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THIS WEBSITE IS BEST VIEWED ON A LAPTOP> PLEASE READ THIS 'HOME' PAGE FIRST>WELCOME TO MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION
THIS WEBSITE IS BEST VIEWED ON A LAPTOP> PLEASE READ THIS 'HOME' PAGE FIRST>WELCOME TO MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION
WELCOME !
OUR ORGANIZATION IS OVER 300,000 MEMBERS
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Saving and increasing the monarch migration can be an enjoyable, simple, necessary process, for a couple hours, once a year, from your home. The more people that perform this easy process, once a year, the more monarchs you will see and it doesn't cost anything. PLEASE WATCH THE ENTERTAINING VIDEOS BELOW
One minute video demonstrating the development stages of a monarch butterfly
Check out our 'leaders Program' You can have one of these in your town linked here: https://craigthebutterflyman.com/leaders-program
Check out this one minute video> We release 750 monarchs in front of 5000 monarch lovers
Check out this great video taken at a monarch festival in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
This entertaining monarch migration movie teaches you everything you want to know about the incredible monarch migration. Top monarch scientist featured are Dr. Lincoln Brower, Dr. Chip Taylor, Dr. Bill Calvert, and Don Davis. GOOGLE their name and monarch butterflies. This video starts out showing the development stages of monarchs After watching the documentary please read below and study the entire drop down menu above and learn how you can easily help increase the migration
WE ARE 100's OF 1000's OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY CITIZEN SCIENTISTS, CONSERVATIONISTS, AND EDUCATORS ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA TEACHING OTHER AMERICANS HOW THEY CAN BE PART OF OUR NOBLE AND NECESSARY CAUSE AND MOVEMENT TO
SAVE THE INCREDIBLE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MONARCH CONSERVATION GROUPS WHERE YOU CAN SEE 1000's OF CONSERVATIONISTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, RIGHT NOW, DURING THEIR ACTIVITIES POSTING, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND EDUCATING TO HELP YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR GREAT ADVENTURE PLEASE READ ON !!!
FIRST, BEFORE YOU STUDY THIS WEBSITE, FOLLOW WHAT WE ASK EVERYONE TO DO BY STUDYING AND THEN POSTING THE ENTIRE TEXT BELOW EVERYWHERE TO INSPIRE OTHER CITIZENS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR NOBLE CAUSE AND MOVEMENT TO SAVE AND
INCREASE THE SPECTACULAR MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION !
Welcome ! As some of you may know, I'm the founder of our group and organization. If you have been a member for a while, thank you for your help. Please everyone, read and share this entire monarch educational post with all of your Facebook friends. Also, please copy and paste the entire text of this post, including the introduction, and send it to your email list and ask them to do the same thing, thanks !. Our monarchs need all of our help and we don't know who will help unless we ask. Yes it's a long post although there's lots to cover to learn correctly. https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/3642621252653183/ Mary and I are the founders and administrators of one of our lead featured monarch conservation groups belonging to the organization of monarch conservationists groups and our members website linked here: www.CraigTheButterflyMan.com1) THIS ENTIRE POST IS A WALK THROUGH ABOUT MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION. Every member and new member of our fast growing 300,000+ member monarch butterfly conservation organization should read, study, practice, and share everywhere the entire text and links in this document below including this introduction. This complete document is below the videos on our organizations 'HOME' page on our organizations website.2) Less than 100 years ago there were 100's of millions of monarchs, other species of butterflies, and pollinators flying living and thriving all over North America. They were pollinating our flowers and food plants and giving our citizens in North America lots of fresh food and beautiful flowers and the enjoyment of just seeing them. We had a more naturally beautiful continent. Things happened: everyone loved our continent, moved here from everywhere, had children and now we have a heavily industrialized continent with many millions more people who have to eat and live indoors unlike the previous civilization that occupied our space. Food and animal feed crops also used for ethanol have taken over almost all of the tillable land. The iconic and well known monarch butterfly and its spectacular migration still survives although in much much fewer numbers. Many of us know the reasons and there are a couple easy ways everyone of us can help save and bring that monarch migration population back so you will see more in your yard, around town, and in our countryside. These monarchs and other pollinators we help by planting their favorite plants and flowers will pollinate more plants and flowers and we will have a more beautiful landscape. That is what we teach you how to donin our organization. Please read on.2A) AS A MEMBER AND NEW MEMBER, IT'S A NECESSARY REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO STUDY AND LEARN WHAT'S TAUGHT ON OUR ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE LINKED BELOW. YOU WILL NEED THIS KNOWLEDGE TO PARTICIPATE CORRECTLY IN MONARCH AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION. YOU NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS BEFORE YOU START TO PROTECT MONARCH EGGS AND RELEASE THEM AS HEALTHY ADULTS. YOU WILL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND INVOLVE OTHERS.EVERYTHING WE TEACH IN THIS POST AND ON OUR ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE HAS BEEN RESEARCHED AND APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT BIOLOGISTS AND PEER REVIEWED PRIVATE SCIENTISTS AND