MrLundScience | Raising Monarchs - A Decade In... AMA Request @MrLundScience | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
The summer of 2024 marks ten years since the Raising Monarchs series began. To help commemorate a decade of the endeavor, I'm sending out this AMA request! Leave a question in the comments section, and/or like other questions that you'd like to know the answer to. Have fun with it, and thank you for sharing some or all of the last ten years with me, and more importantly, with the milkweed and the Monarchs!
Here's the results!
"A Decade In...AMA Results"
youtu.be/xWJxnBFX_oU
Start here!
Raising Monarchs Instructional Video Series Parts 1 - 5:
youtube.com/watch?v=_I5F4AHyQHs&list=PLIJYERWSMyVrOpgo-TVIgWRFKARuT7ImTPlanting
Milkweed Instructional Video Series Parts 1 - 4:
youtube.com/watch?v=c_d1FMJiLo8&list=PLIJYERWSMyVphsed9fypj-n8g3axFBakC
I have different uses for milkweed. Some are for caterpillar food. Some for seeds. This is some food for thought if you're getting into this long term.
"Milkweed Categories" - youtu.be/QmD7JyaZCCc
Quick Tip for getting seedlings started:
"TP Core Sprouts" - youtu.be/OBzyZcrj6KQ
Sanitation instruction:
"Sanitation" - youtu.be/6z9Yt5k_-vI
Risks of overcrowding and tips to avoid it:
"Overcrowding" - youtu.be/8HNTq7PEx9E
Outdoor rearing example:
"Outdoor Rearing" - youtu.be/LjEgU0Ub5hY
Discussion of the outdoor rearing University of Chicago study:
"Captive Rearing And Migration" - youtube.com/watch?v=XcH7I9CtZRQ
Issues that can occur with the chrysalis:
"Chrysalis Issues" - youtu.be/wB8udbV3kOY
How to bleach treat eggs:
"OE Parasite Prevention" - youtu.be/oZYzzcGiZRA
How to bleach treat leaves:
"Preventing NPV and Other Infections" - youtu.be/2FE9646Z9xs
How to make a proper honey/water solution and feed adult Monarchs (or any butterfly):
"How To Feed Adults" - youtu.be/CAks8lJ9SDY
Options for when an adult can not successfully fly:
"When Adults Can't Fly" - youtu.be/XfuTlASal_U
What the experts have to say about OE Parasites and when to euthanize:
"Should We Euthanize?" - youtu.be/5WEewtof3w8
Discussion on the life cycle of OE Parasites and how they affect the Monarch Butterflies:
"What Are OE Parasites?" - youtu.be/kkZTfeFVMiE
The summer of 2024 marks ten years since the Raising Monarchs series began. To help commemorate a decade of the endeavor, I'm sending out this AMA request! Leave a question in the comments section, and/or like other questions that you'd like to know the answer to. Have fun with it, and thank you for sharing some or all of the last ten years with me, and more importantly, with the milkweed and the Monarchs!
Here's the results!
"A Decade In...AMA Results"
youtu.be/xWJxnBFX_oU
Start here!
Raising Monarchs Instructional Video Series Parts 1 - 5:
youtube.com/watch?v=_I5F4AHyQHs&list=PLIJYERWSMyVrOpgo-TVIgWRFKARuT7ImTPlanting
Milkweed Instructional Video Series Parts 1 - 4:
youtube.com/watch?v=c_d1FMJiLo8&list=PLIJYERWSMyVphsed9fypj-n8g3axFBakC
I have different uses for milkweed. Some are for caterpillar food. Some for seeds. This is some food for thought if you're getting into this long term.
"Milkweed Categories" - youtu.be/QmD7JyaZCCc
Quick Tip for getting seedlings started:
"TP Core Sprouts" - youtu.be/OBzyZcrj6KQ
Sanitation instruction:
"Sanitation" - youtu.be/6z9Yt5k_-vI
Risks of overcrowding and tips to avoid it:
"Overcrowding" - youtu.be/8HNTq7PEx9E
Outdoor rearing example:
"Outdoor Rearing" - youtu.be/LjEgU0Ub5hY
Discussion of the outdoor rearing University of Chicago study:
"Captive Rearing And Migration" - youtube.com/watch?v=XcH7I9CtZRQ
Issues that can occur with the chrysalis:
"Chrysalis Issues" - youtu.be/wB8udbV3kOY
How to bleach treat eggs:
"OE Parasite Prevention" - youtu.be/oZYzzcGiZRA
How to bleach treat leaves:
"Preventing NPV and Other Infections" - youtu.be/2FE9646Z9xs
How to make a proper honey/water solution and feed adult Monarchs (or any butterfly):
"How To Feed Adults" - youtu.be/CAks8lJ9SDY
Options for when an adult can not successfully fly:
"When Adults Can't Fly" - youtu.be/XfuTlASal_U
What the experts have to say about OE Parasites and when to euthanize:
"Should We Euthanize?" - youtu.be/5WEewtof3w8
Discussion on the life cycle of OE Parasites and how they affect the Monarch Butterflies:
"What Are OE Parasites?" - youtu.be/kkZTfeFVMiE
