Welcome To Our Blog
Below you will find our continually growing blog dedicated to everything related to raising and releasing butterflies. We have broken down the content into specific categories based on our online store, products, and other services. This space is continually evolving to assist you in understanding all the ins and outs of raising, caring for, and releasing butterflies.
If you would like to contribute any knowledge you’ve gained, pictures of your experience, please share it with us at info@monarchbutterflies.ca. We value your insights and any new information you may have. Just as humans sometimes have developmental growth issues, whether physical or behavioral, butterflies are very much the same. By sharing your experiences, with pictures, we can learn, understand, and share your knowledge with others, improving our collective ability to care for butterflies.
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Transylvania Finale
I could say it began to get a bit tiring the amount of people that went on about Dracula and Vampires when I mentioned I

The Season of the Grizzly.
Although it’s early days I have been a little disappointed with the number of Grizzled Skipper so far this Spring. Hopefully numbers will pick up

IUCN Red List and the status of monarchs – Monarch Watch
Thursday, July 21st, 2022 at 9:58 pm by Jim Lovett Filed under Monarch Conservation The recent news about the IUCN’s Red List does not change

Six Ways to Support Fall Monarch Migration
Each fall, monarch butterflies embark on an incredible migration to their wintering grounds. West of the Rockies, the population heads to the Pacific coast, where

Leverage summer heat with solarization and convert dead turf to pollinator habitat
Drought, wildfires, low or no flow rivers, watering restrictions, electrical grid challenges and diminished insect populations are defining summer in Texas. According to the U.S.

Butterfly Conservation: Interview with Lisbeth Hordley
We interview Butterfly Conservation’s Ecological Statistician, Lisbeth Hordley, and find out about the projects she is working on. Tell us about your role at BC I