Five more Monarchs today and all were released by my DD. She's doing a great job! 3 were males and one female and don't know the fifth. It had taken off by the time I got home. :O)

Released 2 Monarchs today.

1 Male & 1 Female

Whoever noted a couple of weeks ago that there seems to be a minimum 3:1 ratio of male/female seems to be on the right track...and it could be higher for the "guy" Monarchs...LOL.

Released another three in the last two days. All females! Oh, Monarchs, that is. :O)

One Monarch released today...male.

Tiffy, you should send some of your females down here for my abundance of males...LOL.

One monarch on August 30

1 Monarch on 8/30
2 Female Monarchs on 8/31

1 Monarch 8/30 - Female
1 BST 8/31 - Male
2 BSTs 9/1 - 1 Female, 1 Male

Aug.27 - Sept.1st
3Spicebush 2 f, 1m
5Sulphurs - 3 Orange Barred 2, Cloudless
2Polys
1Eastern black, female

9/1 - Add one more Monarch Female! :)

9/2 - 3 Monarchs, 1 Female, 2 Male.

I really had a chance to examine the clear chrysalides this time. Seeing the black and orange so perfectly was just amazing.

Sept. 1st.....1 male Monarch

Sept. 2nd.....1 female Monarch (YES)

Sandy, This is my count for the month of August. My last report was for thru July so you don't have any of these releases in your totals.
32 Monarchs
38 White Peacocks
1 Black Swallowtail
4 Gulf Fritillaries
1 Tersa Sphinx Hummingbird Moth (Thanks to instructions
from this forum)
1 Polydamus (Gold Rim) Swallowtail
5 Zebra Longwings

4 monarchs released, from 08/23 thru 09/02.
1 was mine, upon return from vacation, and 3 were my bosses.
I did indeed return home to 6 monarch chrysalids & 3 bst chrysalids. Found 1 more cat of each too. Need more!!!!

I released 3 Monarchs on Sept. 1; Have 1 chrysalis that will be ready to eclose in a couple of days.

9/3 - 1 Female Monarch

Just found this thread about tracking releases, so I don't know if this is helpful since it is mostly for August, but here it is anyways:

1 - 31 August:

132 Pipevine Swallowtails
9 Black Swallowtails

1 - 5 September:

28 Pipevine Swallowtails

Released 6 Monarchs this week between 8/31 and 9/4. 4 Females and 2 Males.

Thank you for doing this thread, it is fun and interesting. It reminds me of the thread on the Winter sowing forum where a poster keeps a running count of the containers people sow for the winter by zone.

I released 4 Painted Ladies this week, 2 on Monday and 2 on Wednesday.
-Jmcat

I should have said 2 on 9/1 and 2 on 9/3.
-Jmcat

Not a biggie, Jmcat. Thanks for everyone's posts. I'll count later this afternoon to try to include anyone else that might post today.

9/5 - 1 BST - Female
1 Monarch - Female

2 more male Monarchs released today, Sandy.

The 2 females released in past few weeks will be very sought after gals...LOL.

2 female and 3 male Monarchs for this past week of 9/1-9/7

2 Female Monarchs released today.

Here are a few more, Sandy -

Giant Swallowtails - 5
Gulf Frits - 3
Red-Spotted Purple - 1
Palamedes Swallowtail - 1F

Sherry

I got behind this week. So, here is the latest tally.

BFs I released:
BSTs - 3
PVs - 9
Monarchs - 12
CLSU - 1
Var Frits - 3
GF - 2 (from Susan)
Horace's Duskywing - 1

Here's the count for the week of 8/30-9/7:
Totals:

Black Swallowtails 227+18=245
Pipevines 97+170=267
Giant Swallowtails 77+7=84
Palamedes 8+1=9
Polydamas 11+3=14
Spicebush 18+4=22
Canadian Tigers 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Monarch 394+90=484
Viceroy 8
Am Lady 47
Painted Lady 25+4=29
West Coast Lady 4
Red Admiral 5
RSP/White Admiral 2
Red Spotted Purple 19+2=21
Hackberry Emperors 6
Variegated Fritillaries 71+3=74
Gulf Fritillaries 161+14=175
Zebra Longwing 1+5=6
Clouded Sulfurs 14+3=17
Cabbage Whites 39
Sleepy Orange 21
Orange Barred Sulfur 1+3=4
Orange Sulfur 2
Little Yellow 2
Harris' Checkerspot 3
Buckeye 6
White Peacock 5+38=43
Long Tailed Skipper 1+1=2
Goatweed Leafwing 5
Anise Swallowtail 2
Horace's Duskywing 1+1=2

Total: 1284+367=1651
Species: 33

Sandy

I released a Painted Lady yesterday (9/7).

Released 5 Monarchs Saturday and Sunday. 3 Males and 2 Females.

6 more in chrysalides, but they won't eclose until next week.

Hooray! Our first BFs ever took off today.

4 monarch girls
3 monarch boys

Meredith

Congrats, Meredith! Thanks for posting.

