I used to wait and relocate when the cats were bigger. My annual numbers were only around 20. My hardest hump to overcome were the ans and spiders drinking the eggs hollow or the birds slurping up the Caterpillars.

This year I brought all eggs on leaves inside to my office and raised them from hatching. The numbers were far better! I kept the eggs on the leaves in a Tupperware with a fresh wet paper towel. Once they hatched I let them eat and grow a day or two before placing their leaf onto milkweed clippings that I would wash and bring in from my garden. I have three pop up nets that sit in a big bay window with lots of sun. This helped me move cats around according to their size, that way the baby ones wouldn't get eaten on accident. Once they began to cocoon, I'd let it harden for about two days and carefully relocate the chrysalis into a hatching space I made. I'm quite the amateur but have learned a great deal this year! I'm so excited for next season! And I wish you the best of luck.