On June 22nd, 2015 I posted a page titled MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE EVERYWHERE. At the end of the page I set a goal to raise and release 25 monarch butterflies. "I set a personal goal to raise 2,500% more monarchs in 2015 than I did in 2014." Did I meet my goal? The 2015 Monarch Butterfly Rearing Roundup lets you know how I did at achieving my goal. I couldn't be more satisfied with the results. Take a look at the following multimedia about the monarchs I raised in the summer of 2015. 2015 Monarch #2 Beckham male WSU tag #3015 Monarch #3 Cali female WSU tag #3013 Monarch #4 Diego male WSU tag #3001 Monarch #5 Eva female WSU tag #3002 Monarch #6 Fernando male WSU tag #3003 Monarch #7 Gail female WSU tag #3004 Monarch #8 Hurley male WSU tag #3008 Monarch #9 Iola female WSU tag #3007 Monarch #10 Jesse male WSU tag #3005 Monarch #11 Katniss female WSU tag #3009 Monarch #12 Leaf female WSU tag #3010 Monarch #13 Macon male WSU tag #3011 Monarch #14 Nancy female WSU tag #3012 Monarch #15 Oakley male WSU tag #3014 Monarch #16 Padraic male WSU tag #3016 Monarch #17 Quest male WSU tag #3017 Monarch #18 Rufus male WSU tag #3018 Monarch #19 Scooby male WSU tag #3019 Monarch #20 Talbot male WSU tag #3020 Monarch #21 Uma female WSU tag #3022 Monarch #22 Viper male WSU tag #3023 Monarch #23 Wadsworth male WSU tag #3024 Monarch #24 Xavier male WSU tag #3025 Monarch #25 Yale male WSU tag #A1651 Monarch #26 Zander male WSU tag #A1652 Monarch #27 Agatha female WSU tag #A1653 Monarch #28 Brad male NO TAG undersized Monarch #29 Connor male WSU tag #A1654 Monarch #30 Dean male WSU tag #A1655 WSU Tag wild female #3021 WSU Tag wild male #3006 Beckham
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EvaEva is a special little monarch. She attached to the vertical wall of the enclosure. A slight tilt to the enclosure helped reduce the pressure on the side of her chrysalis. Eva eclosed at 8:00 8/19/15 Meconium ejected at 8:40. Wings look good!
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Katniss
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WSU Tag wild female #3021
Season conclusionI successfully raised and released twenty-nine monarchs in 2015. I had two fatalities in my care. One first instar caterpillar may have been eaten by a larger caterpillar. Another caterpillar fell ill, leaked green liquid and quickly dissolved into a black liquid. Presumably it was a bacterial infection. That was a tough loss. The difficulities were few and the successes far outweighed them. Increasing the amount of milkweed available for monarchs in my yard has created a safe place for them to reproduce. Having a monarch waystation brought the monarchs to the yard throughout the summer months. Last year I was living in a rental home and the yard was not my own. At the end of the season I relocated my potted milkweed to others in the community. The yard is likely to be overhauled with new plants. New for 2016 is my new house, Milkweed Manor. The landscaping in the backyard was a blank slate. A 180 square foot pollinator garden was incorporated into the landscaping. The goal in 2016 is to foster an awareness of milkweed as a favored plant in residential landscaping. By growing native milkweed plants in my own yard I can share the value that the garden has to butterflies, birds and bees. If you are interested in locating native milkweed then please use the Milkweed Locator tool.
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