3 x LIVE Monarch Caterpillars - Eastern Time(EST) & Central Time(CST) zones ONLY

Description

3 Live Monarch or Queen Caterpillars. 1/2 inch to an inch in size.
They are in danger of extinction so please FREE them right after they
come
out of the
cocoon
.
I will NOT SHIP to any state other than states that are on
Eastern
Standard Time (EST) and Central Time Zone (CST).
Great for school projects.
You will need Milkweed leaves to feed them and those are available on my other listings.
Fall used to be the time when millions of monarch butterflies in North America would journey upwards of 2,000 miles to warmer winter habitat.
But these days the iconic butterfly's numbers are dwindling. The western migratory population is down 97% since the 1980s — a survey this month found fewer than 2000 — and the eastern population has slipped 80% in just the past 15 years.
Because of these grim numbers the US Fish and Wildlife service ruled in December that monarchs deserved protection under the Endangered Species Act, but it would still be several years before the butterflies were listed as threatened or endangered.
It's time the species may not have.
Halting the precipitous decline of North American monarch populations hinges, in large part, on milkweed. It's the sole plant the caterpillars eat and where monarchs lay their eggs. It's also quickly disappearing with increasing urbanization and pesticide use.
Since monarchs can't survive without milkweed, conservation efforts have focused on planting more milkweed. But it's not as simple as it sounds.