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Love this thankyou Dave the butterfly guy😊

Thank you! I live in northern Mexico and discovering butterflies in my new garden, which is dedicated to native birds, butterflies and insects!

Thanks for the advice, I was able to release them while we had two different hurricanes. I just waited for the right opportunity. Also, I did a lot of praying. It worked out well for them. Probably 70 monarchs 🎉

Thank you so much for sharing this video Dave I have two Chrysalis that fell down from a strong wind praying that your message is going to help them have a better chance at their metamorphosis thank you so much Dave you are amazing

Here in PA it's October and I have five young Black Swallowtail on my parsley. I hope they survive. I have another four, more mature on my fennel ready to over winter. I was lucky enough to have lots of monarchs on my milkweed this summer. Most I've ever had.

Quite a revelation. I thought Monarchs were biased toward native plants. Thanks.😊😊

What advice do you have for saving my newly hatched butterflies from our hurricane whether? I don’t want to let them go in the rain

So, my Ziinnias are now done for the season hear in south Florida. What can I do in their place till spring?

Never seen one and I've been looking.

Nice!

Monarch love my Zinnia’s. I planted them fresh Zinnia’s and Mexican sunflowers. We have many pieces every day feasting! Plan on planting lots more next year. My zinnias got over 6 ft tall. Lol

➡️ Use a "torpedo predator baffle" on your pole that is 8 inches wide and 4 ft ( 48 inches) Long- 🚫NO🐿squirrles,🐍snakes,🦝raccoons will be able to climb it. Use for all nestboxes and bird feeders. Mine cost $40 but it pays for itself in the amount of birdseed and suet you save from rodents and critters💯And it SAVES 🐦BABY BIRDS and 🐣eggs from getting eaten by🦝 coons and 🐍snakes

I live on Maui in the ancestral islands of the Hawaiian people, as a honored guest in this stolen country. My purple crown flower plant is getting eaten so fast by monarch caterpillars, I may need to transfer some of them to my neighbors butterfly garden to give my one small plant a chance! Or can I remove some and feed them squash?

Glad to hear this. Have been moving towards more native plants in my SE Texas garden. I currently have zinnias growing along side my milkweed plants. Was going to let the zinnias go but I see they do have an important role in the garden. They also keep some colour going after the caterpillars de-leaf the milkweed. Zinnias are such a happy flower. ☺

I've had Tropical milkweed come up from seeds in spring with no help from me. There are a lot of them and some Monarchs are using them now. More than I saw all summer. I have some zinnia growing too. They are going to the milkweed more than the zinnia right now

you just put a smile on my face. Thank you for what you do

Thanks for the video. I have been trying to convince people that they should plant late bloomers to feed the adults instead of just growing milkweed hoping for a caterpillar. I was told to think bigger.

😮OMG! Monarch heaven! I'll be planting these next year in Northern Minnesota ❤Thanks for the tips!😊

Excellent video Dave, thanks. I have a question for you. We have a small patch of milkweed in our backyard. This and last year, the plants have turned horrible, they were full of various bugs and finally the leaves turned black and are mostly dead. We can't spray the plants or we'll kill eggs and caterpillars. What to do!? We wondered if it has anything to do with the extreme humidity we've had in southern Michigan.

thanks for sharing and for all that you do, Dave!

You've got a lot of nice looking goldenrod too!

What a busy garden! So jealous!

Hi! I am creating spaces in my garden to encourage butterflies, especially monarchs, to hang out in West Florida. So far, I've had a handful of monarchs stop by for the milkweeds, and 2 monarch cocoon. I'm hoping to do more each year. Thank you for the video!!

@davethebutterflyguy9841 I'm in San Diego, Ca.. I've was raising Monarch's for 9 years, until the Government decided in Ca. It's illegal to raise Monarch's indoors. With all the pests, They don't stand a chance. The decline is very evident. I have a Butterfly Garden and a total of 18 Milkweed plants and other pollinator plants in My yard. I'd have more Milkweed if I didn't have a neighbor who uses Round Up to kill her weeds. All My Milkweed plants are on the opposite side of My house. This year is the first year, My plant's are 4ft tall and producing seed pods. But, not a single Monarch Catapillar on any of the plants. I'm not seeing them this year as much as I did in the earlier year's. I used to raise over 200 a year. From My understanding, by raising Monarch's indoors, it throws off the Migration. But, since They stay in Ca. I don't understand why this would make a difference. Can you give any insight into the reason for this? BTW, when I was raising them, I would always test them for OE before setting them free. I've learned everything I can from Tony Gomez "The Monarch Butterfly Life", who's written books, and Mr. Lund Science on RUclips. After this year, I'm tempted to go ahead and raise indoors and if the Butterfly Police want to "fine" Me for helping the Monarch's, go ahead!! Thank you for your informative video. I do believe climax change and pesticides are a big reason for the decline. ❤ 🦋

I have been raising Monarchs for about 6 years either my grandchildren. I had lots of common milkweed in my garden, n I’d go out n look for eggs n bring them into my home. It was so rewarding. However, since last year, some of my milkweed plants didn’t come back n I have not found 1 egg yet.😢 I only counted 4 monarchs flying around my garden this year, so I knew numbers had to be declining at a serious n sad rate! I miss raising them, especially now that I’m retired n have more time to dedicate to them. This is seriously disappointing. I can’t imagine a world without Monarchs in it😞😞

i love them so much()

I just bought 5 grams worth of butterfly seeds, thanks for showing how to plant them.

