Butterfly Education
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The following two PDF documents are provided as course material for a Q&A workshop by Lori Stralow Harris, which is being held on the WWBBF list from 24-27 May, 2015. |
| Live Learning - Interactive butterfly lifecycle stations (PDF*) |
Lori Stralow Harris |
Working with Girl Scouts & Butterfly Learning (PDF*) |
Lori Stralow Harris |
| Identification Aids |
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Butterfly Business |
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| Using Wholesale Livestock to Increase Your Income |
Linda Rogers |
| Managing Your Inventory -- Planning Percentage Losses in Each Stage of the Lifecycle |
Linda Rogers, Jacob Groth, Melanie McCarthy & Nigel Venters |
| Temperature Chart to Regulate Livestock Growth |
Nigel Venters |
| Commercial Butterfly Farmers Working With Funeral Directors |
Linda Rogers |
| A Day In The Life of a Butterfly Breeder |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Unsure About Butterfly Releases? - A Position Paper |
Melanie McCarthy |
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Linda Rogers |
Presentation from Utterback Farms Inc.
A Presentation in Defense of allowing the shipment of farm-reared Monarch Butterflies for the purpose of Ceremonial Releases and Butterfly Exhibits. |
John Utterback |
Disease Identification and Prevention in Rearing Operations
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| Sterilization and Disease Control (PDF*) [#] |
Nigel Venters |
| Prevention Management of Diseases Insects (PDF*) [#] |
Dr. Frank M. Davis |
| Monarch Parasites (PDF*) [#] |
Dr. Sonia Altizer |
| Disease and Parasitoid-Free Butterflies (PDF*) [#] |
Nigel Venters |
| Eggs & Egg Washing Technique |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Article on Disease Identification & Control: Detection and Management of Microsporidia and Ophryocystis elecktroscirrha (OE) in Insect Rearing Laboratories (PDF* file created from PowerPoint original.) |
Frank M. Davis and Amanda M. Lawrence Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University |
| Monarch Disease Control |
Jacob Groth |
| Sterilization and Disease Control (PDF*) |
Nigel Venters, Glenn Baines, Melanie McCarthy & Terry Terbush |
| Adaption Under Captive Breeding, and How to Avoid It(PDF* file created from PowerPoint original) |
Dr. Bruce Walsh |
Equipment & Safety |
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| Suggestions for Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) for Butterfly Farming Activities |
Linda Rogers |
| Making & Using a Butterfly Trap |
Nigel Venters |
| Baits and Traps for the Tropics |
Nigel Venters |
| A great galvanized folding tomato cage |
Linda Rogers |
| Building a Growing Cylinder |
Linda Rogers |
Official/Organization Contacts
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US National Plant Board |
US State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) (US State Agriculture) |
| APHIS (USDA) |
State Plant Health Director (SPHD)
(USDA lead that is stationed in the state and oversees APHIS’ interactions with the state) |
Butterfly Species
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| Hand-pairing Monarchs |
Nigel Venters |
| Keeping Monarchs |
Nigel Venters |
| Overwintering Monarchs in the Fridge |
Nigel Venters |
| Sexing Monarch Pupae |
Nigel Venters |
| Hanging Swallowtail Pupae |
Nigel Venters |
| Swallowtails: Raising/Breeding Tips |
Nigel Venters |
| Queens & Fritillaries |
Nigel Venters |
| The Red Admiral |
Nigel Venters |
| Raising Mourning Cloaks (Q&A) |
Nigel Venters & Melanie McCarthy |
Butterfly Breeding
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| Raising Healthy Butterflies |
Linda Rogers & Nigel Venters |
| Cold Weather Regions: Breeding and Raising |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Collecting Eggs |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Eggs & Egg Washing Technique |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Off-plant Egg Laying! |
Nigel Venters |
| Pairing & Egg Production |
Nigel Venters |
