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Noemi and I were on a trip to north Florida together and we discovered a spot that had a lot of butterflies so we had a little date together looking for spring time butterflies. It was a great little collecting trip outing for my wife and I. #datenight #husbandwife #butterflycollecting #keysmoths

With habitats diminishing, it is becoming more and more difficult to find certain Floridian butterfly species. Margarita's Henry's Elfin can be locally abundant in Central Florida however many of the habitats where we once found this species have now been developed. In this video, I visit one of my old habitats where I found this species abundantly in the past. I was unable to find them there b...

Noemi and I stopped by a beautiful plant nursery called Amelia's Smarty Plants Nursery in Lake Worth Florida. They have a fantastic variety of plants for sale including succulents, ornamentals as well as a wide variety of local native butterfly plants. While we were looking around we saw a healthy number of different butterfly species at the nursery. Here is a short video of our time there. Vis...

If you are a butterfly collector or have specimens of butterflies moths or other insects that are either on display or in a collection box, you have likely had the unfortunate experience of having a specimen break. When the wing, abdomen, head or antenna break off it is a very upsetting experience. In this video we will show you an easy way to fix your broken Lepidoptera specimens. #entomology ...

Is it ethical to collect and kill butterflies and moths? Collecting butterflies has been a widespread hobby for many people across most of the known world. In recent years, the topic of the ethical or moral nature of collecting butterflies and moths has come into question. In this video, I will give my take on the topic which is divisive and at times heated. #butteflycollection #collectingbutte...

The olive hairstreak is one camouflaged butterfly in every stage of its life. From the caterpillar to the chrysalis all the way to the adult, this butterfly lives up to its name and blends into its green environment. The subspecies we have in Florida is Callophrys gryneus sweadneri. We were able to get a few females and showed you in previous videos where we found them and how we got the female...

Did you know that female of the dingy purplewing butterfly has two color forms? This was something that we stumbled upon when we found a cluster of caterpillars one day and reared them through to adult and took notes along the way. The two different color forms are strikingly different and to my knowledge have never been published in any journal other than the Southern Lepidopterists' Society n...

We are mid way through our breeding project with the elusive Sweadners Olive Hairstreak from North Florida. In a previous video we showed you how to get the females of this butterfly to lay eggs. Now the eggs are hatching and it's time to start caring for these tiny little caterpillars. Let me show you how I did it. #keysmoths #lifecycleofbutterfly #lifecycle #keysmoths

I have 20 monarch butterfly caterpillars on my giant milkweed plant and I decided to raise them inside and make sure that they all survived. I really can't call them "pets" as I am letting them fly once they emerge from the chrysalis but it is a neat thing to do to raise them inside your house. #monarchbutterflies #monarchcaterpillar #monarchbutterfly #keysmoths

Collecting butterflies on the roadside can be very fruitful but oh boy does it have its challenges. From 'Karens' to mowers destroying your flowers that are attracting the butterflies, to hazards from passing vehicles, collecting on the side of the road is a load and frustrating endeavor. In this video, we have a mower come along just as we arrive at our collecting spot and plow over all of the...

Recently, we ventured to North Florida and found some female Sweadner's Olive Hairstreaks, Callophrys gryneas sweadneri. We took them home and figured out how to get a hole bunch of eggs! It actually was not easy. Check out this video on how we went about getting eggs from this elusive green beauty! #eggs #butterflies #butterflylifecycle #keysmoths

breeding monarch and queen butterflies in South Florida is an easy and rewarding project. The caterpillars of these species look very similar and eat the same plant. The larval host plant are those in the milk weed family. In this case, we are using giant milkweed and have a bunch of these beauties going through their life cycle. What is the difference between the two species? Watch this video ...

Finding sweadner's olive hairstreaks in North Florida can be a true challenge. In this video we will be in a power-line cut in North Florida in mid March and we were able to find some of these elusive butterflies. We also find some other really cool butterfly species on this trip. #butterfly #hairstreaks #keysmoths #lycaenidae

In this video, I was in north Florida looking for Sweadners Olive Hairstreak butterflies. The goal was to find some gravid females of this species to get them to lay eggs for me so I can document the life cycle of this elusive butterfly. SUCESS! We found them on top of some of these Atlantic Red Cedar trees in a powerline cut in North West Florida. #butterfly #cedar #hairstreaks #green #keysmoths

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