The butterfly kit is wonderful! I am a teacher and raised butterflies with my kindergarten class and am now doing it with my six year old daughter at home. Kids love watching them change and learning about the life cycle. Be warned that there is an extra fee ($5) involved to send away for the caterpillars, but it is still worth it.
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I purchased this for my daughter for Christmas and she is so excited about raising her butterflys. We are waiting for our catapillars. The company came through when other vendors were out of the product.
This item is extremely durable which can be used over and over for future butterfly raising. It isn’t the usual cardboard and cellophane that some “bug kits” are comprised of. A fine mesh enclosure with secure opening allows children to observe the beautiful butterflies grow to maturity. My child is enthralled with the learning experience this toy provides!
We purchased this for our daughter’s 4th birthday, and I’m glad I ordered the pavilion and sent in the certificate so the cultures were in the house for her to see, because she loved opening it! The only issue she had was that she wanted the caterpillars to turn into butterflies RIGHT NOW, not in a few days which is typical for a 4-year old I’m being told. The customer service at Insectlore is very accomodating – our cultures were sent when the heat was soaring all over the country, so they sent me a certificate to redeem for more caterpillars once the temperatures drop to a reasonable level. I think we’ll be ordering more items from this company in the future – I would highly recommend it.
I bought this for my daughter due to her love of butterflies. She is not only having the time of her life wacthing them go through their life cycle, but is learning as well.
I bought the Butterfly Pavilion for my grandchildren so we could watch butterfly metamorphosis together. It was very easy. We mailed the free certificate and about a week later we got our caterpillars with their special food. We watched our critters every day grow and eat. After they formed their chrysalids (or cocoons) we put them into the Butterfly Pavilion and waited for them to hatch. About 8 days later, they started coming out one-by-one. My youngest grandson (5 yrs.) was the first to witness the birth. "Nana, Nana, come see our ‘butterfrys’". It was the most amazing experience. We let them go later and all had a good cry. I’d recommend this fine product to anyone!
This arrived in a timely manner and was a favorite of my 5 year old granddaughter. Her mother has ordered the ‘butterflies’ the little ones can’t wait to see them develop.
My almost three year old son loves bugs. So we thought this would be a great toy for him. I think I like it more than him, he is more hands on, and of course you cant really touch the catapillars, you just have to look at them. But they are just now beginning to turn into cocoons. I will for sure be ordering more catapillars and doing this again!
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