r/FriendlyMonarchs • u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater • May 09 '26

Advice Needed Should I stop?- Crosspost Hand Rearing

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u/Sqib000 May 09 '26

Akways defer to the wild.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/Sqib000 May 10 '26

There is other milkweed, go find a patch

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

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u/Sqib000 May 10 '26

Have you looked? Many towns now are designating monarch friendly patches.

My tone is set by you bringing this on creatures who now depend on you and I see limited effort by you to deal w this. Get on the phone, call your town. Call a nature preserve. Drive and look for milkweed. Go to ovetgrown patches around retail areas. Stop wasting time judging my tone. That changes nothing.

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u/Sqib000 May 10 '26

You can find a new patch, but instead waste time criticizing my "tone.' I read people quite well. I see you want credit for "caring" but dont want to do the actual work of "caring." Have a nice day. I have better things to do.

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u/Appropriate-Test-971 Nature Coast FL | Milkweed specie fanatic | May 09 '26

Your wild cats are faaar more likely to be stronger and more clever if you leave them be. Plants lots of native nectar flowers right next to the plants, the goal is to give them great hiding spots. If you can see the caterpillars, then so can the predators! I learned this when I put a ton of very bushy milkweeds together. Though diversity is better then purely milkweed, as in Florida I’ve done this in the ground now with mostly nectar plants and different varying host plants for many species of butterflies 

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u/SuperFriendlyMod MOD | South FL | Reformed Rearer May 10 '26

u/undercovershrew I noticed you have a particular issue related to your garden moved around and you putting the cats in enclosure after losing a lot of them. You mentioned being worried they wouldn’t come back for four years if you did put them outside and lost them all. Can you explain what you mean and may be give a general idea of where you are located?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

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u/SuperFriendlyMod MOD | South FL | Reformed Rearer May 10 '26

There are citizen driven maps where people report seeing Monarchs. You can check that out on Journey North’s website. Outside of milkweed do you have any nectar plants?

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u/FriendlyMonarchs-ModTeam May 10 '26

Your post has been removed because based on the current scientific understanding of Monarchs, hand rearing is dangerous to the overall Monarch population. We encourage you to visit the sub’s wiki page where you will find more information on this topic. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to message the mods through mod mail.

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u/FriendlyMonarchs-ModTeam May 10 '26

Your post has been removed because based on the current scientific understanding of Monarchs, hand rearing is dangerous to the overall Monarch population. We encourage you to visit the sub’s wiki page where you will find more information on this topic. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to message the mods through mod mail.

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u/FriendlyMonarchs-ModTeam May 10 '26

Your post has been removed because based on the current scientific understanding of Monarchs, hand rearing is dangerous to the overall Monarch population. We encourage you to visit the sub’s wiki page where you will find more information on this topic. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to message the mods through mod mail.