I released 1 Black Swallowtail today. I'm starting to wonder why all the butterflies I release circle around about once in about a 20' clockwise circle before heading off.
-Jmcat

I released 3 Monarchs over the past weekend!

Martha

6 monarchs released, from 09/03 thru 09/09 (4 male & 2 female).

11 Monarchs released this week (5 male, 6 female).

From Sept. 2-13
3Giant Swallowtails 2 M, 1F
1ZLW
1Eastern Balck Swallowtail, M
1Spicebush Swallowtail, F
2 Orange Barred Sulphurs 1M, 1F

Here's the weekly update:

BFs I released:
PVs - 11
Monarchs - 15
CLSU - 3
Var Frits - 10
Red Admiral - 1

Here's the count for the week of 9/8-9/14:
Totals:

Black Swallowtails 245+2=247
Pipevines 267+11=278
Giant Swallowtails 84+3=87
Palamedes 9
Polydamas 14
Spicebush 22+1=23
Canadian Tigers 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Monarch 484+47=531
Viceroy 8
Am Lady 47
Painted Lady 29+1=30
West Coast Lady 4
Red Admiral 5+1=6
RSP/White Admiral 2
Red Spotted Purple 21
Hackberry Emperors 6
Variegated Fritillaries 74+10=84
Gulf Fritillaries 175
Zebra Longwing 6+1=7
Clouded Sulfurs 17+3=20
Cabbage Whites 39
Sleepy Orange 21
Orange Barred Sulfur 4+2=6
Orange Sulfur 2
Little Yellow 2
Harris' Checkerspot 3
Buckeye 6
White Peacock 43
Long Tailed Skipper 2
Goatweed Leafwing 5
Anise Swallowtail 2
Horace's Duskywing 2

Total: 1651+82=1733
Species: 33

Sandy

17 Monarchs, 1 Variegated Fritillary (9/14-9/21)

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff. I was beginning to wonder if anyone was still raising any BFs.

This weeks' releases were quite high for me. It was my peak week for the summer:

Monarchs - 75
Pipevines - 8
Red Admirals - 4
Variegated Fritillaries - 12
Cloudless Sulfurs - 6
Horace's Duskywing - 1

Total released - 106

Here are totals for week of 9/15-9/21/08:

Totals:

Black Swallowtails 247
Pipevines 278+8=286
Giant Swallowtails 87
Palamedes 9
Polydamas 14
Spicebush 23
Canadian Tigers 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Monarch 531+92=623
Viceroy 8
Am Lady 47
Painted Lady 30
West Coast Lady 4
Red Admiral 6+4=10
RSP/White Admiral 2
Red Spotted Purple 21
Hackberry Emperors 6
Variegated Fritillaries 84+13=97
Gulf Fritillaries 175
Zebra Longwing 7
Clouded Sulfurs 20+6=26
Cabbage Whites 39
Sleepy Orange 21
Orange Barred Sulfur 6
Orange Sulfur 2
Little Yellow 2
Harris' Checkerspot 3
Buckeye 6
White Peacock 43
Long Tailed Skipper 2
Goatweed Leafwing 5
Anise Swallowtail 2
Horace's Duskywing 2+1=3

Total: 1733+124=1757
Species: 33

My total count for the year are as follows:

52 Monarchs--24 males, 28 females
3 Black Swallowtails, sex unknown

Three more Monarchs released this week. Done for this year, but bigger plans for next summer!

Martha

6 monarchs released, from 09/10 thru 09/22 (3 male & 3 female).

I haven't been releasing many butterflies lately, Sandy, but here are a few -

Spicebush Swallowtail - 1F
Giant Swallowtail - 1
Gulf Fritillary - 1
Common Checkered Skipper - 1

Sherry

2 Painted Ladies got released from here on Saturday (9/20), and I released 1 more Painted Lady and 1 Black Swallowtail on Monday (9/22).
-Jmcat

Woops, forgot to list my last 5 Monarchs, released between Sept. 14 and 16th. 3 Males and 2 Females.

1 other eclosed, but was sickly - couldn't hold on to the chrysalis or branch, and I found it with mangled wings on the bottom of the container. It was not able to fly, and it was the only one that I had to euthanize.

Until next year! :)

Week of 9/22-9/28: 2 Monarchs, 1 Variegated Fritillary

Jeff

Closing out this thread--go to Attention all BF Raisers.

Thanks!

You prefer weekly tallies?

Okay, here goes:

Week of October 1-4
6 female Monarchs (Danaus plexippus)
1 male Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
1 male Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

4 BST this week. The first BF's I have raised/released!

Sadly, I had 12 monarchs pupate but none eclosed after a couple of months

Set one monarch free yesterday, and another today.

I was a bit worried last week when we had snow, but it's in the 70s today and tomorrow, so they have a very good chance of getting safely away before the next cold front. :)

Released three Monarchs today, which I'm very glad for considering the casualties I've had recently with this being so late-season. Temperatures are warm enough for them to make it away before the next front, though sadly it's cloudy and rainy today, so I don't expect them to go far until this clears up.