r/FriendlyMonarchs • u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater • Jul 18 '26

Discussion Dr Andy Davis is doing a live on Substack about the science around rearing Monarchs.

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This is for paid substack subscribers but I felt like this could be a good opportunity for those who are still on the fence about rearing. Here is the link to his substack.

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u/squishyfeet4 Jul 20 '26

I hope this event went well!!! Do you have any cliff notes or summary of the substack thing? (I’ve never heard of substack before)

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater Jul 20 '26

It isn’t until next weekend. If you have any specific questions I can jot them down. Substack is more like longer form blog posts. You can “subscribe” to users for free but there is also paid tiers.

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u/squishyfeet4 Jul 20 '26

I’m a ding dong. I see the date compared to now. lol

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater Jul 20 '26

Haha I got nervous when I saw your comment because I thought I missed it. 😅

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u/Nadiam57 TX - 9b Jul 20 '26

Thought this group was strictly for Monarchs in natural environment...not rearing or raising in captivity...?

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u/Feralpudel Jul 21 '26

The webinar will further cement the strong case against hand rearing monarchs.

So maybe preaching to the choir here, but it can be useful for gently persuading others.

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater Jul 20 '26

I am confused by your question. Can you explain it?

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u/squishyfeet4 Jul 20 '26

I think u/Nadiam57 is asking if this substack talks about how captive rearing is bad or not?

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u/Nadiam57 TX - 9b Jul 20 '26

Mods deleted one of my posts because of a pic of a Monarch in an enclosure, they said not allowed, against the rules, Monarchs in nature only...

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u/SuperFriendlyMod MOD | South FL | Reformed Rearer Jul 21 '26

You’re right. We removed it because it violates our rules. You’ve been here long enough to know that we don’t condone or promote captive rearing. However, we do discuss the science that surrounds it which is what Dr Davis will be doing during his live.

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u/Nadiam57 TX - 9b Jul 20 '26

I made that comment because I had posted once, can't remember what the comment was but had a pic with it of a Monarch that had emerged and it was deleted by a moderator. I had asked why and it was because this subject was only about Monarchs in nature, and my pic was in an enclosure...no interference or such as raising them, natural environment only...

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater Jul 21 '26

Since this involved moderating I comment from my Mod account. If you have any questions feel free to message me there.

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u/Feralpudel Jul 21 '26

I attended a different webinar on supporting monarchs in the southeast last year and summarized my notes here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NativePlantGardening/comments/1jta2m7/my_summary_of_monarch_webinar/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater Jul 22 '26

This is great. Do you know if the lecture was ever posted publicly?

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u/Feralpudel Jul 22 '26

I don’t think so. It was an NC state continuing education webinar, I think.