Butterfly Conservation, The Monarch butterfly population is declining due to decreasing habitat in Mexico and the USA. You can help the Monarch planting milkweed in yards, gardens and open areas in the Monarch migration paths. There are vacant lands where seeds of milkweeds and wild flowers can be planted, this includes roadsides and power line right-of-ways. This year the monarch started their migration north, but the climate prevented milkweed plants from maturing enough to provide leaves for female butterflies to lay eggs and to feed the newly hatched caterpillars. Starting milkweed plants inside, then replanting them outside for the migrating butterflies to use will help sustain the Monarch butterfly population. Harvesting Milkweed seeds in the fall will provide seeds to plant in the spring. Your area may have seen a decline in Monarch butterflies. Monarch eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises can be purchased online or from local butterfly farms.

1. You Can Increase Butterfly Population
Queen Gulf Fritillary Cabbage White Zebra Longwing
Monarch Painted Lady Common Buckeye Red Admiral
Pipeline Swallowtail Tiger Swallowtail Orange-barred Sulphur Gray Hairstreak

2. Plant Host Plants for Caterpillars to Eat.
We Planted a Cassia, host plant for
Cloudless Sulphurs, in front of our
kitchen window.
Five (count ‘em 5!) Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillars

3. You Can Increase Butterfly Population
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4. How to increase Butterfly Population
•
• Increasing butterfly population is a simple
process of reclaiming butterfly habitat areas
taken over by civilization and devoting the area
to butterflies by planting butterfly host and
nectar plants.
• Areas are all-grass yards, gardens, vacant lots,
road right-of ways and power line right-of-ways
• Two groups of plants need to be planted for the
butterfly habitats to make a come back.
•Host plants for caterpillars to eat.
•Nectar plants that flower for adult
butterflies to drink nectar from.
• Host plants are usually limited to just a few
plants for each different butterfly. The
Monarch’s host plant is milkweed.
• Nectar plants are most flowering plants.

5. You can select any butterfly
that lives in your area to help
increase its population.
To find out what butterflies live in your zip code,
go to Fred Miller and Patty Bigner’s website
http://www.gardenswithwings.com/

6. We planted a Cassia
tree, host plant for
the Sulphur Butterfly,
outside the window
where my computer
is located. It acts
like a magnet for
female Sulphurs.

7. Leaders in Increasing Butterfly Populations
There is a group of well-organized professionals
and their assistants who can help butterflies
survive and thrive, school teachers and their
students. Teachers who show their students how to
grow the plants butterflies and caterpillars need for
feeding and breeding is one answer to increasing
butterfly populations.
Another group is parents with young children.
Especially the children that are home schooled.

8. Classroom and Home Activities
Introducing your young children to
butterflies can be done by purchasing a
Painted Lady Butterfly kit. It can be set up
and watched inside your house or in a
classroom. The Painted Lady can be
nurtured on a man-made mixture, so you
do not need to have its host plant
available.

9. The Monarch butterfly population is
declining due to decreasing habitat in
Mexico and the USA. You can help the
Monarch by planting milkweed in yards,
gardens and open areas in the Monarch’s
migration paths. There are vacant lands
where milkweed and wild flower seeds can
be planted including roadsides, line right-
of-ways, your yard and open areas.

10. Monarch Migrating North in Spring
Due to climate changes, in the spring milkweed is
not available for the female Monarch to lay her
eggs. Starting milkweed plants inside, then
replanting them outside for the migrating
butterflies to use will help sustain the Monarch
butterfly population.
There are many species of milkweed as shown
at http://plants.usda.gov/java/. Also shown is a
distribution map showing where a species of the
milkweed grows. Our local butterfly nursery has
at least two species of milkweed for our area.
They also have an enclosed “Butterfly Encounter”
with butterflies flying around for your enjoyment.
Milkweed for Monarch Females to Lay Eggs
One milkweed provides leaves for 6 monarch
caterpillars. The milkweed leaves are stripped by
the caterpillars and as a landscape plant is not a
pretty sight.

11. Spread the Wealth
Although Gulf Fritillaries are local to our Zip Code,
we did not have any in our neighborhood. We
planted Passion Vine seeds and cuttings and soon
had Gulf Fritillary Butterflies and caterpillars by
the dozens populating our yard. We describe the
whole process in our website:
www.ButerflyLifeCycle.net.
You can purchase butterfly eggs, caterpillars and
chrysalises for your area from butterfly farms.
They can be located with a Google search.
Weddings ceremonies releasing Monarchs
could also request their wedding party
members plant milkweeds.
Send us your pictures to post:
ChuckMelvin@ButterflyLifeCycle.com

12. The images used in this PowerPoint
Presentation are from Flickr.
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Comment on the Photographers
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly- Mathew Hoelscher -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiswango/4590229906/
Queen Butterfly - Kenneth Cole Scheinder -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3062734726/
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly - Lon & Queta -
httpA://www.flickr.com/photos/lonqueta/5354880828/
Cabbage White Butterfly - Mark Lucas -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29187221@N05/2785188633/
Zebra Longwing Butterfly - Joe Girgenti -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jg5150/3743772706/
Monarch Butterfly – Diana -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturegrl64/3668808600/
Painted Lady Butterfly - Carl Lucas -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29187221@N05/3064103790/
Common Buckeye Butterfly – johnandmary -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fricknfrack/5714667880/
Red Admiral Butterfly - Brian Haslam -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianhaslam/2766132510/lightbox/
Pipeline Swallowtail Butterfly - Niel Hunt -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhunt/4807921648/
Tigger Swallowtail Butterfly - Lisa Holder -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisaholdernc/7701591678/
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly - John B -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dendroica/5027737662/

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