BIOLOGISTS. TOP MONARCH SCIENTIST AND RESEARCHERS HAVE ASK, WE TEACH YOU TO RELEASE UP TO100 MONARCHS EACH MIGRATION SEASON FOR EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION IN THE U. S. A. AND UP TO 60 MONARCHS IF SIGNED ONTO A PERMIT IN CANADA. **2B) THIS POST AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE TEACHES MONARCH CONSERVATION TO CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN RANGE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION IN NORTH AMERICA. EVERYTHING SAID BELOW AND ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY U S GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. IT IS ILLEGAL TO TOUCH MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A PERMIT. CHECK WITH THE CA. GOVERNMENT.2C) ATTENTION MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND FACEBOOK GROUPS TEACHING MONARCH CONSERVATION TO MEMBERS IN THE U. S. A. AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, MODERATORS, AND MEMBERS OF THESE GROUPS AND WEBSITES. YOU NEED TO ADVISE YOUR MEMBERS WITH PERMANENTLY VISIBLE WEBSITE ENTRIES OR FACEBOOK POSTS ON YOUR GROUPS AND PAGE TIMELINES OF EASY COMPULSORY EQUIPMENT DISINFECTING AND THE SIMPLE CHECKING OF MONARCHS FOR THE PARASITE OE PROCEDURE BEFORE THEY ARE RELEASED. THESE DISINFECTING AND OE PARASITE CHECKING PROCEDURES NEED TO BE POSTED ON A DAILY BASIS, WITH POSTS TO YOUR FACEBOOK GROUPS AND PAGE FEEDS. **THESE POSTS NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW TO DISINFECT MONARCH REARING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO CHECK MONARCHS THAT ARE READY FOR RELEASE WITH AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE PROTOCOL TO CHECK FOR THE OE PARASITE. YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND/OR GROUP OR WEBSITE IS AT RISK OF BEING LOCKED DOWN UNTIL THESE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES ARE POSTED AND TAUGHT. WE HAVE SAMPLE POSTS FOR YOU GROUPS AND WEBSITES BELOW.YOUR FACEBOOK GROUP AND/OR PAGE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BELONG TO OUR ORGANIZATION IF YOU DON'T POST THESE HEALTHY MONARCH REQUIREMENTS DAILY. YOU ARE ALREADY POSTING THESE REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU POST THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THIS POST ON YOUR GROUP FEED EVERYDAY. WE WILL ALL ADD THOUSANDS ON NEW CONSERVATIONISTS TO OUR GROUPS DAILY AND THAT WILL ADD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MONARCHS TO THE MIGRATION WHEN THESE PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED AND OTHER PROTOCOLS BELOW ARE FOLLOWED.3) IF YOU"RE AN ADMINISTRATOR, MODERATOR OR MEMBER OF A MONARCH CONSERVATION GROUP AND YOU SEE POSTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE RAISING AND RELEASING HEALTHY MONARCHS, ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITH THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THIS POST.WE KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT TO DO. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT UNHEALTHY MONARCH STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE IN POSSESSION OF WILL NEED TO FREEZE THE MONARCHS IN ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND DISINFECT THEIR EQUIPMENT AS TAUGHT BELOW AND ON THE WEBSITE, AND START THE PROVEN PROCEDURE FOR PROTECTING MONARCH EGGS AND RELEASING HEALTHY MONARCHS ALL OVER AGAIN AS TAUGHT ON THE "RAISING MONARCHS" PAGE OF THE WEBSITE. www.CraigTheButterflyman.comIF THERE'S OTHER "OPINIONS" and "VIEWS" POSTED ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS OTHER THAN POSTING THE TEXT FROM THIS POST, THOSE ANSWERS AND MEMBERS POSTING THOSE OPINIONS WILL BE BANNED FROM THE GROUP BY MODERATORS WHO SEE THOSE POST AFTER ONE WARNING. THEY ARE ADVISED TO POST THE TEXT OF THIS POST TO ANSWER ALL MEMBER QUESTIONSWHEN IT COMES TO SANITATION AND MONARCH HEALTH ISSUES. IT'S IMPORTANT WE DON'T WASTE OUR MODERATORS TIME WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANSWERED ON THIS POST AND THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. THE IMPORTANT QUESTION ARE ANSWERED THERE. THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR MODERATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OUR OTHER MEMBERS.4) EVERYTHING IMPORTANT ANYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT MONARCH CONSERVATION AND REARING IS IN THIS POST AND ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. WWW.CRAIGTHEBUTTERFLYMAN.COMTHERE ARE SELF PROMOTERS ONLINE THAT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT OTHER WHAT IS CALLED BY MANY AS "OUTCOME" BASED SCIENCE. This is science that people invent and write about that they have predetermined the "outcome" they want. It looks real but it is "FAKE" science. They have other people supporting this fake science in their groups and trying to share it in other groups teaching approved scientist supported procedures as we teach on our website. This creates stress in our groups and causes our moderators more work seeking out and deleting these posts and banning the authors.5) All of the important referenced peer reviewed monarch conservation science is on and/or referenced on our organization's website.6) SOMETIMES THESE FALSE TEACHERS FIND THEIR WAY TO OUR GROUPS AND WILL POST. OUR MODERATORS WILL FIND AND BLOCK THEM AS SOON AS THEY SEE THEM. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHAT WE TEACH ON OUR WEBSITE IS NOT STUDIED, RESEARCHED AND SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN INFORMATION FOR MONARCH CONSERVATIONISTS TO PRACTICE MONARCH CONSERVATION. OUR POSTED SCIENCE HELPS SUSTAIN AND INCREASE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION. The proof is we are the largest monarch conservation organization in the world. We have hundreds of thousands of members and millions of citizens who are not yet members of our fast growing over 300,000+ member organization doing what we teach right now. There are other organizations spending 10's of millions of dollars promoting programs that have been unsuccessful in increasing the monarch migration and try to discourage members of our organization from doing what we teach for the monarch's conservation. Do these organizations really want to help monarchs or just keep their jobs. It's obvious what they are doing isn't helping. Unfortunately some people will listen to them and not practice what we teach and that doesn't help increase the monarch migration. 