🦋 Raise the Migration 2025 RESULTS 🦋

Happy Saturday Royal Raiser,

sunny skies and way above average temps have followed us into October with highs near…90°F❗️🥵

In your last newsletter, I reported we still had 9 chrysalises in our care…as of October 2nd, that number is down to zero which means today I can share our final raise the migration results, and lessons learned.

But first, a shocking swallowtail surprise to share…

Raising Report 

It’s rare to be sharing a raising report in October that’s not about monarchs, but our prolonged September heat wave enticed some later-than-average egg laying in our Minnesota garden.

On the final day of September, I noticed these little guys on our potted parsley plant:

If you have any questions or comments about raising or overwintering eastern black swallowtails, please leave them on this post on our facebook page ⬅️

And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for, the grand finale of Raise the Migration 2025, with results and lessons learned…

Raise The Migration 2025- Share Your Experience! ✍️

This is an opportunity to post what you've learned this season, what raising challenges you faced, and anything new you'll be doing to improve your raising process in 2026.

You can fill out the comment box at the bottom of the linked page below.

Please do not post questions in the comment box as blog comments are not a good platform for ongoing discussions. This is specifically to share your 2025 raising experience including any helpful tips you think will benefit others in the community. Thanks in advance for sharing! 😊

You can share your experience here:

Share YOUR 2025 Raising Results and Experience ⬅️ (scroll down below the last comment to post your experience)

Coming Soon?

Eastern black swallowtail caterpillar updates, fall planting milkweed tips, + final reminders to post your RTM ‘25 Results…

Happy Raising 🌿🐛🦋🙌

Tony G