I released 6 this past week. They come every day for their food and to lay more eggs. I’m in S Florida so my monarch’s stay around my house and my neighbors. We both planted butterfly gardens. The monarch’s love life over here. I have 12 chrysalis I’m waiting on.
@@keysmoths5336 hi. Since my last posting I released another 18. Finally have some Queens. I have 3. Have no idea where they came from. Looking forward to the day she/he emerges. I hope I have a male and a female for mating. I planted another 10 milkweed plants today I grew from seeds.. Thank You for this video. You can never stop learning.
Bravo another great video and have learned so much from you I have one crysalis to go as of September 20th I'm in southern Wisconsin the weather is warm and migration is on have seen more monarchs now than early summer, New monarchs on their way last one should hatch tomorrow and then send it on its way with its people passing through was worried it would be to cold by the time it hatched bt weather is cooperating theres still flowers blooming
Phenomenal ! I’ve really gained knowledge. I’m raising monarchs too. So far I released over 30. Several didn’t make it. Wing problems. I’m going to check out your other videos. I subscribed.
Amazing! I’m glad the video helped. Thanks for subscribing!! Please let me know what kind of content you’d be interested in and I’ll do my best to provide relevant videos
This year out of 170 only 2 died. Currently have 16 chrysalis and 32 caterpillars munching. Cleaning up the cages twice a day (get rid of the poop) helped so much. Big strong monarchs.
@@keysmoths5336I like the way you just picked that caterpillar up. I tried but he clung on so tight and I was afraid I was going to squish him so I cut the stem and put him on a more fuller and healthier plant. Is there a certain way to pick them off the leave or stalk?
Hi! That is amazing. I happen to be raising Monarchs by luck, I wanted to create a butterfly garden and got milkweed which I almost disposed of it because the leaves were dying quickly so I cut it all up it has regrown since then and that’s when I started to see the caterpillars. I was able to move 10 chrysalis, 2 already came out and were beautiful 😍 one came out today and she is just hanging and resting but unfortunately I have 3 that also came out today and they are weak and their wings didn’t spread as they should’ve. What do you do in that case?… oh, I also found out today that I have a couple if not more of the Queen Butterfly! And more Monarchs caterpillars too ❤️
Good stuff!!! Glad to hear you’re raising them!!! There are many environmental factors that can affect butterfly emergence including virus, humidity levels etc… are the chrysalis hanging properly?
I have orange butterflies everywhere in my garden and chrysalis everywhere. They love eating my passion flower leaves and love the nectar from my palm leaf cardinal flower. But their chrysalis are brown and the upper half looks like their caterpillar tail. The caterpillar has spikes all over. What do I have?
Yes. The are in the same genus - Danaus. Both milk weed butterflies. Florida has a third as well called the soldier butterfly Danaus gilippus - queen Danaus erisimus - soldier Danaus plexippus - monarch
Question. What about the monarch’s that go to chrysalis stage but just stay there and the chrysalis gets so dark. Only twice did a butterfly actually come out. I have 4 that are turning almost black. The chrysalis is, not the butterflies
Sorry to tell you this. Sounds like the chrysalis has a virus. It’s very common in the summer months. When they turn black there is no saving them. Just make sure that they are not just turning colors to get ready to emerge
@@keysmoths5336 I think they are sick. Had one born yesterday missing 2 of its 4 wings. Only lived about 6 hours but he did eat I hand fed him. It seems it’s one after the other with this OE Virus. I’m going to stop for a while. It’s heartbreaking. I’ve twice gotten rid of all my milkweed plants Does the virus live on the plants? Do they need a host like a butterfly to spread it? I currently have close to 65 plants. Lots of eggs.
Since this posting with the sick chrysalis I secured fresh new milkweed plants while I wait for the others to grow back. So far 22 monarchs. No black chrysalis. Healthy
My queens Only likes aquatic perennis milkweed ,, 😂😂 I move any monarch to my twine vine to leave my perennis for the queens,,,, ❤ also have gigant like yours but the monarchs never allow it to grow 😂
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Thank you for this video! I was literally trying to figure this out just now while looking at my giant milkweed!!!
Fantastic. I’m so glad this helped!!!!! Thanks for watching
I released 6 this past week. They come every day for their food and to lay more eggs. I’m in S Florida so my monarch’s stay around my house and my neighbors. We both planted butterfly gardens. The monarch’s love life over here. I have 12 chrysalis I’m waiting on.
That’s fantastic!!!
@@keysmoths5336 hi. Since my last posting I released another 18. Finally have some Queens. I have 3. Have no idea where they came from. Looking forward to the day she/he emerges. I hope I have a male and a female for mating. I planted another 10 milkweed plants today I grew from seeds.. Thank You for this video. You can never stop learning.
I've been raising monarch butterflies for years, its fascinating watching them while in the process of transforming into their stages.