7) When you study our website you will find the peer reviewed science and research that supports what we teach. Please share the entire text of this post everywhere. Every person who is a member or new member of a monarch conservation group within the organization has the ability to help build the organization's free membership and all the group's free memberships by promoting this post's complete text and links everywhere. We are leading a very noble and necessary cause and movement as monarch butterfly conservationists by belonging to this organization. Monarch conservation and education is fun and rewarding. We explain how to help below, please keep reading. 8) FIRST, TO PARTICIPATE, YOU WILL NEED A HATCHERY HABITAT TO PROTECT YOUR MONARCH EGGS UNTIL THEY ARE ADULTS AND READY TO BE RELEASED. This and a $2 mini-microscope is the only rearing equipment you need except a butterfly net ($2) and some household items. The best hatchery to get is the 2' x 2' x 3' habitat with green trim for around $30. It will last for many seasons. If you can only spend around $15 get the around 15" x 15" x 25 " size with green trim if you can't afford the larger hatchery at this time. You can raise 1-50 in the small one and 1-100 in the larger hatchery. Our monarchs need room to move around easily in their hatchery. The bigger the better as long as it is collapsible for submerging to disinfect it. Make sure to put it on a table near a window indoors to protect your monarchs from the smallest predators. Check Out the RAISE MONARCHS menu dropdown on the website. **Google: "butterfly hatchery habitat" **Walmart sometimes has better prices when their hatcheries are available. Google: Walmart Butterfly Hatchery Habitat Cage. 9) The following 2 things are the most important things you can do as a monarch conservationist to help save and increase the monarch butterfly migration population IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A NETTED POP UP HATCHERY YOU'VE USED BEFORE, it is a requirement to be a member for you to disinfect any used hatchery every time you use it. You do this by folding and collapsing it into a circle and completely submerging it in 1 part unscented household bleach and 4 parts water in a plastic container or 5 gallon bucket, as in the pictures above Soak for 12 hours and then removing it, rinsing it well before opening it and letting it dry.You won't need to disinfect a new unused hatchery !!!10) IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PROTECT YOUR MONARCH EGGS INDOORS, PLEASE DON'T USE OUTDOOR HATCHERIES UNLESS THE ABOVE DESCRIBED HATCHERIES ARE INSIDE OF THOSE HATCHERIES THAT ARE OUTDOORS.NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO DISINFECT YOUR HATCHERIES !11) BELOW IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT PROCEDURE BEFORE MONARCHS ARE RELEASED OR INTRODUCED INTO A HATCHERY TO LAY EGGS ON THE MILKWEED. MONARCHS NEED TO BE CHECKED FOR THE PARASITE "OE" USING THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. YOU WILL NEED A $2-5 microscope. Google: 40x - 60x power mini- microscope $2-5 HERE's HOW TO CHECK THEM AND WHAT TO DO IF THEY HAVE OE: http://butterfly-lady.com/what-is-oe/1))It's also a requirement that you carefully rinse milkweed stems with eggs on them or not, and trim the stems before immediately introducing them into a hatchery so they stay fresh. You can roll eggs off of the leaves with your fingers and stick them to milkweed leaves on separate stems with the sap from the milkweed. CAUTION: don't touch your eyes when handling milkweed and touch your face and/or eyes. It will burn your eyes. **Use a 1 gallon jug of distilled water from the store or rinse an empty milk jug and fill it with tap water. Get extra jugs ready because monarchs eat a lot when they get bigger.
We will be starting live podcasts interviewing monarch butterfly conservationists from all over North America and the world this season. You will be able to invite all of your Facebook friends to watch the podcasts and they will get involved in monarch conservation. We need to notify you and our other members what the day and time for these regular informative podcasts so we need your email. Be sure you join the contact list at the bottom of every one of our organization's website pages and tell all your friends and your email lists about us with this post's text. It will inspire them to join our movement. www.CraigTheButterfflyman.com.Mary and www.CraigtheButterflyman.com will be hitting the road with their butterfly trailer and traveling across North America to do large events educating people about monarch conservation, visiting leaders in our cause and movement, promoting the LEADERS PROGRAM found on the menu of our website, and producing live podcasts of members everywhere.
We also have an affiliated youtube channel who is one of our conservation group leaders, Leo Silvestri who will be participating in our live podcasts. Please subscribe at this link too: https://www.youtube.com/@leosilvestri5440
21A) Every monarch egg you protect and release as a healthy adult butterfly early in the season will, through generational multiplication, ultimately be responsible for hundreds of monarchs participating in the migration. 95% of the offspring of every monarch you release will also feed necessary monarch predators, that will be consumed by their predators, etc. up the wildlife food chain all the way to us humans. Monarchs and other pollinators are responsible for I out of 3 bites of our food.22) THE MORE HEALTHY MONARCHS EGGS WE PROTECT AND RELEASE AS ADULT BUTTERFLIES THE MORE MONARCHS, WILDLIFE, AND FOOD WE WILL HAVE THROUGH POLLINATION. RAISE AS MANY AS YOU CAN AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE BENEFITS !
