meatsackjimmy<p>I've seen a lot of folks recently posting photos of their <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/monarchbutterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchbutterfly</span></a> caterpillar enclosures and most look like the enclosures are indoors.</p><p>This is a <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> to help get the word out (please boost!): </p><p>Indoor raised <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/monarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchs</span></a> are more likely to develop and spread disease to wild populations, AND are significantly less likely to successfully fly south for the winter.</p><p>"Being exposed to an indoor environment with artificial light, constant temperature and top choice of milkweed provided by their captors they do not develop the environmental cues needed for pre-migratory behaviors."</p><p>Please please do your part to help boost populations the way nature intended, with planting milkweed and doing what you can to protect food sources monarchs need, fully outdoors. Plant <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>native</span></a> (to your area) nectar sources and please spread the word to others so their efforts benefit the ones we're trying to save.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/monarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarch</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/monarchbutterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchbutterflies</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativeplants</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pollinatorgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinatorgarden</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milkweed</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/nativegarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativegarden</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflower</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/caterpillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caterpillars</span></a></p><p><a href="https://capeconservationcorps.org/monarchs-inside-or-out/#:~:text=There%20is%20also%20a%20higher,causing%20disease%20to%20other%20butterflies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capeconservationcorps.org/mona</span><span class="invisible">rchs-inside-or-out/#:~:text=There%20is%20also%20a%20higher,causing%20disease%20to%20other%20butterflies</span></a></p>