillars and raise them in a cage and observe the lifecycle and set the butterflies free when I was living in zone 6b. I have also done this with black swallowtails and was lucky enough to do this with a Luna Moth. It is a fascinating process to watch.

We have a bunch of cocoons in our patio. Today we noticed a butterfly on its back on the floor. We think he had fallen off of its chrysalis while it was pumping fluid. We kept flipping it over onto its feet but I thinks it’s wings were injured. Glad we found this video bc we wanted to help it. We ended up putting the butter fly on a flower so it could enjoy nature while it can.

Good dispassionate argurments and simple experiment that anyone can test. Stated simply without resorting to ad hominin attacks about the theory you're trying to disprove.

ugh, its that time. I didn't want to, but her bottom wings are curled and she is so wobbly on her legs. I took her outside to test flight and she bombed straight to the ground. I cannot leave her outside to starve or be eaten alive, so this is the decision. I hope to use her good wings for someone else's damaged wings if needed. This is my first year raising monarchs. She is #4 and there are 3 others ready to leave tomorrow when the weather is better. I have 24 other chrysalis and 10 remaining caterpillars to get thru to the end. Time consuming but worth the effort. Thank you for ALL your videos. I have learned so much from your channel and I wouldn't have gone beyond my first Monarch if it wasn't for you. Thanks Again! Oh, I just realized... My first caterpillar rescue was because of another teacher. You guys are Awesome!!!

Also when i do the math for the bleach solution for 16oz i get 0.8 is that in tablespoons?

Is it unethical and/or illegal to dig up milkweed on roadways to transplant to my garden. Especially if its milkweed that gets mowed down anyway? Will it survive a transplant? I grew 15 milkweed from babies that i bought online this spring and the landcapers ripped them all out; by the roots. They may as well have ripped out my heart while they were at it. I'm desperate for more.

Hey, will we get any more Herp Quest videos?

Hi! Why having to cut around the egg ? Can I just leave the egg on the original whole leaf ?

Can I spread large quantities of milkweed seeds on roadside areas (that I know are never mowed) in the fall and then expect them to grow in the spring (I know they need to stratify)? Or would they need to be planted slightly beneath the dirt and watered (which is obviously not realistic for a large scale area; at least as far as watering)? I want to contribute to large scale milkweed planting. I live in Colorado and would love to see more milkweed. There are a surprising number of areas it could be grown when you actually look for them. It seems like everything is developed and concrete or sod, but there are so many nooks and cranny's everywhere that would be great.

Rich thanks for the tip using cinnamon

Plant milkweed everyone get those hands dirty

I think when raising Monarchs you need to consider the Milkweed you have or sources where you can get what you need-one year I reached my limit at about 12 they eat alot and I noticed they prefer younger plants the leaves are softer and thinner they tended to steer clear of the older leaves that are thicker

I never have fed the Monarchs I realease is that some thing that I should be doing there are still some flwers around late phlox is in bloom will be releasing end of August. I'm in Wisconsin

This year I had a stinker caterpillat attatched him self to anothers silk they both fell there was enough silk between the two of them I hung one through a hair tie so that on was on either side one higher one lower then used a saftey pin to pin them to the top of there cage so one is in a J the other is in crysalis they seem to be fine fingers crossed for a safe hatch, Thanks for your video and ideas have to be ready to trouble shoot in any situation and work with what you have on hand

I enjoy taking wild eggs and raising Monarchs its my summer hobby and to raise them to adult state gets them to an improtant step in their lives. To many are lost to preditors when they are small, mine are wild eggs I have about 100% sucess rate I also had only one adult female show up this year 2024 I have not seen an increase in Monarchs in my state which is Wisconsin, I always release

My caterpillar attached to the side of the wall of the container. It’s already hardened. I moved the chrysalis but I fear it’s too late. Any ideas?

Rich, I just found a Tussock moth on some milk weed they are a beautiful catterpillar my Monarchs are in their crysalis waiting to become butterflies so I brought this beauty in and am going to raise it. I love all creatures and am happy to give this one a chance your video was very informative and hope I get to hear the clicks I have raised monarchs for about 7 years this is my first Tussock I had never seen one before. Your perspective on who eats mikweed does make you think and seems to me they might be in jepordy too.

Very nice super beautiful ❤❤ मेरे पास भी काफी पत्थर है मगर मुझे पता नहीं वह क्या है क्या आप मेरी मदद कर सकते हैं

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If you are interested in growing milkweed, consider trying the Winter Sowing Method. I tried this for the first time this past winter (I'm near Toronto), planting milkweed seeds in November in a jug with moist potting soil. I left it outside through the winter, very low maintenance. I had about a 75% success rate, and was able to carefully transplant into the ground in June once the stalks were large enough, and they sprang right up from there - I even had a few monarch caterpillars show up! I wasn't expecting to see any the first year but I am thrilled.