28) JUST POST THE ENTIRETY OF THE TEXT OF THIS POST INCLUDING OUR ORGANIZATION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION GROUPS WEBSITE LINK WITHIN THE POST EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME, EVERYDAY, ALL SEASON, SO NEW PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. http://www.craigthebutterflyman.com/
29) WE WILL HAVE EVERYONE IN NORTH AMERICA PROTECTING AND INCREASING MONARCH'S BY PROTECTING THEIR EGGS UNTIL THEY CAN FLY AWAY INTO NATURE SO WE CAN SEE THEM EVERYWHERE, THEY CAN BREED, PRODUCE MORE MONARCHS, POLLINATE THE PLANTS THEY AND OTHER POLLINATORS THRIVE ON, AND FEED THE ENTIRE WILDLIFE FOOD CHAIN INCLUDING US !!!.
30) WE ALL LOVE TO SEE MORE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, BUTTERFLIES AND POLLINATORS IN GENERAL AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS EVERYWHERE, RIGHT ???
Please share this post and the entire text of this post on all of your Facebook Friends profile pages and your entire email list today and ask them to do the same thing. Our monarchs need everyone's help. You will never know who will help unless you ask, RIGHT !!! THANKS !!! http://www.craigthebutterflyman.com/) If this website and the entire text of this post is added to every post and/or reply message we post on Facebook as well as on unrelated topic posts on FACEBOOK, and on our own "HOME" drop down at the top of our Facebook GROUPS & PAGES" so EVERYONE who is also promoting other causes can learn about monarchs and how to save their spectacular migration, we will have millions of people involved in monarch conservation. EVERYONE LOVES BUTTERFLIES !
31) Remember, please copy and paste the entire text above including this sentence and the following sentences. THIS IS A COMPLETE ONLINE MONARCH CONSERVATION BOOK AND DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BEST KNOWN MONARCH CONSERVATIONISTS. THIS BOOK IS FREE OF CHARGE AND CAN BE SHARED EVERYWHERE BY COPYING AND PASTING THE ENTIRE TEXT! THERE ARE NO COPYRIGHTS OR TRADEMARKS !
AFTER COPYING AND POSTING THE ABOVE TEXT EVERYWHERE YOU'RE ASK TO POST IT, YOU WILL INVOLVE 100'S MAYBE 1000'S OF NEW MONARCH CONSERVATIONISTS IN OUR NOBLE AND NECESSARY CAUSE. ALL WE ASK IS YOU LEAVE THE BOOK AND DOCUMENT THE WAY IT IS THANK YOU..
PLEASE CONTINUE STUDYING THE WEBSITE BELOW
AND ALL OF THE MENU DROP DOWN SUBJECTS
Dr Lincoln Brower, the Xerces Sociey, Center for Food Safety, and Center for Biological Diversity Petitioned the U S Fish And Wildlife Service to modify the original petition to list the monarch butterfly as threatened by asking that households should raise up to 100 monarchs for conservation and education (60 in Canada) . The link to that petition modification request is here https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/8ef0052a-9ec6-4eb5-8373-35e15f18d1e4/downloads/monarch-esa-petition-4d-rule_61731%20(1).pdf?ver=1705591291171
LEARN WHAT WE DO AND TEACH AND TEACH OTHERS TO DO WHAT WE DO AND TEACH BY SHARING THIS WEBSITE ONCE YOU STUDY IT.
SHARING THIS WEBSITE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE OTHER CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED IN MONARCH CONSERVATION. THOUSANDS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATIONIST HAVE BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR NOBLE AND NECESSARY CAUSE ALREADY THIS SEASON BY RECEIVING THE LINK TO To HIS WEBSITE BY ANOTHER MONARCH CONSERVATIONIST AND READING WHAT IT TEACHES.
REMEMBER, NONE OF US CHARGE ANYONE FOR ANYTHING WE DO AND TEACH ON THIS WEBSITE. WE DO WHAT WE DO AND TEACH OTHERS TO DO AND TEACH BECAUSE WE WANT TO RESTORE THE BEAUTY OF OUR LANDSCAPES IN NORTH AMERICA AND INCREASE THE BEAUTIFUL MONARCH MIGRATION .
WE CAN HAVE MORE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND POLLINATORS IN OUR LIVES.
WE NEED EVERYONE INVOLVED IN OUR CAUSE AND MOVEMENT
EVERYONE CAN HELP ON SOME LEVEL
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THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS WEBSITE AND BOOK IS BELOW
CHAPTER 1: The page you're on now includes great videos about monarch conservation and scientific studies that support what we do and teach concerning the protective rearing of monarchs from eggs through their vulnerable stages of development and releasing them to increase the migration population It's best to read this "HOME" page first. www.HowToRaiseMonarchButterflies.com
CHAPTER 2: Includes the founders and "LEADERS" of large monarch conservation groups and the groups they founded and administrate along with accomplishments of these leaders. Just click on the "FACEBOOK GROUP "button below their names to view their groups and join them if you like. That chapter and page is linked here:
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/leaders
CHAPTER 3: linked here: https://craigthebutterflyman.com/groups%2Fgallery. Featured are large Facebook monarch conservation groups and a link close to the top of the page that shows a
gallery of 100's of Facebook groups.
