Discover the Magic of Metamorphosis with Insect Lore’s Butterfly Farm for kids. Includes Insect Lore Quality Butterflies! Inspire curiosity and a love of science with the trusted hands-on learning experience that has delighted families and educators for over 50 years. Including Insect Lore quality butterflies, this STEM-accredited butterfly growing kit gives kids a front-row seat to the full butterfly life cycle—from live caterpillars to beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. Designed to make science fun, interactive, and unforgettable, the kit comes with everything needed to raise butterflies at home or in the classroom. The kit includes a durable, dome-style reusable pop-up habitat for safe butterfly observation, a STEM activity journal to guide the learning experience, Insect Lore’s exclusive Chrys-A-Lid log to support chrysalides during metamorphosis and 5 live caterpillars, which are shipped directly from Insect Lore’s California farm and arrive with food included, ensuring quality care from start to finish. A perfect learning activity for spring, summer, or any time of year, the Butterfly Farm Kit is a great educational gift for kids, and an ideal science project for classrooms, homeschoolers, and families. Whether you’re raising butterflies for a science fair or just for fun, you can count on Insect Lore’s quality and expertise to provide an enriching and memorable learning adventure. Note: Live caterpillars can only be shipped to the continental U.S. For best results, redeem your voucher when temperatures are between 50–90°F.
Create unforgettable memories with Insect Lore’s Butterfly Farm with live caterpillars. Embark on a captivating 3-week project with one cup of caterpillars, where you’ll witness the day-to-day metamorphosis of your very own Painted Lady butterflies!
Experience metamorphosis and receive 5 caterpillars along with their food, a reusable pop-up habitat, Chrysalis Holding Log, a Flower-shaped Butterfly Feeder, sugar packets for butterfly nectar, Caterpillar Instruction Guide, and a feeding dropper.
Dive into STEM learning with your young explorers. This butterfly growing kit with live caterpillars, features an engaging butterfly journal packed with exciting science, math, and writing activities. Perfect for your budding entomologist to explore the world of butterflies in an interactive way!
Insect Lore has been trusted by family growers for over 50 years. Teach an appreciation for nature using the original source. Live caterpillars are grown on Insect Lore’s Central California farm in the USA.
The pop-up mesh habitat is reusable, designed for effortless use, and collapses flat for convenient storage and reassembly. With its easy viewing and straightforward directions, this live caterpillar farm provides a fun and engaging way to teach your little ones about nature!
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Insect Lore Butterfly Farm – Live Cup of 5 Caterpillars, Reusable Habitat, STEM Butterfly Activity Journal & Supplies – Grow, Observe and Release Painted Lady Butterflies
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Patrice Dickinson –
Great Learning Experience
Better than expected! Purchased as a gift for a 4-year old boy. He (and his parents) loved it. Makes a great gift. They enjoyed setting up, watching the progress and then releasing the butterfly. It teaches observation, patience and stages of the butterfly. I wish I had a photo to share, its was a fun experience and he was engaged at every step.
