🦋 Eastern Monarchs UP to Start 2025❣️

Population Estimate DOUBLES from last year, but...

March 09, 2025

Some surprising news was just released, that brings some hope to the eastern monarchs for spring 2025.

The monarch population counted from overwintering grounds in Mexico is estimated to be double that from last season. See the graph comparisons and how this year’s estimate compares to the eastern estimates of the past 20 seasons:

As raisers, implementing healthy raising techniques is key to continuing this positive population trend. This is why it’s important to set, and stick to,…

Raising LIMITS for Monarch Butterflies

As a child, I’d bring in almost ALL eggs and caterpillars I could find in our milkweed patch. I thought this was helping, but soon realized that raising in monarchs en masse can spread disease to the wild population, and can actually hurt (or even kill) the monarchs I was trying to support. So, it’s important to strive to set limits, and then the hard part…STICK TO THEM.

Having problems sticking to those limits? 🤔 The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem:


Blue Skies and Butterflies,

Tony your butterfly Guide 🦋 🦋 🦋