Insect Lore Cup of 3-5 Live Baby Caterpillars - Raise and Release Refill

Bought for my 6 year old son. He loved it and so did I. All 5 caterpillars survived transit and all cocooned and emerged as butterflies. It was such a brilliant experience and one we plan to do every year. Releasing them was magical and a few even landed on my son, much to his delight. Really easy to care for and came with full instructions.

Great caterpillars. All survived and have now flown away as stunning butterflies. A lovely thing to do with children. My granddaughter loved the way the butterflies rested on her hand. Then she helped them on to a butterfly friendly plant. Makes for beautiful photos.

This is our second time doing this. We originally got the full kit as a present, and this time we just ordered the refill cup.• All the caterpillars arrived alive and active• They’ve now turned into chrysalises—kids are counting down for the butterflies• Simple setup, no mess, and easy instructions• Great tie-in with what they’ve been learning at schoolEven after doing it once before, the excitement’s still there. It’s a fun mix of science and patience, and seeing it happen live beats any book or video.

Yes it met with everything they said

This company is very professional, responsible and makes a lot of effort to keep high welfare standards for them insects, which I love it. The Caterpillar triple the size in 24h, which we were so surprised. It's super educational, with clear instructions and so much information about the butterflies stages and details. Probably will do ladybirds after.

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If you are the happy owner of an Insect Lore butterfly farm you’ll need this voucher to order a set of new crawlers for the next season. Curiously we received a voucher that displayed a price, poorly hidden by black marker, that was a couple of pounds lower than we paid through Amazon.Even so, our first Butterfly garden was a huge success, mostly with my wife, who considered the caterpillars as her babies. Her actual children were enthused, but less so.When ordering this you literally get sent a voucher than you’ll then have to send to Insect Lore to receive a cup of 4 or 5 live caterpillars and a sufficient base of food to make them grow enough to go into the chrysalis phase. The food substance looked disgusting in my opinion therefore I handed the caterpillars the occasional crumb of meatball or sausage, which I think they very much appreciated. The cardboard box that you’ll receive and cup cover can transform into a chrysalides station. Yet this is a tricky stage as the chrysalis’ need to hang in a comfortable but secure mannerOf the batch of 5 caterpillar we received through this voucher, only 4 emerged alive from their chrysalis. And one of these four had a permanently wrinkled wing. Even so the children were very excited to grant their temporary winged housemates to freedom.The only drawback is that it’s a cumbersome process; first you’ll have to order the voucher through Amazon then you’ll have to send the voucher to Inset Lore, who will return your cup of caterpillars, several weeks passed in between.. Then the caterpillars start eating and growing for well over a week. Next the chrysalis’ will hang around for at least another few days. And then they will have to complete their butterfly transformation for another 7 to 10 days.. before you can release them. During the last stage our planned holiday car trip abroad started so we had no choice but to very carefully the take the fairly large butterfly garden / habitat with us in the car. Luckily the customs officer didn’t notice. So ultimately these butterflies are now happy living ever after in the poppy fields of Flanders.All in all; the caterpillar reorder was a very satisfying experience to my wife, somewhat amusing for the children but beware of the logistics.

So 5 little caterpillars arrived in their little tub. Tiny and not moving a lot but that's what the booklet said they'd be like. They grow so fast and become so active. Every morning my daughter would get up and go straight to them and excitedly see how big they'd gotten. It really is visible each day just how much they've grownAll 5 caterpillars became huge and then came the excitement of discovering the cacoons one morning as they'd transformed during the night. A friend lent us the net so we transferred the cacoons across, using the stand provided. It's a long week of checking if they've emerged each morning but the sheer joy and excitement once they start emerging is worth the wait. A few days of feeding them and getting them stronger before the magical task of releasing them. A fantastic project and a great memory maker! We will definitely be doing this again.