Butterfly Puddling Station & Releasing Butterflies | Butterfly Gardening

In this butterfly gardening video, I make a butterfly puddling station in my milkweed garden using an old miniature bird bath I bought at an antique store, some sand and some pretty stones. Butterflies can get the minerals they need from a puddling station, so by adding one to your butterfly garden you can give the butterflies another reason to visit. Then I have a lot of Monarch butterflies to release in my garden. You get to see how a few of them really enjoy their first visit with a cone flower. There is something so special about watching a butterfly fly for the first time. It is a beautiful thing.
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  • @Susanthebutterflygardener
    @Susanthebutterflygardener10 ай бұрын

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  • @ChristineKing-vk3ko
    @ChristineKing-vk3ko28 күн бұрын

    Very informative, gorgeous butterflies and flower garden💖

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    28 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much 💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋

  • @clarencejackson5284
    @clarencejackson52843 ай бұрын

    Awesome butterfly Garden

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋💗🐛💕🦋🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

  • @tedchoi243
    @tedchoi2436 ай бұрын

    That's a really cute bird bath!

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    6 ай бұрын

    I picked that up at a thrift store, one of my favorite finds. 💕💕💕

  • @rethawallace7284
    @rethawallace72843 ай бұрын

    I love your butterfly garden ❤❤❤❤

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much💗💗💗

  • @JanieP53
    @JanieP533 ай бұрын

    If I was a Flutterby, I would come to your puddler!

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 ай бұрын

    That is so sweet, thank you 💗💗💗

  • @jovanychase2777
    @jovanychase27773 жыл бұрын

    the giant milkweed saying hello in the back.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes, it is growing into my bench. 😂

  • @adina8666
    @adina8666 Жыл бұрын

    I love your channel! Thank you so much for these videos! I'm starting a butterfly garden and you're videos are so helpful.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. I am so glad you found my channel. 💕🐛🦋

  • @kimmicampbell708
    @kimmicampbell7082 ай бұрын

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    2 ай бұрын

    💛🩵💛🩵

  • @MsElsarios
    @MsElsarios2 жыл бұрын

    Wow gorgeous butterflies 😍

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 💕🐛🦋

  • @MsElsarios

    @MsElsarios

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Susanthebutterflygardener thank you for sharing!! 💜

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and supporting my channel. 💕💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋🐛🐛🐛

  • @MsElsarios

    @MsElsarios

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Susanthebutterflygardener 🤭my pleasure 🤩💜😇

  • @alliehamilton-calhoun162
    @alliehamilton-calhoun1623 жыл бұрын

    I've only seen 1 faded & tattered female monarch. She was just hanging out on the milkweed blooms, not the leaves. Usually by now I have lots of butterflies. It's scary & sad to have no monarchs. I'm glad you're still seeing them!

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you North of Florida? We have a year round population here, but I have heard that they are slower to reach northern locations this year.

  • @teddymac3737
    @teddymac37373 жыл бұрын

    Here is a recent experience I had releasing three monarch butterflies. On Saturday morning June 26, I released three monarch butterflies between 8am-10am. We are into a rainy period here in northeast Illinois so I was careful to check local weather radar to see if any storms were on the horizon. Radar was clear and the forecast was for no rain until after 1pm. It wasn't an hour after I released my last butterfly that a tornado warning was issued for my area. A popup severe thunderstorm formed out of nowhere. I bring this up because I wanted to share what I witnessed from one of the butterflies I released. The last monarch butterfly I released landed on my butterfly bush while the weather was calm. When the storm hit with pouring rain accompanied by some strong winds I saw from my kitchen window a remarkable sight. When the storm began the butterfly on my butterfly bush calmly crawled up to the very top remaining there throughout the entire storm. I watched in amazement as the butterfly held on to the top of the butterfly bush with relative ease seemingly unconcerned about the unruly weather. After the storm subsided I went outside to see if the storm had harmed the butterfly. The butterfly took one look at me and briskly flew off to my Hick's Yew hedge bordering my yard. I left the butterfly alone after that. I figured any butterfly resilient enough to ride out several inches of rain and some stiff winds did not need me bothering it anymore. Moral of the story is once a monarch butterfly is released into its element it is one tough critter.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Such a great story…they do know what to do. We give them a bit of respite for protection from predators, but as soon as they are butterflies, we release them and they go on living their best lives and they know exactly how to do it. I am so glad we are able to give them that chance.

