Butterfly breeders who successfully participate in the OE Clean Screen program will meet a high quality standard as verified by independent third party testing. There are no punitive actions associated with not participating. Only you can decide if not participating will put you at a competitive disadvantage.

Not participating reduces our sample size, weakens our industry evaluation, and may damage the monarch butterfly industry as a whole. If the sample size is too small, we will be in a very poor position to argue that raising monarchs should be permitted if the monarch is listed as threatened/endangered.