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The Butterfly Boutique Online Workshops
Class Articles/Papers
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The Painted Lady & Longwing Butterfly Workshop
(Vanessa and Heliconidae)
Online Workshop - Set of Four Class Articles
by: Nigel Venters
with additional material by Melanie McCarthy, Dean Kirkwood and Linda Rogers.
 Painted Ladies*, Vanessas
- Red Admirals
- Heliconida:
o Gulf Fritillary
o Julia Dryas
o Zebra Longwing
o Postman Longwing
* Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa species, sub-species Cynthia: cardui, virginiensis, annabella.. and even the Australian/New Zealand kershawi)
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This workshop presents instruction on all aspects of breeding Painted Ladies, Red Admirals, and the Long-Wings (Heliconidae) species. Although Painted Ladies and Long-Wings are from totally separate butterfly families, and it may appear unusual to include them together, they share a number of common solutions when being captive bred. It is only for this reason they are combined in to a single, comprehensive workshop, covering every aspect the breeder needs to know to be successful with them
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This workshop starts with the most efficient egg laying set-ups, followed by their care at every stage. Although many of these species will accept a wide range of host-plants, many of these plants are actually marginal host-plants, or are not the best to use in an efficient breeding set-up.
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As usual, the workshop discusses in detail the best way to breed these species, trouble free, using the minimum possible space, and with the minimum effort or work required to do so. In short, you will breed huge amount of healthy butterflies, consistently in the smallest space possible, which allows large numbers to be bred at the same time.
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The Long-wings are covered in depth, and as the Gulf Fritillary, is by far the most popular Long-wing amongst breeders, there is a long section on this species,. Of course Zebra Longwings, The Postman, and many of the more tropical species are covered in depth. There will be a long section of breeding all these species in climates that would not normally allow overwintering, and will allow year round breeding if required, or just keeping a breeding stock alive though a cold winter, ready to start off again in the spring when the warmer weather returns.
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The section about Painted Ladies details how to raise using natural Host-plants. However, a separate, detailed section on artificial diet for Painted Ladies is provided by experienced commercial butterfly breeders Melanie McCarthy, Dean Kirkwood and Linda Rogers. Melanie in particular is an expert on this subject, with many years experience of breeding Painted Ladies on A.D. and has ironed out all of the problems for you!
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Available for download as a set of four separate papers
or as one combined paper totaling 124 pages...
Paper 1: An introduction to the Vanessa butterflies (27 pages)
Paper 2: An introduction to the Longwing (Heliconid) butterflies (27 pages)
Paper 3: Breeding the Painted Lady, Red Admiral (Vanessa species) and Longwing (Heliconid species)  butterflies* (33 pages)
Paper 4: Raising Painted Lady (Vanessa) butterflies on Artificial Diet* (36 pages)
* - includes additional information taken from the actual workshop.
The price of the set of four papers (PDF) is $115.00.
To place your order, please follow the Order Form link at the bottom of the page.
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 The Butterfly Boutique Presents
Let's Raise Swallowtails!
(Part One)
Online Workshop
Class Article Set of Eight Papers
by Nigel Venters
The eight papers illustrating every subject in this on-line Workshop are now available for purchase as a complete set.
Each paper focuses entirely on the subject heading. The papers are very comprehensive, and the combined document is over 90 pages. The articles have color photos and are supplied in .pdf format, either as one complete file or as eight separate papers.
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Swallowtails - their habits, and locating suitable areas to collect livestock. |
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Simple to breed species, to start off your breeding programme. |
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Pairing Techniques, hand-pairing versus natural pairings. |
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Host-plants, how to choose what to use. |
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Getting the females to lay eggs. |
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Eggs, larvae and pupae handling. |
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Avoiding parasites and disease. |
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The individual species in detail, and this will includes notes on breeding the following Swallowtail species: |
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USA – All the Swallowtail species known from the US. |
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Europe – All the Swallowtail species known from Europe. |
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Australia– All the Swallowtail species known from Australia. |
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The Far East – Many species from the Far East, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there! |
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Africa - Many species from Africa, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there! |
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Central &South America– Many species from Central & South America, however, this will not be so comprehensive as there are so many species there! |
Price for full Part One set of eight papers: $100.oo.
SPECIAL OFFER! Purchase ALL SIXTEEN PAPERS from Part One and Part Two for a special price of $175.00.
To place your order, please follow the Order Form link at the bottom of the page.
 Let's Raise Swallowtails!
(Part Two)
Online Workshop
Class Article Set of Eight Papers
by Nigel Venters
The eight papers illustrating every subject in this on-line Workshop are now available for purchase as a complete set.
Each paper focuses entirely on the subject heading. The papers are very comprehensive, and the combined document is over 90 pages. The articles have color photos and are supplied in .pdf format, either as one complete file or as eight separate papers.
2a) Some new notes on breeding the Carrot family feeding Swallowtails on Artificial Diet
2b) Success with some of the more difficult Swallowtail species to breed
2c) Temperature experiments
2d) Larvae and Pupae, overwintering, forcing and coordinated emergence
2e) Hybridization techniques
2f) Mimicry
2g) Avoiding Parasites & disease
2h) Notes on breeding the individual Swallowtail species (divided by country or region).
Species covered include: (Laurel, Deciduous Trees and other hostplant feeders)
 Tigers
Parides
Birdwings (Ornithoptera)
Price for full Part Two set of eight papers: $100.oo.
SPECIAL OFFER! Purchase ALL SIXTEEN PAPERS from Part One and Part Two for a special price of $175.00.
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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.
To place your order, please follow the Order Form link at the bottom of the page.
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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 can 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.
To place your order, please follow the Order Form link at the bottom of the page.
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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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