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G from Hawai'i comments on Post a Comment or Question

G from Hawai'i — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:48:55 +0000

Aloha,
I have to leave my caterpillars for a few days & many became ill from crawling in their scat. I bathed the ill ones in lukewarm water in a mustered dish every day until they started eating normally. This saved 7 out of 10. I raise Vanessa tamehameha,currently being wiped out by introduced lizards.
Good luck,
G

Merrill Johnson comments on Post a Comment or Question

Merrill Johnson — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:06:02 +0000

Hello Tod,
I really don't have much interest in growing butterflies at this time. I grow native plants, and many of them are host plants for butterflies and Moths. I live in Holden, Utah. I am interested in the location of the Penstemon confusus that you found near the topaz mountain. There is a large population of P. confusus south and east of Scipio, near Scipio lake. You may know Robert Johnson, my son. He has a large collection of moths, butterflies, and beetles.

C. Locke comments on Post a Comment or Question

C. Locke — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:42:05 +0000

A comprehensive site that includes pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about butterflies. Very informative and helpful.... and the best part is the fast response time to email inquiries! I live in N. Central Georgia (Atlanta area) and we just raised our first Black Swallowtail butterfly from a 5th instar caterpillar that my 4-yr-old son and I found on some fennel.... so exciting! I didn't even know you could "raise" butterflies indoors, apart from professional butterfly gardeners and researchers. My son and I have been fascinated with this process... and amazed by God's handiwork! Thanks, Todd for sharing your wisdom and expertise with us!

Abe Homan comments on Post a Comment or Question

Abe Homan — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:59:54 +0000

This is an awesome site. It is informative and complete. The best site on raising butterflies out there!

Cannie Robbins comments on Post a Comment or Question

Cannie Robbins — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:15:09 +0000

This website of yours, as well as your correspondence via email, has been my personal best web-find of 2010! I raised my very FIRST butterfly, from a little bird-dropping caterpillar, to a huge Two-Tailed Swallowtail! If it hadn't been for you, i wouldn't have had this experience. Thank you again, Todd. Your work is paying off and blessing a LOT of people... and butterflies!

Dave Green comments on Post a Comment or Question

Dave Green — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:06:54 +0000

I am pleased to find this page on raising butterflies, and will add a link to it on The Kids' Good Bug Page. You may wish to visit this page, as there is a section devoted to raising Gulf Fritilaries.

It's a fascinating endeavor to watch our colorful friends develop.

Arlene Ripley comments on Post a Comment or Question

Arlene Ripley — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:07:25 +0000

This is a fantastic site! I'm so glad I found out about it through SoWestLeps. I'm always on the lookout for eggs/caterpillars to raise and photograph. I'm a fairly new resident of SE AZ and have raised a few species since moving here. Most of my butterfly raising experience is from the East Coast. I look forward to as much information as I can get about raising western butterflies. Thanks for doing this!