Sunday, August 30, 2015

No larvae this year!

Hi Folks-

Disappointing news to report... several weeks ago during the real hot spell we had I came home to a bunch of dead adult monarchs... very sad situation!  Despite my best efforts to find some wild females to lay some eggs, we were unsuccessful.  Consequently, no larvae will be available for classrooms this season...

Sorry!

Jack

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Hi Folks-

I am happy to report that I will have some monarch larvae available starting on Labor Day.  They are TINY little buggers... but they will grow by the day!  Also, I have many eggs that I am hoping will hatch over the next week.

If you would like larvae for your classroom shoot me an email at jel52@cornell.edu and we will set up a time for you to pick some up.

Jack Little

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Hi folks-

I have been getting a number of emails regarding the availability of monarch larvae for the start of the school year.  Let me tell you where I stand at this moment.  It is the 14th of August and I have a dozen chrysalis that will emerge in the next few days.  I am hoping I can get them paired, mating and laying eggs in the next 10 days.  If I am successful in doing this (I normally am!) we should have larvae available for the start of school.

I will post updates to this blog as I am going along and will also post when they will be ready for pickup.  Please share this blog with your colleagues who might be interested.

If by some fortunate circumstance you catch a female monarch, let me know!  We will put her to work as well...

Jack Little 

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Important notice to teachers for Fall 2013

Hi Folks-

Due to some health problems I have been having, we were NOT able to raise any monarchs this summer.  We will not have any sort of supply for teachers like we have had in previous years...

There is one outside chance that this could change... we will be looking for female monarchs from now, through the end of August.  If we were able to have some egg layers in the greenhouse during the last week of August, we probably could have some larvae for some classrooms when school starts...

SO... IF YOU CATCH ANY FEMALE MONARCHS, GET THEM TO ME AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING!

Jack

Monday, September 3, 2012

Teaching resources

Hi folks-

LOTS of teachers picking up the last couple of days... more scheduled for tomorrow.  Our supply is holding up pretty well so if you are still looking for some get with us soon.

Here are some teaching resources that might help you out in the classroom.  The first one, created by Aileen Grainger, a new Kindergarten teacher at Caroline, is just fantastic!


webquestbutterflylifecycle.weebly.com

www.monarchwatch.org

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1kdelsfkqCPam9rM1ZZSzdTc1MyQjA5NXRNc0h5UQ/edit

Good luck as you start your new school year!


J

Friday, August 31, 2012

Larvae Now Available

Monarch larvae are available for distribution to teachers at local schools, beginning Saturday September 1st through Tuesday, September 4th.  Please make arrangements for pickup via email at jlittle990@aol.com. A ready supply of milkweed should be identified prior to obtaining the larvae.  A small container to transport the larvae is also necessary.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Larvae available

Hello!

Another year begins for the monarchs!  We have had a great start to the season with the early arrival of monarchs and very good success in raising the milkweed!  We currently have several hundred more larvae in the butterfly house... many more than what we need at this time for breeding purposes.  If you would like to try your hand at raising them yourself, shoot me an email at jlittle990@aol.com and we will get you set up.