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Billy H asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

Monarch Butterflys?

Does anyone know of a place that sells either monarch butterfly caterpillars or eggs?

Update:

I've looked at some of our milkweed here in KY, although not too aggressively, and haven't saw any cats or eggs. Is it possible that we don't have Monarchs in KY?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The University of Minnesota had this quote on the site listed below.

    "No Live Monarch Distribution in 2007

    We will not be distributing live monarchs in 2007. Many large-scale monarch distributors and researchers, including our lab, are having disease problems. Despite strict disease prevention efforts, mortality levels in our lab for the last two years were higher than acceptable. We are implementing hospital-like rearing conditions, with complete isolation of individual larvae. However, these measures will make it impossible to rear the numbers required for our fall distribution. We simply can't justify the possible effects of releasing unhealthy monarchs into the environment, and we don't want our customers to watch their larvae die."

  • 1 decade ago

    If you find some read this..make sure you have the proper food source..they only eat milkweed..read this plz.

    http://www.buymilkweed.com/butterfly_habitat.htm

  • 1 decade ago

    nope. But you can find them for free in their chrysalis under the leaves of a milkweed plant

  • K M
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Burpee's

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