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Bravo another great video and have learned so much from you I have one crysalis to go as of September 20th I'm in southern Wisconsin the weather is warm and migration is on have seen more monarchs now than early summer, New monarchs on their way last one should hatch tomorrow and then send it on its way with its people passing through was worried it would be to cold by the time it hatched bt weather is cooperating theres still flowers blooming
That’s awesome!!!! Keep up the good work!!
I've been raising Monarchs for over a decade. Have never seen a queen until today. Was a hatchling on my plant. I about fell over.
That’s awesome. Congrats on the new experience
Phenomenal ! I’ve really gained knowledge. I’m raising monarchs too. So far I released over 30. Several didn’t make it. Wing problems. I’m going to check out your other videos. I subscribed.
Amazing! I’m glad the video helped. Thanks for subscribing!! Please let me know what kind of content you’d be interested in and I’ll do my best to provide relevant videos
This year out of 170 only 2 died. Currently have 16 chrysalis and 32 caterpillars munching. Cleaning up the cages twice a day (get rid of the poop) helped so much. Big strong monarchs.
@@keysmoths5336I like the way you just picked that caterpillar up. I tried but he clung on so tight and I was afraid I was going to squish him so I cut the stem and put him on a more fuller and healthier plant. Is there a certain way to pick them off the leave or stalk?
I love it
Awesome. Thanks
Great video!
Thanks
Great info! 👍Thanks 😊
You’re welcome!!! Thanks for watching
Hi! That is amazing. I happen to be raising Monarchs by luck, I wanted to create a butterfly garden and got milkweed which I almost disposed of it because the leaves were dying quickly so I cut it all up it has regrown since then and that’s when I started to see the caterpillars. I was able to move 10 chrysalis, 2 already came out and were beautiful 😍 one came out today and she is just hanging and resting but unfortunately I have 3 that also came out today and they are weak and their wings didn’t spread as they should’ve. What do you do in that case?… oh, I also found out today that I have a couple if not more of the Queen Butterfly! And more Monarchs caterpillars too ❤️
Good stuff!!! Glad to hear you’re raising them!!! There are many environmental factors that can affect butterfly emergence including virus, humidity levels etc… are the chrysalis hanging properly?
I love that habitat...where did you get it? I saw some on Amazon but would like other options
Thanks. You can get similar things on “Raising Butterflies” website. I think it’s www.raisingbuttrtflies.org
Amazing video! Love it. Where did you get the potted Milkweed?
A friend rooted it for me
Thanks for watching
I have orange butterflies everywhere in my garden and chrysalis everywhere. They love eating my passion flower leaves and love the nectar from my palm leaf cardinal flower. But their chrysalis are brown and the upper half looks like their caterpillar tail. The caterpillar has spikes all over. What do I have?
Good job. Sounds like you have gulf fritillary butterflies.
Its so exiting to get queens ❤❤ monarchs seem to be just too many 😂😂 queens are smaller and eat less ❤❤❤❤
Yep!!! Love me some queens !!!!
They do lay a lot of babies but their number have declined by about 90% in the last 10 years. They’re being placed on the endangered list 😢
I had no idea about Queen butterflies. What do they look like? Are they in the monarch family?
Yes. The are in the same genus - Danaus. Both milk weed butterflies. Florida has a third as well called the soldier butterfly
Danaus gilippus - queen
Danaus erisimus - soldier
Danaus plexippus - monarch
I trying to see what I have found is there a way to send you the pictures
Sure. Send email to david@keysmoths.com
I think it’s interesting that Queen chrysalis have a brown form while monarchs do not.
Very interesting!!!
@@keysmoths5336 what does that mean ? Brown form”?
Question. What about the monarch’s that go to chrysalis stage but just stay there and the chrysalis gets so dark. Only twice did a butterfly actually come out. I have 4 that are turning almost black. The chrysalis is, not the butterflies
Sorry to tell you this. Sounds like the chrysalis has a virus. It’s very common in the summer months. When they turn black there is no saving them. Just make sure that they are not just turning colors to get ready to emerge
@@keysmoths5336 I think they are sick. Had one born yesterday missing 2 of its 4 wings. Only lived about 6 hours but he did eat I hand fed him.
It seems it’s one after the other with this OE Virus. I’m going to stop for a while. It’s heartbreaking. I’ve twice gotten rid of all my milkweed plants
Does the virus live on the plants? Do they need a host like a butterfly to spread it? I currently have close to 65 plants. Lots of eggs.
Since this posting with the sick chrysalis I secured fresh new milkweed plants while I wait for the others to grow back. So far 22 monarchs. No black chrysalis. Healthy
My queens Only likes aquatic perennis milkweed ,, 😂😂 I move any monarch to my twine vine to leave my perennis for the queens,,,, ❤ also have gigant like yours but the monarchs never allow it to grow 😂
It’s crazy!!! These monarchs are chow-monsters