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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Brownfield sites promote biodiversity at a landscape scale
A new paper, led by Callum Macgregor and colleagues at the University of Hull, UKCEH and Butterfly Conservation researched the species richness of birds, plants

Monarch numbers in Mexico: predictions and reality – Monarch Watch
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 at 12:30 pm by Chip Taylor Filed under Monarch Population Status | No Comments » I was wrong, really, really wrong,

Record number of sightings of threatened butterfly species in Kent
Successful conservation projects in Kent have resulted in a record level of sightings of the Duke of Burgundy, a threatened butterfly species. The rare and

Eastern monarch butterfly population up 35% over last year—but still much work to do
The number of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico increased 35% last winter, the World Wildlife Fund announced this week. In December 2021, the most recent

Hundreds of Mayors Across North America Lead in the Monarch Conservation Movement • The National Wildlife Federation Blog
The National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program provides a framework for cities and communities to engage in monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation. Mayors and

Butterfly Conservation welcomes the recently published EU Nature Restoration Law.
Butterfly Conservation welcomes the recently published EU Nature Restoration Law. Grassland ecosystems are one of the most damaged and threatened ecosystems and populations of butterflies