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Butterfly Lifecycles:
American Painted Lady
Atala
Barred Yellow
Blinded Sphinx Moth
Buckeye, Common
Cassius Blue Butterfly
Cecropia Moth
Ceraunus Blue
Checkered White
Cloudless Sulphur
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Gold Rim Swallowtail
Gray Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Southern White
Gulf Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary Page 2
Hackberry
Imperial Moth
IO Moth Caterpillar Stings!
Julia
Laurel Swallowtail - Palamedes Swallowtail
Long-tailed Skipper Butterfly
Monarch
Oleander Moth
Orange-barred Sulphur Butterfly
Painted Lady
Palamedes Swallowtail - Laurel Swallowtail
Phaon Crescent
Pipevine Swallowtail
Polka-Dot Moth
Polydamas Swallowtail
Queen
Question Mark
Red Admiral
Ruddy Daggerwing
Sleepy Orange Butterfly
Spicebush Swallowtail
Tawny Emperor
Tiger Swallowtail
Tropical Checkered Skipper
Variegated Fritillary
Viceroy
White Peacock
Zebra Longwing
Zebra Swallowtail
Butterfly and Moth Educational Information:
How big is a Monarch butterfly egg?
Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar Osmeterium
Butterfly and moth eggs
Butterfly and moth chrysalises
Butterfly and moth caterpillars
Unusual butterfly and moth pupae
Caterpillar hatching
Caterpillar Eyes
Caterpillar Faces
Caterpillar head parts
Caterpillar Excrement Used to Extend Leaf
Molting caterpillars
Spitting caterpillars
Stinging Caterpillars
Unusual Gulf Fritillary caterpillars
Spiracles - how butterflies and moths breathe
How to tell when your Jing caterpillar will pupate
Butterfly Chrysalis Cremasters - How do they Hold On?
Holdfast Tubercles - How does a pupating caterpillar hold on before the cremaster makes contact?
Chrysalis parts when pupating
Pupa and chrysalis size, why are some larger and some smaller than normal?
Flaws in a Chrysalis Affects the Adult Butterfly
How to tell a male from a female pupa or chrysalis
Dehydrated chrysalis
Cocoon
Odd places to pupate - Your Photos!
How to tell when your butterfly will emerge from its chrysalis
Butterfly Proboscis Information
Butterflies eat WHAT? Rotting fruit and dung!
Gulf Fritillary butterflies eat snake
Gulf Fritillary butterflies eat deer - venison
A Gulf Fritillary lays eggs on a person's hand
Broken and tattered butterfly wings.
What happens if a Monarch is knocked under water?
Video - A Monarch Butterfly Flies From Under Water
'Albino' white Gulf Fritillary caterpillars pupate and become adult butterflies
Winter and butterflies; Diapause
A Julia Butterfly Eats A Cookie
How Can We Save Butterflies?
Caterpillar and larvae food;
Host plants; are they safe for your larvae?
Artificial Diet Instructions (Stonefly Artificial Diet)
Pumpkin; food for Monarch caterpillars?
Raising butterflies
Eggs
Eggs; raising butterflies from eggs
Video of bleaching Monarch butterfly eggs to disinfect the eggs
What Do I See That Is NOT OE Through The Microscope?
Monarch Eggs on a Milkweed Stem Too Close to the Soil
Caterpillars - Larvae
Caterpillars; raising caterpillars
Raising caterpillars inside a sleeve on the host plant
How Many Milkweed Leaves to Feed a Monarch Caterpillar?
How Much Food to Feed a Caterpillar?
Chrysalises - Pupae
What to do if a soft chrysalis falls and does not break ...
Chrysalises or pupae; Pupation
Holdfast Tubercles - How does a pupating caterpillar hold on before its cremaster makes contact?
Removing and moving pupae or chrysalises
Reattaching pupae or chrysalises with glue
Reattaching Swallowtail chrysalises or pupae with glue
Gluing a Chrysalis Wrong Can Kill It
How much glue is safe when gluing pupae?