Thanks for the update.

Thank you for this, and all your other videos . About 8 years ago we found our first Chrysalide on the underside of a broccoli leave and didn't know what it was. not knowing better we laid it in a container and consequently the Monarch we found the next morning had a deformed wing and never could fly. but he could flutter and lived apparently contentedly in a large tupper ware for 6 weeks. We named him Malcolm; he was our pet and we cared for him - took him on vacation with us. When he died we buried him under the big pine. Everything I needed to know I found on your videos ! thank you !!!!............................. I now live in Amherst MA - ie western Mass - and find very few eggs in June or July - very few monarchs as well and the males outnumber the females. But early August I have better luck. So the Monarchs are not ready to fly until early September. Isn't that too late for pollination ? What is there to be pollinated ? I understand that that is the time of migration. But how do these late monarchs actually benefit farmers or nature. ( They benefit us humans with their beauty, and watching them cheers us up ) Again, thank you SO much for all your teaching videos and for caring for all creatures, large and small. Edith

Ohio fb page I polled releases last Friday, our total =992, I will poll them again tommorrow.

This year has been terrible, lots of milkweed but no butterflies 🥺

If you have an infected butterfly that is in with others, but the others don’t show spores, is it still safe to release the ones that don’t appear to have them? Is it possible they are infected and the spores are not yet large enough to be detected? Especially if one does not have a higher end scope?

Hello Mr. Lund! It’s been a while I think close to three or four years ago I came across your UA-cam channel and became obsessed with raising monarch butterflies! I’ve raised thousands of them during the last 3 to 4 years! And it’s all because of your UA-cam channel! But I have an issue these last couple weeks I’ve lost close to 10 caterpillars and it’s like they basically melt in the cage! It breaks my heart when they die no matter what stage it happens in! I wanted to ask you if there was some type of parasite or other bacteria infection that could be the issue? Or if you’ve had anything similar happened to your caterpillars? Thanks again for all your help and thank you for your knowledge. Have a great evening.

Thank you for what you do

Quick question-does each instar stage have a black face cap that is removed during the molting process or only with certain instars?

Excellent!

I have not experienced any OE problems in my area and hopefully won't any time soon!

I just waiting on my first cocoon to butterfly today was it’s first day of cocoon my sister got it wet with the sprinkler by accident is that going to hurt the cocoon ?

I have a chrysalis that has 6 uniform dots on the top of it. Do you know what this means?

I adore these caterpillars, they are SO beautiful! They came for a while then disappeared from my Milkweed. Now I miss them more than anything 😢 I loved those amazing little ones 💚💚💚

I put a kiddie pool out in spring that these guys use to breed in my neighborhood. They are good at eating spiders and mosquitos.

Is this going to be an every year thing again?

Their is enough food near my house in walking distance for 200-300 Monarch caterpillars but I only have found 1 egg

Last summer we had far fewer monarchs than in previous years up here in mid coast Maine. In my area I found a total of 3 monarch eggs & caterpillars combined and I never saw a single adult monarch. By contrast, in 2022 I found over 60 eggs + caterpillars in the same area. I figured that it was a combination of the unusually wet weather, the lower than average temps, and the smoke from the wildfires north of us in Canada. While we didn't experience the smoke, I have family father south along the migration route that had a hard time with it. I'd love to know for sure what the cause was but I probably never will. Fortunately, this year the monarchs seem to be making up for lost time. As usual we didn't see our first monarch adult, egg, or caterpillar until July 19, but since then we have found dozens upon dozens of eggs and caterpillars and spotted a few adults in the wild as well. We just need people to plant more milkweed around here, or at least leave what's already here alone, and we'll be all set!

I hate the thought of being prohibited or limited to only 10 monarchs per year, but I would LOVE for milkweed to become illegal to destroy.

Wait, so it's not normal for milkweed that you find outside of your own garden to be absolutely covered in aphids and other pests?

I can't tell you how much I have appreciated your videos over the years. A few years ago, I had a bad year for oe parasites and yours was the info I relied on for guidance on treatment. I couldn't find practical information anywhere else, and anyone who has ever raised and then euthanized a monarch knows the heartbreak. I have used your bleach method ever since and we have successfully reared hundreds of healthy monarchs. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge! We really appreciate your time and effort in teaching. Monarchs everywhere have a great ally in you.