Also called: Butterfly Breeder
Raises butterflies for butterfly houses, schools, and conservation releases.
Grows host plants, tends caterpillars, collects chrysalises, and ships pupae to butterfly exhibits under USDA permits.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Self-taught; USDA permits required for interstate shipping.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Small niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Raising caterpillars, growing host plants and shipping butterflies stays small-scale hands-on work.
Classes: Biology, Horticulture CTE, Business or entrepreneurship, AP Environmental Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-2093.
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