If you open the links to these featured groups you can find out who founded and administrates these groups and sometimes find what city they are in on their personal profiles. If they are close to where you live you can contact them and they can help you get started rearing monarchs and planting pollinator habitat and you can help each other build a "community" organization in your town by gathering emails and doing the "LEADERS PROGRAM" explained on a different page and chapter below.
You can also post to the large featured groups timelines what city and state you're in and you would like to find someone close to you to help you get started by communicating on Private Messenger. if the 2 of you communicate well you may agree to meet in person. You can talk about having public events in your area like this one linked here .https://www.facebook.com/groups/211911167974707.
CHAPTER 4: We concentrates on scientist studied and approved methods of protective rearing any number of healthy monarchs up to 100 that are capable of participating in the monarch migration and reproducing monarchs that wouldn't have existed without us protecting the previous generation. We teach you how to protect the vulnerable stages of monarchs until they are adult butterflies and release them so they can
fly away from danger and pollinate, reproduce, and add monarchs to the migration.
WE TEACH YOU HOW TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE EARLY STAGES OF THE MONARCHS DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN THE MIGRATION SEASON STARTING PROTECTING EGGS NO LATER THAN JULY 15th IF POSSIBLE SO THE GENERATION THAT NEEDS TO MIGRATE TO MEXICO DEVELOPS IN THE WILD SO THEY HAVE ALL THE TRAITS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE TRIP TO MEXICO, OVERWINTER, AND RETURN TO TEXAS TO LAY EGGS TO START THE MIGRATION ALL OVER AGAIN
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/raise-monarchs-1
CHAPTER 5: Has lots more videos that are both entertaining and educational showing monarch conservation methods and techniques
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/videos
CHAPTER 6: BECOME A MONARCH CONSERVATION LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY ! Anyone can do it.
Check out our 'LEADERS PROGRAM' here: https://craigthebutterflyman.com/leaders-program
The "LEADERS PROGRAM" is the key to building an organization of monarch conservationist in your community and should be the goal of every monarch butterfly conservationist
CHAPTER 7: You can instantly get your questions answered by posting the question to any of the Facebook monarch butterfly conservation groups timeline . If you would like to get an email newsletter in your inbox once in a while telling you about events going on in monarchy. Put your email in the contact us box and check the box to receive emails.
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/contact
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There's a lot left to learn in this CHAPTER 1 page you're on now. You may not know about why we are protective rearing, we will explain below.
WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS PAGE TO LINK PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND STUDIES THAT SUPPORT WHAT WE PRACTICE AND TEACH ON THIS WEBSITE: PLEASE READ ON.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A SERIOUS MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATIONIST AND EDUCATOR YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY THESE LINKS BELOW AND OPEN ALL THE REFERENCES IN THESE RESEARCH STUDIES SO YOU CAN STUDY THIS RESEARCH.
IF YOU"RE AN EXPERIENCED MONARCH CONSERVATIONIST AND HAVE PRACTICED PROTECTED REARING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND STUDIED THIS PAGE
THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE THAT WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO USE THE MOST NATURAL METHOD
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/raise-monarchs-1
It has been determined by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the monarch butterfly population and it's spectacular migration occurring yearly involving the United States, Canada, and Mexico is threatened and endangered. 95+% of all monarch eggs, caterpillars, and chrysalis are consumed by increasing numbers of natural and unnatural predators before they become butterflies and are able to fly away and protect themselves.
THIS WEBSITE IS DESIGNED TO BE EDUCATIONAL
PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME TO READ AND STUDY THE TEXT AND OPEN AND STUDY THE LINKS
YOU CAN HELP MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IN 2 WAYS;
1) PLANT THE PLANTS THEY NEED TO LIVE AND THRIVE ON
2) WE TEACH YOU HOW TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE EARLY STAGES OF THE MONARCHS DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN THE MIGRATION SEASON STARTING PROTECTING EGGS NO LATER THAN JULY 15th IF POSSIBLE SO THE GENERATION THAT NEEDS TO MIGRATE TO MEXICO DEVELOPS IN THE WILD SO THEY HAVE ALL THE TRAITS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE TRIP TO MEXICO, OVERWINTER, AND RETURN TO TEXAS TO LAY EGGS TO START THE MIGRATION ALL OVER AGAIN
WE SEPARATE MONARCHS FROM PREDATORS INDOORS IN A NETTED POP UP HATCHERY HABITAT ON A TABLE NEAR A WINDOW UNTIL THEY ARE ADULT BUTTERFLIES AND WE CHECK THEM FOR DISEASE, SO THEY CAN FLY AWAY FROM PREDATORS USING THIS PROTOCOL..
http://butterfly-lady.com/what-is-oe/
IN THE WILD, AFTER THEY ARE RELEASED, THEY REPRODUCE AND CREATE MORE MONARCHS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT OUR HELP THEREFORE INCREASING THE MONARCH MIGRATION POPULATION.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ THIS "HOME" PAGE AND THE OTHER PAGES LINKED ABOVE: "LEADERS", "GROUPS/GALLERY", "RAISE MONARCHS", "LEADERS PROGRAM" "VIDEOS" "CONTACT". PLEASE OPEN ALL THE LINKS AND STUDY THEM.
YOU WILL BE A WELL EDUCATED MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATIONIST.
YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO HELP YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY GET INVOLVED THROUGH SHARING THIS WEBSITE WITH THEM AND DISCUSSING THE CONTENT AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM TO DO THE THINGS TAUGHT HERE THAT WILL HELP US ALL HAVE A MORE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE WITH MORE MONARCHS AND POLLINATORS TO ENJOY .
The Grandfather Of Monarch Butterfly Conservation, Educator, and Scientist Dr. Lincoln Brower (SEARCH: Lincoln Brower on WIKI) talks about how he wants citizens to raise up to 100 monarchs a year for conservation and education. Click Here: https://texasbutterflyranch.com/2015/02/16/q-a-dr-lincoln-brower-talks-ethics-endangered-species-milkweed-and-monarchs
Dr Lincoln Brower, the Xerces Sociey, Center for Food Safety, and Center for Biological Diversity Petitioned the U S Fish And Wildlife Service to modify the original petition to list the monarch butterfly as threatened by asking that households should raise up to 100 monarchs for conservation and education . The link to that petition modification request is here https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/8ef0052a-9ec6-4eb5-8373-35e15f18d1e4/downloads/monarch-esa-petition-4d-rule_61731%20(1).pdf?ver=1705591291171
Below is the abstract of a study by a top rated monarch butterfly scientist supporting protecting monarch eggs until they are adult butterflies and releasing them to help increase the spectacular monarch migration
ABSTRACT. The fall migration of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) was studied in an unfunded citizen science project during 2012–16 by tagging 13778 reared and 875 wild Monarchs. More than a third of these Monarchs were reared by inmates of the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in Walla Walla, Washington. Sixty (0.41 %) tagged Monarchs were recovered from distances greater than 10 km (mean: 792.9 ± 48.0 km) with most found in California, SSW of release points. One WSP-reared Monarch was found 724 km to the SE in Utah. Monarchs tagged in Oregon flew SSE to California. No Idaho-tagged Monarchs were found in California but two were recovered at locations due south. No wild tagged Monarchs from Washington, Oregon or Idaho were recovered. Monarchs from Washington and Oregon were found during October-February at 24 coastal California overwintering sites spanning 515 km from Bolinas to Carpinteria. A single wild spring Monarch tagged in May in northern California was recovered 35 days later and 707 km ENE in Twin Falls, Idaho. This study provides compelling evidence that many Monarchs in southern and central parts of Washington and Oregon migrate south in the fall to overwintering sites along the California coast. It also provides some evidence for southerly and south-easterly vectoring of migrating Monarchs from eastern Washington and Idaho, indicating the possibility of migration to Arizona or Mexico overwintering sites. In addition to improving our understanding of Monarch migration in the PNW, this study also contributed to conservation by adding nearly 14000 butterflies to the population. The incredible involvement of incarcerated and non-incarcerated citizen scientists generated much community and media interest which in turn led to greater involvement by citizens. Increased awareness of Monarchs, their biology and conservation in the PNW has been an unexpected but important spin-off of this study.
THIS IS A PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH DEMONSTRATING NATURAL AND UNNATURAL PREDATORS ARE THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF MONARCHS KILLING OVER 95%+ WHILE THEY ARE DEVELOPING THROUGH THEIR VULNERABLE EARLY STAGES UNTIL THEY ARE ADULTS AND CAN FLY AWAY FROM DANGER.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50737-5
NATURAL MONARCH BUTTERFLY PREDATORS INCLUDING ANTS, WASPS, AND SPIDERS ARE ALSO NECESSARY IN THE WILDLIFE FOOD CHAIN.
THE MORE MONARCHS WE PROTECT AND RELEASE THE MORE THE ENTIRE WILDLIFE FOOD CHAIN BENEFITS
THE IMPORTED INVASIVE RED FIRE ANT HAS BEEN STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO AND PROVEN TO CONSUME 87% OF THE VULNERABLE EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. LEARN ABOUT THESE UNNATURAL PREDATORS HERE: https://youtu.be/R7pEAUUqmM0?si=EofO6CvLn51w_TGk
IMPORTED INVASIVE RED FIRE ANTS ARE PRESENT AND ACTIVE IN MOST OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALL OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, AND CALIFORNIA. WHEN MONARCHS RETURN FROM MEXICO IN THE SPRING AND LAY EGGS. THESE FIRE ANTS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND CALIFORNIA.
https://youtu.be/4roowXzVLnQ?si=x6OOLwQnoflSeWD4
THESE FIRE ANTS CAN"T SURVIVE IN CLIMATES WHERE THERE ARE EXTENDED FREEZES ! THIS IS WHY WE PROTECT EGGS WHERE THERE ARE LONG PERIODS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
WE INTERVENE AND TAKE MONARCH EGGS OUT OF THE WILDLIFE FOOD CHAIN AND PROTECT THEM FROM THESE PREDATORS INDOORS DURING THEIR EARLY VULNERABLE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT UNTIL WE RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE WILD AS ADULT BUTTERFLIES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT OUR HELP PROTECTING THEM.
THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF "THEIR" OFFSPRING WILL DEVELOP IN THE WILD , SOME OF THEM WILL FEED THE WILDLIFE FOOD CHAIN ,AND SOME WILL BECOME ADULT BUTTERFLIES INCREASING THE MIGRATION WITH EVEN MORE BUTTERFLIES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT US HELPING THEIR PREVIOUS GENERATION SURVIVE.
OUR EFFORTS HAVE HELPED MONARCHS CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY IN THE WILD !!!
