Monarch Butterfly Kits to Raise Baby Caterpillars into Butterflies
2 years ago
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By Anthony Gomez
by Anthony Gomez
2 years ago
Choose your Butterfly Kit for Raising Monarch Butterflies Indoors
Do you want to raise monarch butterflies indoors so you can boost their survival rate over 90%? Check out our monarch butterfly kits that combine the caterpillar cages and other helpful tools with the information you need to raise and release healthy monarch butterflies.
Butterfly Habitat Kit
Caterpillar Cage + Helpful Raising Accessories
Our butterfly habitat kit includes the following to give your monarchs a safe and happy home. First, choose your butterfly enclosure:
1 Baby Cube orTall Baby Butterfly Cage which allows you to comfortably raise up to 10 caterpillars inside at one time
1 Big Cube or Monarch TowerButterfly Cage allows you to raise up to 20 caterpillars at one time
FITTED Poo Poo Platter Cage Insert available for baby cube and tall baby cages
Drawbridge Door Design on all cages for Easy Access
Floral tubes to keep milkweed leaf and stem cuttings fresh for caterpillars...save milkweed and time!
Floral Tube Holder Racks to keep tubes upright and secure
US Shipping: standard or expedited flat rate shipping
This accommodates butterflies nicely, whether you feed by a container milkweed plant, or the tubes with stems, (which is mostly what I do). I have the bigger size also, but prefer this size, as easier to place on a stand near light.
This is a high quality product, and can make keeping cages much cleaner. However, I didn't realize that my cages were not the right size as I purchased from another vendor. They fit nicely in the small cube, but my tall ones are a bit narrower than the PP-platter, so they gap and don't fit perfectly. I instead now use them under my cages to protect the table top I set my nursery up on.
I have communicated this with Tony already, and am satisfied with my purchase, but wish I had paid closer attention to the sizing. They are still an asset to my Monarch Nursery!
I just began using my short peg rack a few days ago. I like the shorter pegs a lot in terms of preventing the caterpillars from pupating on the pegs. However, I learned I need to be super careful when moving the rack to clean the cage and refill the tubes —otherwise, a tube may fall out. Also, my cats aren't pupating on the rack, but a couple chose the underside of a leaf! So there's still relocating to do, but it will be much easier than relocating a chrysalis from a peg. I recommend.
Hi Sally, thank you for your review. a couple quick tips that could make your experience better:
1. If you push the tubes all the way down into the rack they will not come out
2. If you spread the tubes out over the rack (we typically use 4-6 tubes max) caterpillars are less likely to pupate under leaves
Caterpillar Cage + Helpful Raising Accessories