| Nigel's Butterfly Nectar Recipe |
Nigel Venters |
| A warning to anyone using a 'tick killer' on their pet |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Production Systems# (8-page PDF* 14.7 MB) |
Jacob Groth |
 # The above article is also available in 4 x 2-page sections: p1-2; p3-4; p5-6; p7-8. |
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| Article on Disease Identification & Control: Detection and Management of Microsporidia and Ophryocystis elecktroscirrha (OE) in Insect Rearing Laboratories (PDF* file created from PowerPoint original.) |
Frank M. Davis and Amanda M. Lawrence Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University |
| Dry Water in the Greenhouse(PDF* 360 KB) |
D. Gary Geer |
| When The Diet Goes Bad...A case study of the Southwestern Corn Borer moth (PDF* 1.2 MB) |
F, Davis and N. Krishnan |
| Irritating and time consuming pests (and treatment with Perimicarb) |
Nigel Venters |
| Monarch Disease Control |
Jacob Groth |
| Raising Mourning Cloaks in a Barrel |
Patrick Ogletree |
| Sterilization and Disease Control (PDF*) |
Nigel Venters, Glenn Baines, Melanie McCarthy & Terry Terbush |
| Notes on Storing Pupae (PDF*) [#] |
Glenn Baines |
| Preparation of Pupae for Emergence (PDF*) [#] |
Nigel Venters / WWBBF |
| Egg-laying set-up for multiple species (PDF*) [#] |
Nigel Venters / WWBBF |
| How to Make a Small Butterfly Flight House (PDF*) [#] |
Ellen Reid |
[#] Special thanks to Ellen Reid  for collating these items from discussions on the WWBBF list. |
| Eradicate Aphids on Milkweed Using Milk (PDF*) [#] |
April 2016 discussion on the World Wide Butterfly Breeders Forum |
Butterfly Plants & Food |
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| Green Milkweed |
Linda Rogers |
| Buddleia (Quick Tip!) |
Nigel Venters |
| Growing the various Buddleia species |
Nigel Venters |
| Make your own Organic Liquid Fertilizer / Growth Enhancer!! |
Linda Rogers |
| Butterfly Delight Muffins & Butterfly Pie Puddles |
Linda Rogers |
Dr. Davis' Artificial Diet (created for Corn Borers, but has been successfully used with Painted Ladies) (PDF*) |
Dr. Frank Davis |
| Southland AD Base diet - preparation and use (PDF*) [#] |
Linda Rogers |
Cages, Exhibits, Shipping & Releasing |
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| Outdoor Exhibits |
Melanie McCarthy |
| An example of a decorated display cage |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Larvae and Egg Shippers |
Linda Rogers |
| Shipping Foam |
Nigel Venters |
| Shipping Monarch Pupae |
Melanie McCarthy |
| Butterfly Release Customer Instruction documents |
Melanie McCarthy & Jacob Groth |
| Shipping Butterfly Eggs on Plant Material (PDF* 1.1 MB) |
Linda Rogers |
Butterfly Releases
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| YouTube Videos (promotional videos in Spanish) |
Grace Venters |
A Butterfly Assortment |
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| Teacher Discovers A Butterfly With An Arizona Phone Number Attached |
 (external link to KJZZ website) |
| - Billings 2019 Opening a Window on Southwestern Monarchs (PDF*) |
| Nigel and Grace in the Amazon! |
Nigel Venters |
| Warning! Be on the lookout for Butterfly Bandits! |
Nigel Venters |
| Scientific Names - Classification and Nomenclature |
Paul Chesterfield |
| Photographing Butterflies |
Paul Chesterfield |
Development and Operation of the ButterflyConservatory, Costa Rica
(PDF* created from PowerPoint slides - 17.6 MB) |
Glenn Baines |
| Butterfly Collecting in Africa: The Beer and the Mattress Story! |
Nigel Venters |
Aristolochia acuminata and the Richmond Birdwing
(PDF*) (included here with permission) < NEW > |
Garry Sankowsky |
Unusual Egg-Laying Strategies of some Lepidoptera
(PDF*) (included here with permission) < NEW > |
Garry Sankowsky |
< NEW > The Lepidopterists Society website can be browsed for decades of journal articles.
http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/
Eg. a search for Vanessa : (Link)
Eg. 2014: http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/
Web sites listed for resources: http://www.lepsoc.org/lepidoptera_websites_1.php |