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Monarch Butterfly Diseases
Specific Diseases in Caterpillars, Chrysalises, and Adult Monarch Butterflies
Abnormally Colored Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars (NOT OE)
OE Monarch and Queen – FAQ
Disinfecting Caterpillar Cages
Black Death is NOT a Disease – What is it?
NPV – Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
OE – Ophryocystis elektroscirrha – Monarch Butterfly
Why OE is here to stay
OE and Chrysalises Pupae – Monarch and Queen – Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
OE Monarch and Queen – FAQ
Monarch OE Check Without a Microscope
This is Not OE
Do My Monarch Butterflies Have OE? Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
Reflections on a Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Internship

Monarch Butterfly Egg – Danaus plexippus

How big is a Monarch butterfly egg?

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1 Rearing Butterflies From Eggs
2 Tips to Raising Butterfly Caterpillars Indoors
3 Chrysalises, Cocoons, and Pupae
4 Caring for Adult Butterflies
A neonicotinoid tag – What to do about it
Abelia – Abelia grandiflora
Abnormally Colored Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars (NOT OE)
About Us
Adam’s Needle – Yucca filamentosa
Afflicted Dagger Moth – Acronicta afflicta
American Lady Host Plants
American Lady – Vanessa virginiensis
Angulose prominent – Peridea angulosa
Anise Hyssop – Agastache foeniculum
Aquatic Milkweed – Asclepias perennis
Arge Moth – Apantesis arge
Atala Butterfly – Eumaeus atala
Attaching chrysalises to hooks
Autumn Sage – Salvia greggii
Backyard Butterfly Exhibit
Balloon Plant Milkweed – Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Banded Tussock Moth – Halysidota tessellaris
Barred Yellow Butterfly – Eurema daira
BATFACE Cuphea llavea Butterfly Nectar Plant
Black and Yellow Swallowtail Butterflies
Black Cherry – Prunus serotina
Black Death is NOT a Disease – What is it?
Black Swallowtail Host Plants
Blanket Flower – Gaillardia x grandiflora
Blinded Sphinx Moth – Paonias excaecata
Blue Buckeye – Junonia coenia
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Blue Toadflax – Nuttallanthus species
Bottlebrush – Callistemon rigidus
Braconid Wasps Are Parasitoids of Butterfly and Moth Caterpillars
Brazilian Bachelor’s Button – Centratherum intermedium
Brazilian Skipper Butterfly – Calpodes ethlius
Breaking Swallowtail Diapause in Chrysalises
Breeding Sibling Butterflies – Inbreeding
Bt Bacillus thuringiensis
Bugs and critters found on milkweed
Butterflies
Butterflies A – F
Butterflies and Fruit Trees
Butterflies and Fruit Trees
Butterflies G – J
Butterflies K – O
Butterflies P – S
Butterflies T – V
Butterflies that host on nettles
Butterflies W – Z
Butterfly Aberrations
Butterfly and Moth Disease Issues
Butterfly Bush – Buddleia davidii
Butterfly Caterpillar Rearing Containers
Butterfly Chrysalis Deformities
Butterfly Chrysalis Size Variation
Butterfly Garden Plants for the Mid-Atlantic U.S. States
Butterfly Gardening in the Northeastern U.S.
Butterfly Proboscis
Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa
Buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cassius Blue – Leptotes cassius
Caterpillar Rearing Box from a Shoe Box
Caterpillar Rearing in a Pizza Box
Caterpillars and pet flea/tick medication
Caterpillars Have Wings?
Ceraunus Blue – Hemiargus ceraunus
Chalcid Wasps
Chalcid Wasps and Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars and Chrysalises
Chalcid wasps in Black Swallowtail butterfly chrysalises
Charlotte’s Blush Tropical Milkweed – Asclepias curassavica Charlotte’s Blush
Checkered White Butterfly – Pontia protodice
Cigar Plant – Candy Corn – Cuphea melvillea
Clasping Milkweed – Asclepias amplexicaulis
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly – Phoebis sennae
Cofaqui Skipper Butterfly – Megathymus cofaqui
Common Buckeye – Junonia coenia
Common Milkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Coral Honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens
Cordyceps Fungus and butterflies/moths
Cosmos – Cosmos sp.
Crepe Myrtle – Lagerstroemia indica
Dehydrated Butterfly Chrysalises
Dehydrated Butterfly Chrysalises
Diapause – Where Do Butterflies Go In The Winter?
Disinfect Butterfly Eggs – Monarch or Any Species
Disinfecting Caterpillar Cages
Disinfecting Leaves
Do butterflies feel pain?
Do My Monarch Butterflies Have OE? Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
Dogbane
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail – Papilio glaucus
Eggs – Hatching Butterfly Eggs
Eliminate aphids!
Eliminate Milkweed Bugs!
Emerging Chrysalides Butterflies
Enemies
Enemies
Euplectrus – Caterpillar Ectoparasitoid
Euthanizing Dying Butterflies
Fall Blooming Nectar Plants
False Foxglove – Agalinis species
Fertilizer and Butterfly Host Plants
Firebush – Hamelia patens
Firecracker Plant – Cigar Plant – Cuphea ignea
Firecracker Plant – Cigar Plant – Cuphea ignea
Firecracker, Upright – Russelia sarmentosa
Firecracker, Weeping – Russelia equisetiformis
Flowering Trees are Nectar Sources for Butterflies
Freezing Milkweed Leaves for Emergency Use
Frequently Asked Questions about Butterflies and Moths
Fun Facts
Gardening
Gardening
Gardening
