Doing something very interesting... but its working!!!

[CoolMantid]

So as you guys may know, Monarch Butterflies need to migrate for winter. So there for Monarch butterflies eclosing in late fall have a longer life span (9 months) than monarchs eclosing in Spring (3 weeks). So I have about 30 adult Monarch butterflies and I am keeping them in a 5 foot by 5 foot by 8 foot screen cage outside in my garage to simulate winter. So they know they need to migrate now and are getting antsy. So this is what I did. I put each individual inside my fridge in a large storage container. They are now sleeping and will sleep until June or April. Whatever I am doing seems to be working!!! So yay!!! Let me know if you can follow this. I might take some pictures later. I will keep you guys updated.

 

[BugLover]

Sounds Cool! maybe if you put a plant in their enclosure they'll lay eggs in the spring...

 

[agent A]

Sounds Cool! maybe if you put a plant in their enclosure they'll lay eggs in the spring...

i did that and they laid eggs but they werent fertile

 

[AxolotlsAreCoolToo]

i did that and they laid eggs but they werent fertile

did any of your moths hatch yet?

 

[hibiscusmile]

interesting, need any mildweed seeds?

 

[CoolMantid]

interesting, need any mildweed seeds?

No not me. I have way too many