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Description
Witness one of nature's most spectacular transformations up close with this reusable, collapsible habitat. Fine, transparent mesh lets you see butterfly metamorphosis up close. Product includes easy-to-use feeder and complete instructions for habitat. Butterfly larvae with food shipped directly to your home. The habitat collapses for storage when not in use. You can adopt and raise a handful of caterpillars, watch them transform into painted lady butterflies, then lift the garden cover to release your beautiful specimens into the wild. This exciting habitat makes a fabulous introduction to the miracles of nature. The larvae and food available round the year.
Features
- See butterfly metamorphosis up close.Reusable, collapsible habitat.
- Includes feeder.Complete instructions included.
- Includes mail-in voucher for five butterfly larvae and special food. ($3.00 fee for processing)
- Witness one of nature's most spectacular transformations up close.
- Just mail in the included coupon for larvae and food.
Editorial Review
Did you know that painted ladies (the butterflies, that is) taste with their feet and have 10,000 eyes? You and your kids will be fascinated by all you learn about these beautiful creatures with the Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore. The kit comes with a relatively easy-to-assemble observation chamber; supplies for feeding the butterflies (you provide only sugar and water); an informative booklet of clear instructions and butterfly facts; and a certificate for three to five free painted lady caterpillars. The metamorphosis from larva to butterfly takes about three weeks from when you receive the caterpillar larvae (which arrive in a small container with all the nutrients they need). Your children can watch the larvae increase dramatically in size, form chrysalides, and finally emerge into full-fledged painted ladies (it's suggested that they release the butterflies after a few days of observation). This would make a wonderful activity for families with kids of any age, but younger children will need help assembling the observation chamber and reading the instruction booklet. (Note: The manufacturer recommends that butterflies should not be set free in temperatures lower than 55 degrees Fahrenheit.) --Rachel Radway
All 5 of our caterpillars grew to healthy butterflies. They eat fresh orange slices, tissues balled up and soaked in sugar water, or flowers squirted with sugar water. It's neat to watch them eat.
Chrysalis!
After they form their cocoons, you transfer them to the net by pinning the paper they hang on to the side. Here, one has already hatched.
The release of the butterflies. That gruesome-looking red stuff is their meconium.
The butterflies are now out in the wild.
How the caterpillars arrive (in a jar). They grow very quickly.
The caterpillars form their buttons of silk.
This is the caterpillar after like 4 days! He first looked like a piece of dirt. He's a big'un! Oh, and don't try to pet them. They don't like it!
This was just two days after the pretty 'pillar picture below! They don't waste any time!
This is our butterfly garden! I bought some dill for my garden and found a little caterpillar on it! So to keep it safe, I put it in the garden!
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