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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