Raising Monarch Video and Pictures

[Mona Miller]

http://www.raisingbutterflies.org/the-monarch/
This has incredible footage, information, and images.

[David Calhoun]

Neat website,Mona! I only just now looked at it (I bet I can spend a week on it), but I noticed he said to catch a gravid female,so that you can get her to lay eggs inside your own little tiny enclosure.
I haven't been doing that -just looking for eggs and cats on my milkweed.But his idea makes some sense-maybe fewer eggs will be devoured before I find them. What do you say-capture her, or not?David

[Mona Miller]

I capture many species of females, verify their sex (you have to have a female) and then I have a 10x12 screen tent. Monarchs love flying around nectaring and laying their eggs in there. You can also use a smaller cage. I think you need at least a 3' x 3'. I haven't figured out how to check the abdomen. There is supposed to be a small lump (spermatophore) where they have mated with the male.