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USDA Permits - Transportation of Butterflies Across State LinesScroll down for a list of butterflies that the United States Department of Agriculture allows to be shipped into your state from Florida.Shady Oak Butterfly Farm holds permits to ship these butterflies into your state. |
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Butterflies are considered 'plant pests'. The Cabbage White is a butterfly
imported from England. This butterfly is one reason
farmers use chemicals on their plants. Obviously,
they are a pest for cabbage farmers!
However, if you are raising carrots, parsley, fennel, or dill, and you are in a state that allows Black Swallowtails, we can ship them to you. This is odd since farmers of these crops would consider these beautiful butterflies a 'crop pest'. No, it's not really for the purpose of 'crops' that these laws are made; it's the reason they have the authority to control transportation of butterflies across state lines. The laws are more for the purpose of keeping species out of areas where they are not naturally found, for keeping sub-species from mixing, and possibly for some political reasons in some instances. But whatever the reason, we only ship butterflies which are permitted to be shipped out of Florida. The Mourning Cloak is the only butterfly permitted for transportation that is not allowed from or into Florida. |
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Agraulis vanillae |
Danaus plexippus |
Heliconius charithonia |
Papilio cresphontes |
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Papilio polyxenes |
Vanessa atalanta |
Vanessa carduii |
Vanessa virginensis |
The USDA governs transportation of butterflies across state lines. |