Diy monarch caterpillar cage

Build a butterfly enclosure for raising Monarchs outdoors. It's a simple cupboard to hang on a wall that's MUCH nicer than the plastic options out there.

Cages for raising butterflies outside? Give your caterpillars and chrysalides an extra layer of protection outdoors with aluminum screening. More info and other outdoor cage options...

Ok, so a few members have asked me how to make my cages. I will list the tools and a general step by step way of making them.... U can get the stuff...

The only memory of my 1st grade year was watching caterpillars turn into butterflies through metamorphism. My teacher had this net enclosure...

Easy instructions with pictures on how to make a butterfly house or habitat so you can raise and observe butterflies.

This is my Monarch Butterfly hatchery. The Monarch Caterpillars are being killed by bee eating insects and the Chrysalis are being stung by tiny wasps. So I built this enclosure to put the Caterpillars in just before they turn into a Chrysalis so they are protected until they are ready to hatch out as butterflies. Then I release them into the back garden. Last year I lost nearly 40 Chrysalis to wasps. This year I’m hoping to loose NON! So far so good.

raising butterflies outdoors

Help save the Monarchs! If you are newly interested in raising monarchs or a seasoned enthusiast, this enclosure is a perfect place to rear monarch caterpillars into their final beautiful form, the butterfly. Made with tulle and sturdy wooden 8in hoops, this enclosure is escape proof for the final instar caterpillar stage, chrysalis and butterfly stages. Tulle overlaps allowing entrance to the cage to add milkweed plants and branches and to move the chrysalides if needed. Tulle overlap folds…