Join Monarch Zones for a life-changing experience of nurturing Monarchs in your own backyard!
The goal of Monarch Zones is to help increase the monarch population and generate awareness for all pollinators. By raising just one generation of monarchs in your Bio-Tent, you will be able to make a huge impact. A typical tent will get around 50 eggs depending on how tall the milkweed is. With the 80% survival rate that the tent provides, approximately 40 monarchs will be reared. Once released, those monarchs will go on creating 4 generations and resulting in over 100,000 monarchs, all thanks to your one BioTent.
Outdoor Monarch Lifecycle Kit
With this Outdoor Monarch Lifecycle Kit (OMLK), you can now experience the joy of rearing Monarch butterflies on your porch, patio, balcony, or deck. Observing a Monarch butterfly as it transforms itself from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly is truly awe-inspiring and a fantastic educational opportunity for kids of all ages.
When you purchase an OMLK for $50, you will receive everything you need to successfully rear Monarch butterflies following a simple, natural rearing protocol. Your kit includes:
- Heavy-duty 15″ x 15″ x 30″ Outdoor Monarch Lifecycle enclosure
- 1 container of established milkweed
- 2-4 Monarch caterpillars
- Carol Pasternak’s book, “How to Raise Monarch Butterflies”
- 10″ saucer to keep milkweed moist
- Small paint brush & spoon to safely transfer your Monarch caterpillars onto the milkweed plant
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6′ × 6′ Monarch Bio-Tents
Monarch Zones would not be successful without Monarch Bio-Tents. A protected environment is essential to the successful rearing of monarch butterflies. Rates of survival will grow from less than 5% in the wild to over 80% in a protected enclosure.
These tents are sold exclusively through the Monarch Research Project and are available for pick up through the local Cedar Valley Arboretum. The tents cost $250 and are the only expense you will have through the nurturing process. With the purchase of a Bio-Tent, you get;
- Heavy-duty 6′ x 6′ Bio-Tent
- 25 plugs of milkweed
- 30-40 Monarch caterpillars
- Carol Pasternak’s book, “How to Raise Monarch Butterflies”
- Monarch Zone sign for your yard.
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