Should I bring in the monarch caterpillars I find to protect and raise them?

It is great that you are observing monarch caterpillars. We discourage the practice of bringing monarchs indoors to raise them. A goal of the monarch conservation movement is a self-sustaining monarch population that can survive from generation to generation without human intervention. The best thing you can do to support monarchs is to create habitat for them!

Please read our handout Rearing Monarchs: Why or Why Not? for more information about the risks of rearing captive monarchs.