Releasing Location ?

[donnap27]

i have quite a few chrysalis that will emerge next weekend and i will be travelling ...
Question:
is there a problem taking them with me a releasing them in a location other than where they were laid and raised; i.e., i live in SW Michigan and will be an hour south of Toledo, Ohio ....
i will be tagging them, and of course, would record the location of where i released them.
thanks !

[Paul Cherubini]

No problem. Milkweed and Monarchs have spread around the world via being inadvertently transported by humans.

[Mona Miller]

i have quite a few chrysalis that will emerge next weekend and i will be travelling ...
Question:
is there a problem taking them with me a releasing them in a location other than where they were laid and raised; i.e., i live in SW Michigan and will be an hour south of Toledo, Ohio ....
i will be tagging them, and of course, would record the location of where i released them.
thanks !

Are you crossing state lines? It is against the law to transport butterflies or moths across state lines.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ ... oths.shtml

[Mona Miller]

i have quite a few chrysalis that will emerge next weekend and i will be travelling ...
Question:
is there a problem taking them with me a releasing them in a location other than where they were laid and raised; i.e., i live in SW Michigan and will be an hour south of Toledo, Ohio ....
i will be tagging them, and of course, would record the location of where i released them.
thanks !

Are you crossing state lines? It is against the law to transport butterflies or moths across state lines.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ ... oths.shtml

[donnap27]

ok ...
but do the butterflies know they need a permit to cross state lines
thanks for the info

[Mona Miller]

Nope, they don't know they need a permit, but now you do.

Many people do not know, but not knowing the law does not mean that if you break it you won't be fined--if you are caught.