Clearwater Butterfly Live Painted Lady Butterflies - Butterfly Growing Kit with Live Caterpillars - Mesh Cage Included - Butterfly Habitat - 5 Live Caterpillars to Butterflies - Live Butterfly Kit

such a fun and exciting experience for little kids! my 8 year old was very fascinated and enjoyed the short term simple responsibility before the release!

The media could not be loaded. This is a really awesome kit. When you first get them, they are tiny little caterpillars which aren’t moving (worried me at first). They have grown quite a bit and starting to make their chrysalis. It’s fun to watch the process. Written instructions aren’t great but they have a photo number you can call. Which I did, very pleasant and helpful. Assured me we was doing well with our progress and what we should do once chrysalis are completed formed. Cannot wait to continue watching their growth

This was a very neat experience with my 8 year old. All our caterpillars arrived safely and developed into butterflies. The directions were very simplified and it was cool to watch them eat their food all day then eventually go into their cocoons. I am glad I read some reviews and definitely agree when the time comes to transfer caterpillar’s to their cage, make sure you put a piece of paper or paper plate underneath the cage. They will make a mess once they emerge from chrysalis and leave a red stain behind. Aside from that, we absolutely loved it and can’t wait to do it again .

Caterpillars arrived as expected and all were living, I got this for my daycare class and they LOVED it, it was such a fun experience!

This was just such a wonderful, up close look at nature’s infinite wonder’s.Seeing the entire process play out in real time was jaw dropping on numerous occasions.My only concessions are just on the technical side:They don’t provide a way to hang them once they’re all cocooned. We pinned them with safety pins, which felt very precarious, and certainly upset them all during the process. That said, we ultimately got them hung and got to witness their defense response which was fascinating.A warning about the mess their meconium makes after they emerge would have been nice. At first sight, it looked a little like teeny horror scene. But, ultimately easy to clean.

I bought this caterpillar butterfly kit for my special education classroom. We ended up getting 9 caterpillars! The habitat net container was extremely small. I had to use something else for the butterflies. I will order again.

As a teacher, I'm always looking for exciting and engaging ways to teach content. As we were learning about life cycles, I decided to purchase this butterfly kit. it was very easy to understand the directions, easy to care for the pupa and chrysalis' and thrilling to see our butterflies emerge! Although the description said there would be 5 pupa, ours had 8, which we enjoyed watching. I put the cup with the pupas and their food on a table where we could all observe them. Once they had entered their chrysalis', which they had attached to the paper lid covering the cup, I pinned it to the top of the cage. It was exciting to watch the metamorphosis!One thing to be aware of is that, after they emerge, the butterflies will not only be hungry, as the directions state, but they will also evacuate their systems in the form of red liquid. We are pretty certain this was a sort of "butterfly poop" but, it cleaned up quickly with a wet wipe. Just don't touch the butterflies or pupas with it.

Moths not butterflies, caterpillars are furry was first indication and there are cocoons not green chrysalis. False advertising. Look like monarchs but are not .