Billy –
Awesome Spring time gift (Great distraction while Stay-At-Home in place)
I’ve been buying these since my little grand kids went to Daycare. I’ve even bought them for Daycare’s down the street I’m not associated with, plus for relatives kids. I just think it’s the best thing going for some spring time education. I was worried getting them during the COVID-19 stuff, and with all that’s going on lately, but of the 5 sets I bought all the caterpillars came small and lively.One year I did buy from a company OTHER THAN Insect Lore and I regretted it. The caterpillars came in all different sizes, so the flow to the chrysalis, then to coming out as butterflies was staggered and REALLY a pain to keep up with. Plus, the best cup had 4 survive and one cup none survived. When I tried to explain to the company, they offered NO compensation. After years of doing this for all the kids related or not, I suggest not trying to save a little and stick with Insect Lore. The memories are so much better.It’s awesome when they do come out. I let the kids name theirs (like they really can tell, hehe). Then we keep them a day or two, and when it’s warm enough, we go outside and I help them press up on the chest to get one on their finger, take it slowly out of the cage, and watch it take off. So fun and cute.I’ve got a video of one granddaughter who named hers Daisy. The day she let hers go, and it flew off her finger and away, she stood up and started waving while saying “Goodbye Daisy, Goodbye”. She sounded both sad and happy. Glad I got it on film because it’s so cute and emotional.Any way – Get one 🙂 Get 10 🙂
Tia Taylor –
100% Disappointing
I only got 7 of the 10 I was supposed to get, all of them already in the chrysalis phase, 1 looks partially eaten I wonder if the other 3 were also eaten, and all of them of course fell from the lid before they arrived. My kids were so excited to watch them grow and change now we just have to sit and wait to see if any of them made it. Worst part, I ordered on 6/12 selected the delivery date of 6/27 then they shipped on 6/13 (already had a feeling this would end badly) then got delayed in shipping 3 times but the other option was 6/15 which was to early for my stepdaughter to be here to watch them. So now I have to question why they were shipped so early for a delivery date of the 27th if they claimed to be able to have them here a few days as my other option (which with the multiple delays in shipping they would’ve been late for the 15th delivery date). Now they are 4 days early and already almost completely through the process of becoming a butterfly (if any are alive still) which was the point of this for my children since we have worked on making a butterfly garden area to release them in. The other stuff in the kit is nice but very disappointed in the caterpillars so for me this is a 0 star experience but have to give a 1.
Miranda Price –
Perfect gift for anyone!
This is the perfect gift for kids. It was so amazing to watch the butterflies transform. We had all the butterfly hatch.
Brandy Tilo –
Perfect Gift – Magical and Memorable! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My goddaughter is absolutely obsessed with butterflies, so you can imagine how excited she was to receive this habitat for her birthday—she was over the moon! To her surprise (and delight), one of the butterflies even hatched on her birthday, which made it extra special. Every single one ended up hatching, and she released them in her backyard. It was fun, easy to set up, educational, and brought her so much joy. You can even order more cocoons to keep the experience going. Truly the perfect gift for any nature-loving kid!
Lindsey Schallhorn –
So cool!
I bought this to send to my son’s daycare so they could learn about the life cycle of caterpillars and butterflies. My only complaint is the arrival of the caterpillars. When I got home, the box was all smashed up, I took it inside and opened it only to find one of the plastic containers completely smashed and missing 4 of the caterpillars. I ended up having to clean everything out to find the caterpillars in the box, scattered. I found a container and was able to make the lid fit on it so we saved all of the caterpillars.Other than that, it was a great purchase. The kids absolutely loved watching this. They had a good amount of caterpillars turn into butterflies. It didn’t come with instructions on what to do but it was pretty easy to figure out. I did like the appearance, everything looked really nice.
Fancy Pants –
Wonderful gift for young kids
This is a unique gift. I need to warn you to time the purchase to the exact time you want it to begin. It has everything included with a really spacious tent house. It starts with a cup of food already made for the tiny worms to eat. They grow fast and go through several growth stages. Then you set up the place for them to hang upside down at the top of the tent. You watch until a butterfly emerges. Then you make the sugar water, including. They last quite a while. I ended up letting them go in my bedroom, which has several plants I keep inside. I just moved their food outside of the tent for them to find. It is sort of sad when they die. Wish they could figure out how to include the next step of laying eggs. I loved this!!!
kathy –
Arrived Dead
Cute kit. However All 10 caterpillars arrived dead. How do I contact seller for replacement? No where on the site does it give contact information
Kindle Customer –
I’m in Canada and they did not include the larvae. I paid over $100, they should not have shipped it to Canada if we weren’t able to use it in Canada. Priced way too high for the quality.
Katie –
So freaking cool!! So gross (I’m not a bug person! But these guys are amazing to watch!!)
jackie p. –
I am sad for the butterflies. Six were dead. Four were alive. But imagine traveling in a small dark container with six dead. I am nursing the live ones. I’ll be surprised if they make it. Two have taken some sugar water. And one has fluttered a bit.I thought it took 3 weeks.It’s okay though, at least it’s an experience taking care of a few.Maybe Amazon will credit me half ($50) at least.
Shanta Maharaj –
All the butterflies had died on arrival. The children and teachers were very disappointed. I would like a refund
Robyn Cambrey –
Arrived without caterpillars & had a note in box to return item