Giant Milkweed – Calotropis gigantea
Giant Swallowtail Host Plants
Giant Swallowtail – Papilio cresphontes
Goatweed Leafwing Butterfly – Anaea andria
Gold Rim Butterfly – Battus polydamas
Gray Hairstreak – Strymon melinus
Great Purple Hairstreak – Atlides halesus
Great Southern White – Ascia monuste
Green vomit, diarrhea, and writhing caterpillars
Groundnut – Apios Americana
Gulf Fritillary – Agraulis vanillae
Hackberry Tree – Celtis occidentalis
Hand Pair Butterflies
Hercule’s Club Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Butterfly Host Plant for the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
Holdfast Tubercles (Monarch)
Host Plants
Host Plants
Host Plants A – F
Host Plants G – J
Host Plants K – O
Host Plants P – S
Host Plants T – V
Host Plants W – Z
How are butterflies packed and shipped?
How Shady Oak plays a role in butterfly research and conservation
How To Euthanize Crippled Butterflies
How to Feed a Butterfly
How to feed Gatorade to butterflies
How to Safely Transport or Ship Butterflies
How to Tag Monarch Butterflies
Indigo Spires Salvia – Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’
Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea
Joe Pye Weed – Eupatorium Sp.
Julia – Dryas iulia
Lemon Marigold – Tagetes lemmonii
Little Metalmark – Calephelis virginiensis
Long-tailed Skipper – Urbanus proteus
Love-in-a-Puff
Malachite Butterfly Siproeta stelenes
Male Butterfly Nutrients
Many Trees Are Host Plants for Butterflies (And Moths)
Mexican Flame Vine – Senecio confusus
Milkweed
Milkweed Sap In Eyes
Milkweed Tiger Moth (Milkweed Tussock Moth)
Molting caterpillars
Monarch Butterflies at Shady Oak
Monarch Butterflies at Shady Oak
Monarch Butterfly Aberration With White Scales
Monarch Butterfly Aberrations
Monarch Butterfly Decline and Tropical Milkweed
Monarch Butterfly Decline and Tropical Milkweed
Monarch Butterfly Diseases
Monarch Butterfly Egg – Danaus plexippus
Monarch butterfly – Danaus plexippus
Monarch Chrysalis Light Orientation
Monarch OE Check Without a Microscope
Monarchs
Morning glory – Ipomoea species
Moths
Moths!
Moving caterpillars …
My butterfly appears healthy
Nectar Plants
Nectar Plants A – F
Nectar Plants G – J
Nectar Plants General Information
Nectar Plants K – O
Nectar Plants P – S
Nectar Plants T – V
Nectar Plants W – Z
Neighbor Uses Pesticide Indiscriminately? What Can You Do?
NPV – Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
OE and Chrysalises Pupae – Monarch and Queen – Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
OE Monarch and Queen – FAQ
OE – Ophryocystis elektroscirrha – Monarch Butterfly
Only 1 or 2 butterfly eggs out of 100 live to become adult butterflies.
Organic vs non-organic
Painted Lady Butterfly – Vanessa cardui
Palamedes Swallowtail – Papilio palamedes
Parasitoids
Parasitoids
Passion vine species that are safe for caterpillars
Passion Vines
Pawpaw Plants – Florida Native
Pawpaw Tree – Asimina triloba
Pentas – Pentas lanceolata
Pesticides and caterpillars …
Phlox, Annual – Phlox drummondii
Pinewoods or Sandhill Milkweed – Asclepias humistrata
Pipevine Species for Butterflies
Pipevine Swallowtail vs Polydamas (Gold Rim) Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail – Battus philenor
Plant Pests
Plants for Butterfly Gardens in the Southwestern U.S.
Plants for California Butterfly Gardens
Poisoned caterpillars and green fluid
Poke Milkweed – Asclepias exaltata
Pollinator Gardening
Predators
Propagating Tropical Milkweed With Stem Cuttings
Queen Butterfly – Danaus gilippus
Question Mark – Polygonia interrogationis
Raising Butterflies
Raising Butterflies
Raising Butterflies
Red-spotted Purple – Limenitis arthemis
Reviving a Drowned Caterpillar
Rice Button Aster – Symphyotrichum dumosum
Rocky Mountain Region Butterflies and Their Plants
Rose Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
Saving poisoned caterpillars
Scarlet Morning Glory – Ipomoea hederifolia
Sexing Monarch Butterflies
Shade plants for butterflies
Should I separate Piggy-back Chrysalises?
Silver Spotted Skipper – Epargyreus clarus
Southeastern U.S. Butterflies and Their Plants
Specific Diseases in Caterpillars, Chrysalises, and Adult Monarch Butterflies
Spicebush and Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars are Very Similar
Stoke’s Aster – Stokesia laevis
Sugarberry Tree – Celtis laevigata
Swallowtail Chrysalises
Swallowtail Similarities and Differences
Swallowtail Similarities and Differences
Sweet Almond – Aloysia virgata
Tachinid Flies
This is Not OE
Top 10 Butterfly Nectar Plants
Trichogramma Wasps
Tropical Milkweed – Asclepias curassavica
Unsafe Caterpillar Food
Viceroy – Limenitis archippus
Weather and releasing butterflies
What happened to my chrysalis?
What is wrong with my butterfly chrysalis?
Which parasitoid?
Which Passion Vine Species are Safe for Butterflies?
Which passion vine species are safe for caterpillars?
White Butterfly Nectar Plants
White Peacock – Anartia jatrophae
White Twinevine Milkweed – Funastrum clausum
Who laid eggs on my passion vine?
Why are there fewer butterflies some years?
Why OE is here to stay
Wisteria – Wisteria sinensis
Yellow OPY Monarch Butterfly Chrysalises – Danaus plexippus
Zebra Longwing – Heliconius charithonia

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