There have been discussions about whether healthy monarchs, protected from predators during their vulnerable stages of development when released, have the strength and durability to migrate to Mexico to overwinter in the mountains. The following scientific research demonstrates monarchs that develop indoors have the ability to orient towards Mexico when released, able to migrate the long distances, as well as add to the migration population.
https://academic.oup.com/conphys/article/9/1/coab032/6274228
THIS IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE SCIENTIFIC STUDY ON RESTORING MONARCH BUTTERFLY HABITAT
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7637
THE BUTTERFLY-LADY IS A GREAT PLACE TO GET FLOWER AND PLANT SEEDS AND MONARCH AND BUTTERFLY EDUCATION http://butterfly-lady.com/
IF YOU WANT TO ORDER FROM AMAZON OR PICK THEM UP FROM THE 1500 GARDEN CENTERS, AMERICAN BEAUTIES NATIVE PLANTS IS THE LARGEST NATIVE PLANT SUPPLIER EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER www.ABNATIVEPLANTS.COM
THIS IS A GREAT 30 SECOND VIDEO SHOWING RELEASING MONARCHS !!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowtoRaiseMonarchButterflies/permalink/3572313376350638/
750 HOME REARED MONARCHS RELEASED IN FRONT OF 5000 MONARCH BUTTERFLY ENTHUSIASTS
AT THE SAN ANTONIO MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR FESTIVAL
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OUR MISSION STATEMENT
WE DON"T ASK FOR MONEY OR SELL ANYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE,. WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY COMMISSION ON SUPPLIES WE LIST FOR SALE. WE ARE DEDICATED TO SAVING AND INCREASING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION AND POLLINATORS IN GENERAL IN NORTH AMERICA. WHAT WE DO AND TEACH DOESN'T NEED TO COST ANYONE ANYTHING. SOME PEOPLE WILL WANT TO PURCHASE CONSERVATION ITEMS AND WE SHOW THEM WHERE TO GET THEM.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN 100's OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IN NORTH AMERICA WHO ARE DEDICATING A COUPLE HOURS OF THEIR TIME EVERY YEAR IN THEIR HOME OR YARD TO THE CAUSE AND MOVEMENT OF CITIZENS SAVING AND INCREASING THE INCREDIBLE MIRACLE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION SO EVERYONE WILL SEE MORE MONARCHS IN THEIR YARDS AND AROUND TOWN EVERY YEAR IF YOU PARTICIPATE.
THIS IS THE GOOGLE SEARCH LINK FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES FACEBOOK GROUPS. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=600263652&rlz=1CAHKDC_enUS1052&sxsrf=ACQVn09HY-qpntdva98PtekhTapbEI3vXA:1705862572060&q=Monarch+Butterfly+Facebook+groups&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfrpKlke-DAxXZlYkEHd3aCqUQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1138&bih=489&dpr=1.2
THE FOUNDER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FAST GROWING 12,000+ MEMBER FACEBOOK GROUP https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowtoRaiseMonarchButterflies ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATORS OF OTHER MONARCH CONSERVATION GROUPS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INFORMATIVE MONARCH CONSERVATION WEBSITE. WWW.CraigTheButterflyman.com
YOU MAY WANT TO HELP MONARCHS THROUGH PLANTING THE HABITAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE ON IN YOUR YARD, ON YOUR PATIO, AND/OR EASILY INTERVENE AND PROTECT MONARCHS FROM THEIR 450+ PREDATORS OUT IN THE WILD AND BRING THEM INDOORS UNTIL THEY ARE
HEALTHY MONARCHS READY FOR RELEASE,.
YOU CAN WATCH THEIR VULNERABLE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL ADULT BUTTERFLIES AND YOU CAN RELEASE THEM SO THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES BY FLYING AWAY FROM DANGER OUTSIDE. THIS IS A ONE MINUTE TIME-LAPSE VIDEO SHOWING THE MONARCHS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVm5k99PnBk
WHAT WE TEACH YOU DOESN'T COST ANYTHING . AS YOU SAW ABOVE. MONARCHS DEVELOP INTO ADULT BUTTERFLIES ON THEIR OWN IN THE WILD. WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IS OVER 95+%, ALMOST ALL OF THEM, DON"T MAKE IT FROM THAT EGG TO THAT BEAUTIFUL ADULT STAGE BECAUSE ANTS, WASPS, AND SPIDERS CONSUME THEM.
WE TEACH YOU TO BRING MONARCH EGGS INDOORS SO THEY WILL BE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN DEVELOP THROUGH THEIR LIFE STAGES IN SAFETY WITHOUT BEING IN DANGER OF BEING CONSUMED BY THE PREDATORS WHO CONSUME THEM OUTDOORS.
ONCE YOU EASILY SET UP THIS SIMPLE ENVIRONMENT INDOORS ON A SMALL TABLE NEAR A WINDOW, YOU INTRODUCE THE EGGS ON MILKWEED PLANT LEAVES ON THE STEM, AND WATCH THEM DEVELOP THROUGH THEIR LIFE STAGES .YOU DON'T EVEN TOUCH THEM USING THE MOST NATURAL SCIENTIST APPROVED METHOD POSSIBLE SHOWN BELOW.
https://craigthebutterflyman.com/raise-monarchs-1
YOU GET TO WATCH THE MIRACLE OF THE MONARCHS METAMORPHOSIS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR VULNERABLE LIFE STAGES AND EMERGE AS A HEALTHY BUTTERFLY, LET THEIR WINGS DRY FOR 24 HOURS AND YOU RELEASE THEM OUTDOORS INTO NATURE SO THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR DUTY OF POLLINATING PLANTS AND REPRODUCING MORE MONARCHS IN THE WILD THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT YOUR HELP. .
WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF 100's OF THOUSANDS OF REGULAR CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATE IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN NORTH AMERICAN WHEREVER MONARCHS LIVE TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO HELP CONSERVE AND INCREASE THE INCREDIBLE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION.
WE DON"T AFFILIATE OURSELVES WITH MONARCH CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS THAT CHARGE DUES OR FEES TO TEACH YOU ABOUT MONARCH CONSERVATION OR BECOME MEMBERS.
WHAT WE TEACH IS SIMPLE . WE EXPLAIN HOW TO PROTECT MONARCHS EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR HOME IN A POP UP NETTED HATCHERY HABITAT SET ON A TABLE IN YOUR KITCHEN NEAR A WINDOW USING A FEW ITEMS YOU HAVE AROUND THE HOUSE
I F YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CITIZEN SCIENTIST YOU SHOULD GET A GOOGLE: POCKET MINI 40X POWER MICROSCOPE ($3-5) TO CHECK YOUR MONARCHS BEFORE YOU RELEASE THEM TO SEE IF THEY'RE HEALTHY. THE BUTTERFLY-LADY WILL EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW TO USE YOUR MINI-MICROSCOPE IN THIS 7 MIN VIDEO LINKED HERE:
http://butterfly-lady.com/what-is-oe/
THE FOUNDERS AND 100s OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED AT THE FOLLOWING LINK DON"T CHARGE ANYONE FOR ANYTHING, THERE'S NO MEMBERSHIP COST OR DUES.
WE DON'T
EVEN TAKE DONATIONS.
THESE ARE MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION FACEBOOK GROUPS THAT EACH HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA.
THERE'S LOTS OF PICTURES AND LINKS TO GROUPS AT THIS LINK.
IF YOU CLICK ON AN ORGANIZATION THAT CHARGES MONEY TO JOIN, OR CHARGES FOR ANYTHING DON"T JOIN THAT GROUP OR ORGANIZATION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF FACEBOOK MONARCH CONSERVATION GROUPS DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING. YOU CAN JOIN OR VIEW WITHOUT JOINING ONE OF THE FREE GROUPS ON FACEBOOK OR AS MANY AS YOU LIKE.
THESE GROUPS ARE EASY AND FREE TO CREATE AND DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO BE PART OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND/OR LEARN FROM MEMBERS OF THESE GROUPS. MAYBE YOU WILL WANT TO CREATE A GROUP OF YOUR OWN. LOOK ON YOUR FACEBOOK SETTINGS ON YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE TO FIND OUT HOW..
WE WILL TEACH YOU EXACTLY HOW TO SIMPLY PROTECT MONARCHS UNTIL THEY ARE BUTTERFLIES IF YOU READ ON
1) ALL YOU DO IS VISIT ONE OF MANY ONLINE MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS OR AS MANY OF THEM AS YOU LIKE. OR ALL OF THEM.
2) IF YOU DON'T WANT TO JOIN A PRIVATE GROUP, YOU CAN VIEW 'A 'PUBLIC' GROUP AND POST YOUR QUESTIONS WITHOUT JOINING THE GROUP . IF YOU WANT SOME HELP AND/OR YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, JUST ASK IT IN A POST YOU PUT ON THE TIMELINE FEED OF A GROUP YOU VIEWED OR JOINED AND SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE GROUP YOU JOINED OR A PUBLIC GROUP YOU VIEWED AND/OR JOINED., THERE'S NEVER A CHARGE TO VIEW THE GROUP, ASK A QUESTION ,OR JOIN.
3) IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT SOMEONE ALREADY INVOLVED IN MONARCH CONSERVATION NEAR YOU, JUST POST TO THE GROUP THE NAME OF YOUR CITY AND STATE AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE THAT WILL HELP YOU GET STARTED PROTECTING MONARCHS AND TO PRIVATE MESSAGE YOU.
YOU CAN GO TO THE TOP OF THE GROUP PAGE TO THE SEARCH FEATURE, PUT IN YOUR CITY AND STATE, AND SEE IF SOMEONE COMES UP AND YOU CAN PRIVATE MESSAGE THEM..
IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT DIRECT PERSONAL HELP SOME GROUPS HAVE FILE SECTIONS AND 'FEATURED' POSTS ON THE DROP DOWN MENUS AT THE TOP OF THE GROUP PAGE.
4) YOU CAN PRIVATE MESSAGE SOMEONE WHO CONTACTS YOU BACK AFTER YOU LOOK AT THEIR PROFILE. YOU ARE ABLE TO EXCHANGE MESSAGES. WITHOUT KNOWING EACH OTHERS PHYSICAL ADDRESS.
THEY MAY HAVE SOME EXTRA MONARCH EGGS THEY NEED HELP WITH FEEDING OR THEY MAY TELL YOU WHERE THERE"S SOME MILKWEED SO YOU CAN GO FIND YOUR OWN EGGS ON MILKWEED OR NET A MONARCH YOU SEE LAYING EGGS TO PUT IN YOUR HATCHERY TO LAY EGGS.
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