Adult butterfly care
Butterfly Proboscis Information
Adult butterflies; care of adult butterflies
Laying eggs
Hand pair Monarchs and other species of butterflies
Coax butterflies to lay eggs indoors
Predators
Assassin Bug - Butterfly Enemy
Predators; raising butterflies
Disease
Disease; Lepidoptera
OE - Monarch butterfly disease, Ophryocystis electroskirrha
What Do I See That Is NOT OE Through The Microscope?
Disease in Butterflies
Learn how to become a butterfly breeder / butterfly farmer
Seminars and Internships; Butterfly Breeder and Butterfly Farmer Training
Find Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillars in Nature:
Find Cassius Blue and Ceraunus Blue Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillars
Find Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillars
Find Zebra Longwing Butterfly Eggs and Caterpillars
Photo Pages:
Adult Moth Photos
Presentations by YOU
How to hold a butterfly for presentations
Downloads
Free Downloads
Butterfly Identification Through Photographs:
Solder and Queen Butterfly Differences
Similarities in Black/Blue Swallowtails
Ceraunus Blue and Cassius Blue Butterfly Difference
How to Tell the Difference Between a Monarch and a Queen Chrysalis
Different Butterfly Species Lifecycles in Photographs
Lifecycles Link Page with Photos
Guess; What am I?
Guess - What am I?
Parasitoids
Trichogramma wasps eat the insides of butterfly eggs
Chalcid wasps infect butterfly chrysalises - pupae
Tachinid flies infect butterfly and moth pupae - chrysalises - cocoons
Video: Swallowtail Chrysalis; Dead or Alive?
Butterfly and Moth Enemies
What if all butterfly eggs lived to become adults?
Caterpillar Predators
A paper wasp eats a Monarch pupa
Video - Male chalcid wasps emerge from a Monarch chrysalis
Ectoparasitoid eats a caterpillar and leaves only dry skin.
Video - How can you tell if your swallowtail chryslis is infected with a parasitoid?
Butterfly Enemies
Butterfly Disease
OE; Ophryocystis elektroscirrha
Nosema
Photography:
Basic Butterfly Photography
Butterfly Related Video Clips from Shady Oak:
Tachinid Fly Maggot Video
Male chalcid wasps emerge from a Monarch chrysalis
How can you tell if your swallowtail chryslis is infected with a parasitoid?
Thousands of these wasps can emerge from one was-caterpillar video.
Tips to Using a Butterfly Net
Stinging Caterpillars
Video of bleaching Monarch butterfly eggs to disinfect the eggs
Praying Mantis Loses a Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A Monarch Caterpillar Eats A Monarch Egg
A Monarch Butterfly Flies From Under Water
Monarch Caterpillars React to Sound
Hundreds of Painted Lady Pupae Wiggle
A Ladybug Eats An Aphid
Butterflies and Bottlebrush
Butterflies and Firebush
Butterflies and Red Powderpuff
Butterflies and Zinnia
Video - Butterflies and Dwarf Red Porterweed, Dwarf - N HB
Swallowtail Chrysalis; Dead or Alive?
Video clips with butterflies and related topics
Professional Videos Relating to Butterflies and Moths:
Caterpillar Parasitoids
Frequently Asked Questions:
Frequently Asked questions
Ask Edith
Ask Edith Archives
Butterfly Places to Visit:
Norma Gibbs Butterfly Park - Leslie Gilson
Logic Games and Questions:
Butterfly Logic Questions - Brain Teasers
Deceased Butterflies; Mounting and Preserving:
How to spread the wings of your deceased butterfly to preserve it.
Contests and More:
Current Caption Contest
Caption Contest Archives
Poem and Prose Contest
Poems:
Funeral and Memorial Butterfly Release Poem
Butterfly Presentations:
Presentations by Edith and Stephen of Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
Butterfly Email Newsletter - New pages on this site are first announced in the newsletter!:
Butterflies! The Email Newsletter Published by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
Butterfly Education:
Butterfly Breeding and Farming Seminar
Butterfly Breeding and Farming Personal Internship Program
Housing during your butterfly breeding / butterfly farming seminar or internship
Letter of Recommendation"
Butterfly Books
Questions?
Ask Edith Your Questions
Ask Edith Archives
Just For Fun!
