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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Save the date: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival USA
Dust off your wings and mark your calendar for the seventh annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival. The month-long celebration includes a series of events

Resources for LGBTQ+ Conservationists
In honour of PRIDE, we recognise that LGBTQ+ people can benefit from networks in order to feel safe, welcome, and have a sense of belonging.

Monarch Watch Update May 2022 – Monarch Watch
Greetings, Monarch Watchers! Included in this issue: 1. Monarch Watch Open House & Spring Plant Fundraiser 2. Follow Monarch Watch on LinkedIn 3. Monarch Population

Development of the 2022 monarch population so far – Monarch Watch
Predicting how the population will develop each year is a challenge. As recently as the 22nd of April, we posted a rather dismal account of

Movement in the Midwest
Eastern Monarch Population Eastern Monarch Spring 2022 Report #8 The leading edge of monarch migration is now hovering between latitude 42-46°N. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity,

Tag recovery list updated – Monarch Watch
More than 900 Monarch Watch tags were recovered from monarch overwintering sites in central Mexico during the 2021 tagging season. All of the tags have