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The Butterfly Boutique Store
The Commercial
Butterfly Breeders Manual
by Nigel Venters and Linda Rogers
Long recognized as the complete source for raising butterflies on a commercial level. Provides several methods for raising and has incredible amount of information not only on the best livestock and hostplant raising but starting up and operating a commercial butterfly farm.
Compare Table of Contents and volume of information to other butterfly raising manuals! This one has ten chapters, and over 150 pages of expert advice.
Compare the author's number of years of experience to others! Nigel Venters has been raising many hundreds of butterfly species in various regions of the world for over thirty years!
A variety of raising methods are presented, along with detailed photos and drawings of raising equipment and set ups.
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The Advanced Guide to
Commercial Butterfly Production
by Nigel Venters and Linda Rogers
Get your farm into maximum production mode, cut your labor and minimize disease problems with this special breeding and raising information! These methods and techniques have been proven in the field for farm production on two levels:
FARM A: 500 to 2,000 butterflies per week
FARM B: Up to 10,000 per week
Learn innovative methods and procedures to
- Produce butterflies with almost no risk of disease
- Increase your production and MINIMIZE your labor and time!
That's right! Implement more natural raising techniques that virtually eliminate disease and take the worry out of raising butterflies…. AND cut your time and labor drastically!
The methods, equipment and procedures developed and implemented by Nigel Venters, are being used to produce consistently high volumes of butterflies and pupae in South American facilities. The successful, smaller-scale farm was put into operation by Steve and Linda Rogers. Instruction is for all levels of experience and farm sizes, giving specific ways and means to increase production dramatically.
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Handpairing Swallowtails
(works for other species, too!) - by Nigel Venters
Hand-pairing butterflies is the best way to manage and control butterfly breeding, enabling the commercial breeder or enthusiast to ensure healthy stock from known adults just when you need it.
In this video demonstration, butterfly expert Nigel Venters demonstrates just how easy it is to hand-pair Swallowtail butterflies.
Nigel's method works equally well with other species, including Monarchs, Mourning Cloaks, etc..
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The Butterfly Boutique
Butterfly Flight House
Online Workshop - Class Article
by Nigel Venters
Design and construction of an efficient flight house - for all levels of interest
from hobbyist to large-scale commercial butterfly breeding facilities.
 This 40+ page paper, filled with color photos and detailed descriptions, was written by Nigel as the basis for the week-long online Butterfly Flight House workshop. It covers the design and construction of an efficient butterfly flight house and is aimed to cover all levels of interest, from the hobbyists to large scale Commercial breeders. The paper examines the requirements needed for small, medium and large scale production levels.to facilitate the design of an effective flight-house for all levels of interest.
The price of the paper is $50.00.
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Butterfly Boutique’s
Maximum Monarchs & More!
Online Workshop - Daily Class Article Set
Articles by Nigel Venters
If you missed the first online workshop, you may still purchase the set of class files – which are detailed technical articles authored by the workshop leader and world renowned butterfly expert, Nigel Venters.
 Our first workshop was titled “Maximum Monarchs & More!” with an impressive amount of information given to attendees, with the daily, class article and an online group forum that allowed for question and answers.
Here is the set of workshop articles with a description of the topics covered. The set of articles is SIXTY SEVEN PAGES TOTAL! The articles have color photos and are in .pdf file format.
Price for one day's paper(s) is $25.00; or take advantage of the Special Bonus Price: All five days for $75.oo.
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A new, tested and proven method to successfully breed Monarchs in large numbers without disease AND take much of the  hard work out of this process, regardless of your climate or location! The innovative technique will greatly decrease your number of work hours.
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Day Two
OTHER EFFECTIVE BREEDING OPTIONS & NOTES
Reviewing the use of cages, totes, netting, parasitoid prevention, Diseases / sterilization - the pros and cons of different set-ups in different regions.  Nigel explains how to manage plants and plant pests; the use of systemic and non-systemic pesticides; and natural and/or chemical fertilizers.
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Day Three
MONARCHS – ADDITIONAL TOPICS
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Migratory and non-migratory Monarchs and their different behaviors. |
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Refrigerator or cooler: how to use these options successfully at all lifecycle stages. |
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Day Four
BREEDING OTHER SPECIES
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Day Five
THE FLIGHT HOUSE
 Overview of options and choosing what’s right for you, your region and operation.
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