I have only seen 3 monarch butterfly's this year Lima Ohio ,The Spraying of Cemtrails they travel in high altitude winds !

Have you ever found giant swallowtail caterpillars on the rue you have planted? Have you ever found any on prickly ash? I spent all summer checking prickly ash with no luck

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Wait until you catch a 🦨

Thank you for this lovely, informative video 😊

I saw my first ever Giant Swallowtail here in NY state. this eummer. We’ve lost almost all of our ash trees, but fortunately I have a young survivor next to a large pollinator garden. Thanks for the tip about rue!

Thank you so much! It’s always great to see which flowers. The pollinators are truly going to in real life gardens.

I’m in South Florida, Cutler bay, Fl and I saw a G.S flying around in my yard. So I was looking at my lemon tree and there they were 3 caterpillars 😮

Thank you so much for this awesome video. I live in North Carolina and was visiting the Outer Banks last year and realized the house we were staying at head many milkweed plants. There were monarch butterflies on it heading south. This got me to doing some research and this summer I planted two milkweed plants in my backyard and we’ll plant some more next spring. I have been sharing my story with many people and hoping that others will plant milk weed as well. I too had to deal with many many tussock Moths on my new plant. I read that these are also very good for our ecosystem so I chose to leave them alone, but nature did its thing and the next day they were all gone. I’m assuming a bird or something had them for breakfast. However, a day or two later, many more malls had taken over my milk weed and since the plant is very young, I chose to remove most of them by hand and relocate them to another part of our yard. Unfortunately, I did have to squish some. I hope everyone that has the space to do so we’ll plant some milk weed. They can be started from seed, so it is not much of a cost.🦋🦋🦋

I live in Fargo, ND and work outdoors everyday. This summer I have seen zero Monarchs and its almost September. I do my best to stop the killing of the Milkweed we come across, but the lack of sightings has me very concerned about the future. We are a pathetic species and it seems as if we are getting even less eco-friendly by the day.

I happen to have old parsley in my garden from last year, so some of it is flowering/seeding but there's also a bit of 1st year parsley. I just watched your video and out of curiosity checked my parsley, sure enough, there's a black swallowtail caterpillar. I had seen a black swallowtail butterfly earlier on my phlox. Not sure if it was a male or female. But now that I know the difference I'll be on the watch! Thank you so much!

Hi Dave, Thank you for making this excellent video! I've been establishing natives (flowers & grasses) on our little farm for years with special attention to milkweeds. Sadly deer love them here! We now have electric fencing around part of the fields that also include milkweeds. Food for thought, you might want to include a little more on "Plant Milkweeds", such as: 1) Planting enough that when a caterpillar is almost mature but needs more food it can travel easily to another milkweed. Otherwise, they are prey for many other life forms while finding more milkweed -- lots of folks don't realize this 2) Planting only milkweeds native to one's area 3) If buying plants from a nursery/greenhouse, it's wise to ask if they or their source use neonicotinoids in the seeds/plants (neonics for short). Some places still do. Neonics kill beneficial insects. I avoid any seller who can't answer that question. Also one can purchase milkweed seed from a reputable native plant company, and start them at home 4) Very importantly, please tell people not to use pesticides or chemicals in the same yard/area their milkweeds grow, since airflow carries these chemical sprays to other plants even when one can't see the tiny droplets spread. P.S. I admit once in awhile I carry a soapy jar of water when walking by milkweeds. If I see a Tussock Moth caterpillar, in they go. We never rub leaves or stems since we don't want to squish Monarch eggs by mistake - they are tiny! Happy Milkweed growing!

Your gardens are so beautiful. We had two solid months of record heat that really beat my yard down. It has been a strugglle just keeping my yard alive. The best plants I grow for polinators are my Salvia and Liatris. Many of my Liatris died because of the heat and the blooms only lasted about two weeks on the few that did survive. Maybe next year will fare better. keep up the good work.

cheers from Australia

Not sure where you are, but LANTANA is a great pollinator plant.

Wow that meadow liatris is amazing! 😁

Hi dave i use to have a pet caterpillar when i was little

I'm trying to repair a Monarch right now!! 0:40

Slinky absolutely do not work on your pole. I have them the squirrels still managed to get in to the feeder.

Just ordered a bird feeder which I’m going to use as a puddling station. Thank you for this demonstration! Have a great one

I have a question. I have seen butterfly feeders that seem to have something sticking out of the feeding ports so they can feed from. I purchased a feeder that has spaces for fruit but it also has ports. I would like to place something inside the ports that soak up the nectar, then sticks out of the port so they can feed off it. I know your feeder is different but I think I can adapt mine to work. Do you know what I might be able to use. I have a photo of one I saw online but I cannot attach it to this comment

The willows displayed appear to be the Chinese weeping willow. Since it's non native, butterflies are unlikely to use it as a host plant. A good big willow would be the Black willow and there's many small willows for small spaces.