Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Course

Be a community scientist with the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP)! This asynchronous training will show you how to collect data that contributes to our knowledge about the monarch population. Participants will learn about monarch biology, monitoring procedures, and data entry protocols and will be able to ask monarch biologists their questions about monarchs and monitoring in a monthly live Q&A session. Read more about the course here. 

Package options: These include the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project course plus the listed products. The products are intended to supplement your learning from the course.

MLMP Basic Kit Package: $74

The MLMP Basic Kit will help any MLMP (Monarch Larva Monitoring Project) volunteer monitor their milkweed patch for monarchs! 

The Basic MLMP Kit includes:

• MLMP Plastic Clipboard

• Monarch Butterfly Pencils

• Hand lens

• Thermometer

• Life cycle card set

• Book: "Milkweed, Monarchs and More: A Field Guide to the Invertebrate Community in the Milkweed Patch"

• The course is included at 33% off the normal rate ($20 instead of $30).

MLMP Deluxe Kit Package: $101

The MLMP Deluxe Kit will help any MLMP (Monarch Larva Monitoring Project) volunteer monitor their milkweed patch for monarchs with some bonus items! The deluxe MLMP kit features 2 MJV button pins and an MLMP habitat sign to display at your monitoring site.

The Deluxe MLMP Kit includes:

• MLMP Plastic Clipboard

• Monarch Butterfly Pencils

• Hand lens

• Thermometer

• Life cycle card set

• Book: "Milkweed, Monarchs and More: A Field Guide to the Invertebrate Community in the Milkweed Patch"

• 2 MJV Button Pins

• MLMP Habitat Sign

• The course is included at 50% off the normal rate ($15 instead of $30).

If you are looking to gift just the course to the monarch lover in your life, there is an option to purchase it through this store page for $30, and we will send you a one-time use course access code for you to share with them. If you purchase one of the course packages, we will send you a one-time use course access code via email and your items in the mail.

Do not pay for the course through the NECTAR Hub site if you are purchasing it through the store, as we will send you an access code since the course is included in the price of the packages. If you do not want to gift the course and do not want the course package, please pay & register for the course through the NECTAR Hub. Feel free to reach out to us at store@monarchjointventure.org if you have any questions.

Please allow up to 7 business days for the access code email to arrive in your inbox, and please expect the physical products to arrive within 2 to 3 weeks of your order date.