  • @dorothyharrington7791
    @dorothyharrington7791 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome I need to make one

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Not only do they help butterflies and other pollinators, they also add more visual interest to your garden. 💕🐛🦋

  • @johannamarsh8464
    @johannamarsh8464 Жыл бұрын

    You are the butterfly mama! ❤️

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Aw, thank you!!!!💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋🐛🦋🐛🦋🐛🦋🦋🦋

  • @melissamartin8208
    @melissamartin82088 ай бұрын

    I read where butterflies like cow manure because of the minerals in it -- so I put some cow manure compost in my puddler.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    8 ай бұрын

    This is so true!! Let me know if you see any butterflies land on it. 💕💕💕💕

  • @dorothyharrington7791
    @dorothyharrington7791 Жыл бұрын

    I love love love your videos

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, thank you!!! I love love love my subscribers. 💕🐛🦋💕🐛🦋

  • @williamkittrell3342
    @williamkittrell334211 ай бұрын

    Your video is really cool and the puddler you created is great. The growing and releasing of the butterflies is awesome. Question - how do you tell the difference between male and female butterflies? I'm definitely going to try and make a puddler. Thanks for your video.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    11 ай бұрын

    Awesome, thank you so much!!! Some butterflies is is easy to tell which are males and females and others, not so easy. There really isn’t one universal way to tell for all butterflies. Have fun creating your puddler. 💕🐛🦋💕🐛🦋

  • @daniellejeanette
    @daniellejeanette9 ай бұрын

    Great video! I'm just getting started with my garden. Located in AZ. I had a question. I notice you have 2 enclosures for the different types. Is it not a good idea to put them all in one?

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    9 ай бұрын

    You can put them together, they tend to stay on their host plant until they wander off to pupate. I have a lot of enclosures because some of the caterpillars host on shrubs and trees and I grow them in big pots, so they take up a lot of space in the enclosures.

  • @lisadarrenp4704
    @lisadarrenp4704 Жыл бұрын

    Hello, How do you tell whether the Monarch's are male or female?

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Males have a small black spot on the surface of each hind wing (the lower wings). Females do not have the spots. ( They are spotless 😉😉) 💕🐛🦋

  • @myrnaleon8464
    @myrnaleon8464 Жыл бұрын

    Where can you get the eggs of the butterflies and the tent where they can hatch?

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    I collect the eggs from my garden. The butterflies lay their eggs on the host plants. I have links to the enclosures in the description section under my KZread videos. Thank you for watching💕💕🐛🦋🐛🐛

  • @judymoore1829

    @judymoore1829

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Susanthebutterflygardenerhow can you tell male from female?

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    Each type of butterfly has different ways of differentiating between male and female, and for some of them it is hard to tell

  • @judymoore1829

    @judymoore1829

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you have a previous video that tells how to start a butterfly garden for the first time and one that includes what the eggs look like and the entire process? I know I'm asking a lot.

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a playlist of videos on raising Monarchs. I’ll go get it and link it here.

  • @sueguidry4216
    @sueguidry421610 ай бұрын

    Do you use a special sand

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    10 ай бұрын

    Just natural sand, not treated or bleached or anything.

  • @sueguidry4216

    @sueguidry4216

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Susanthebutterflygardenerthanks

  • @Susanthebutterflygardener

    @Susanthebutterflygardener

    10 ай бұрын

    You are welcome💕🐛🦋

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    @Susanthebutterflygardener Жыл бұрын

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