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Butterfly Farms
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A Look at Butterfly Farms
Butterfly farms differ in many aspects from farm to farm. Some farms are small,
filling a table the size of a coffee table. Other farms cover several acres and require several greenhouses and laboratories. What matters is
not the size of the farm but the care of the farmer. From permits from APHIS USDA to ship butterflies across state line for release to
disease prevention, to taking care of customers and thier needs, each farm (no matter what size) can offer excellent quality healthy butterflies
for your event.
Butterflies are raised in contained laboratories for your release. The USDA does not allow butterflies to be removed
from the wild and shipped across state line for release. In the wild, only 2 out of 100 eggs live to become an adult butterfly.
Butterfly farms are more protective than nature of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult butterflies
(from predators, parasites, parasitiods, and disease).
After adult butterflies emerge from their chrysalises, they are placed in a protected
area to dry their wings and feed before they are shipped to their release destination. Rest assured that if it were not for a butterfly
farm, most of these butterflies would not be alive.
Butterfly farm personnel and owners use microscopes to check Monarch and other butterfly
species for disease before using them as breeding stock. Placed in a contained rearing container, caterpillars are fed daily until they become chrysalises.
Some farms raise a few hundred butterflies per year, using plants in their gardens to feed caterpillars. Other larger farms raise thousands of butterflies
each week which requires raising thousands of host plants in greenhouses
to feed thier caterpillars. The size of the farm does not make a healthy butterfly or give great customer service. The charactor and integrity of the farmer
is the determining factor of the personal care and attention you receive and the health and quality of your butterflies.
   
 
 
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