Sustain the Migration Kit

Sustain the Migration Kit This individually packaged kit includes: Five native milkweed packets (Antelope Horns, Green Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Showy Milkweed, and Swamp Milkweed), Planting Instructions from our farm, & Horticultural Vermiculite for cold-stratification to enhance vigorous seed germination. Monarch butterflies are famous for their epoch migrations spanning the lifetime of 4-generations, traveling from one overwintering region in Mexico... to Canada and back. No single individual makes the entire trip. When the timing is right, female monarchs lay their eggs onto native milkweeds that quickly hatch in 4 days.Larvae feed on milkweed for about three weeks before the final caterpillar stage molts into a chrysalis or pupa. Depending on temperature, the pupal case becomes transparent in two or three more weeks, and the new adult butterfly's folded wings can be seen. Within a day or so, the pupal case cracks, and the Monarch emerges. After several hours, the wings dry, an