Discover the Monarch's Journey

OFF-SEASON PREP: THE 100+ MONARCH CHALLENGE GEAR CHECKLIST To participate in our researcher-approved indoor protective rearing network this spring, you will need your gear prepped and ready before April. Use our official tracking links below to secure the exact equipment our community recommends (a small portion of your purchase supports our free educational movement!):

• The Enclosure: 2 Restcloud Pop-Up Mesh Habitats (2'x2'x3' size)      Our organization receives 90 cents per hatchery sold
  📷 Get them on Amazon here:    https://link.amazon/B0bizO2YJ
• The Parasite Check: 1 Pocket Mini-Microscope (60x magnification)  Watch  a short 7 minute video  https://butterfly-lady.com/what-is-oe/  We check the Female monarch before we introduce her to the enclosures above  Get it here: https://link.amazon/B058wu53P  Our organization receives 40 cents on each microscope sold.

     Butterfly Net:  Get it here:  https://link.amazon/B09YQFasY

our organization receives 40 cents for each net sold

6 foot long Folding table:  Get your table here: https://link.amazon/B09f1iIXs     Our organization receives about $1.50  per table sold .

Optional Plant Light to put on top of your indoor hatchery if you don't have a bright window with a table to set your hatcheries.  These lights fit perfectly on the top of the 2x2x3' Restcloud   popup mesh habitat linked above. We put the hatcheries in a spare bedroom on a bed on  the collapsed table linked above https://www.homedepot.com/p/Feit-Electric-2-ft-32-Watt-White-LED-3-Adjustable-Spectrum-Linkable-Plant-Grow-Light-Fixture-GLP24ADJS-32W-LED/306744759

This item is available at Home Depot. Our organization doesn't  receive any commission from the sale of these lights. 

As an Amazon Associate, we earn a token amount from qualifying purchases This helps pay for this website and other expenses we have to maintain the largest monarch conservation organization in North America with over 2,000,000 affilliated members. 

The approved method we use to protective raise monarchs starting rearing in May, June, up to July 15th takes approximately 15 minutes  of involvement every few days  for  30 days to complete. The monarchs will move through  their development stages on their own as long as you supply them with  milkweed stems as described  in the videos below. We ask you not to START  raising monarchs  after July 15th so the fourth "migration to Mexico" generation of monarchs develop in the wild to assure they have all the unique traits needed to survive the long trip. 

Dr  Lincoln Brower, the Xerces Sociey, Center for Food Safety, and Center for Biological Diversity Petitioned the U S Fish And Wildlife Service to modify the original petition  to list the monarch butterfly as threatened by recommending households should raise up to 100 monarchs per season without a permit for conservation and education . Click Below

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In Canada You can raise up to 60 monarchs per season

with permit

It's illegal to touch monarchs in CA, and illegal to release in Ct. 

 START LEARNING NOW !

https://craigthebutterflyman.com/raise-monarchs-1