Butterfly Logic Questions - Brain Teasers
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
Exhibit; Florida Native Butterfly Exhibit 30' x 50'
About Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
Tour Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Online
Contact Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
The Miracle of Life
Butterfly Plant Recipes
Rosemary Recipes; Rosemary Steak and Rosemary Potatoes
Pineapple Pound Cake
Butterfly Gardening
Neighbors spraying chemicals?
Custom Butterfly Garden Designs
Fertilizer and soil pH
Start new tropical milkweed (and many other) plants from cuttings.
Free butterfly plant seed
Plant pests
Choose your plants by the butterfly species that you wish to attract
Beneficial Insects Kill Plant Pests
Ladybug Lifecycle - Eats Yellow Milkweed Aphids!
Plant Pests
Spider Mites
Yellow Milkweed Aphids (scroll down on page)
Melon Thrips
Butterfly and Hummingbird Plants
(Codes are N = Nectar H = Host F = Fruit HB = Hummingbird Plant T = Thorny
W = Weed; not suitable for a garden A = Aggressive, not suitable for a garden
S = Free Seed Available for a self-addressed-stamped-envelope
Anise Hyssop - N
Aster, Rice Button - N
Australian Violet - H
Autumn Sage - N HB
Batface - N
Black Cherry - H N
Blue Pea Vine - H
Bottlebrush - N
Video - Butterflies and Bottlebrush
Butterfly Bush - N
Butterfly Weeds - N W
Buttonbush - N S
Calico Vine - H S
Candlestick Cassia - H S
Candy Corn - N HB
Canna Lily - H N
Cape Honeysuckle - N HB
Cat's Whiskers - N
Chaste Tree - N
Cherry Tree - H N
Christmas Cassia - N
Cigar Plant - N HB
Coontie - H
Coral Honeysuckle - N HB
Cosmos - N
Creeping Indigo - H N W
Cudweed - H W
Cypress Vine - N W HB
False Foxglove - H N W
False Heather (Mexican Heather) - N
False Nettle - H S
Fennel - H S
Fire Bush - N HB
Video - Butterflies and Firebush
Firecracker, Upright - N HB
Firecracker, Weeping - H N HB
Firespike - N HB
Frog Fruit - H N W
Golden Dewdrop - N
Green Shrimp - H
Hackberry / Sugarberry Tree - H
Hercules' Club - H N T
Hollyhock - H
Hop Tree - H
Indigo Spires Salvia - N
Lantana - N
Lantana, Weeping - N
Lemon Marigold - N
Liatras - N
Lion's Mane - N HB
Looseflower Waterwillow - H N
Loquat - N
Mexican or Summer Petunia - H N
Mist Flower - N S W
Morning Glory - N W
Oleander - H N
Parsley - H S
Partridge Pea - H S
Passionvine, Blue - H
Passionvine, Boomerang - H
Passionvine, Corky Stem - H
Passionvine, Inspiration - H
Passionvine, Lady Margaret - H
Passionvine, Lavender Lady - H
Passionvine, Maypop - H
Passionvine, Running Pop - H
Pawpaw - H
Southern Native Pawpaw - Successfully Transplanting Pawpaw
Pellitory - H
Pentas - N HB
Pepperweed - H W
Periwinkle - N
Philippine Violet - N
Pineapple Sage - N HB
Plumbago - H N
Plumbago, Florida Native - H N W
Poplar - H
Porterweed, Tall - N HB
Purple Milkweed - H N
Rayless Sunflower - N
Red Bay Tree - H
Red Pagoda - N HB
Red Porterweed, Dwarf - N HB
Video - Butterflies and Dwarf Red Porterweed, Dwarf - N HB
Ribgrass Plantain - H S
Rosemary - N
Rue - H
Salt Bush - N S
Sassafrass Tree - H
Shy Leaf - H W
Spicebush - H
St. Augustine Grass, Variegated - H
Stoke's Aster - N
Summer Farewell - H N W
Sunflower Tree - N
Sweet Bay Tree - H
Tropical Milkweed - H
Twin Flower - H
Verbena - N
Veronica - N
Water Hyssop - H
Wedelia - N A
Wild Lime - H Thorny
Whirling Butterflies - N
Wooly Pipevine - H
Zinnia - N
Video - Butterflies and Zinnia
