Insect Lore Butterfly Garden (Packaging May Vary)

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You’ll save valuable time and you will receive everything you need in one convenient, exciting package. Great gift choice for the auntie (or Uncle) who’s not sure what their nephews and nieces are playing with - I’ve not got it wrong yet ? Live Butterfly Hatching Kit enables you to see caterpillars mysteriously transform into chrysalises then hatch into beautiful butterflies. Kit Contains: Re-usable Hatching Net measuring 30cm in height, Certificate for 5 caterpillars and food, Feeding Pipette and full Instructions.

The Butterfly Garden provides you with the unique opportunity to rear your very own caterpillars until they form chrysalides and then transform into Painted Lady Butterflies! The entire transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly takes about three to five weeks and is just mesmerising to watch. Raise and feed your very own butterflies and then release them into the wild; The entire transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly takes about three to five weeks. Butterflies are nearsighted but can see many of the same colors that we can - as well as ultraviolet colors that we are unable to see. Toys that will encourage your children to imagine, create, discover, explore, get messy and have fun!The Butterfly Garden includes reusable hatching net, (30cm tall), a certificate for five Painted Lady ( Vanessa cardui L. Insect Lore was founded in California's San Joaquin Valley by Carlos White, an entomologist working with insects in the agricultural industry. After seven to ten days they will hang upside down and harden into chrysalids (chrysalids are also known as pupae). Painted Lady butterflies can cover a lot of ground - up to 100 miles per day during their migration.

In a few days you will receive 3-5 live caterpillars with food to last them until they turn into butterflies. Please note that Caterpillars will only be sent from March to Mid-September, as they would not survive at other times of year. This educational kit gives children, students and families an unforgettable opportunity to watch caterpillars change into chrysalids and then emerge as beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies.Keep the butterflies in the mesh habitat for a couple of days to study and enjoy them, then release your adult butterflies into the wild.

p>3-5 caterpillars (a live butterfly culture) will arrive in a clear plastic cup with all of the nutritious food they need. This kit contains a reusable Butterfly Garden Habitat, a voucher for caterpillars to be sent to you, an instruction and information guide and feeding pippette. CATERPILLARS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER, THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE BETWEEN MID-SEPTEMBER AND MARCH AS THE WEATHER IS TOO COLD FOR THEM.Today Insect Lore supply a great range of activity kits for children to help them understand the process of an insect's life. If you want to learn more about the different stages of raising your butterflies check out these videos. They are found in suburban, agricultural, swamp, bog, marsh, tundra, desert, meadow, forest, rainforest and mountain environments.

Then after around 5 days they are big enough and start to pupate on the piece of cardboard attached to the lid. After seven to ten days they will hang upside down and harden into chrysalides (chrysalides are also known as pupae).

Once the chrysalides have hardened, gently move them to the pop-up butterfly habitat included in the kit. Painted Lady butterflies feed from over 100 different plants; this makes them incredibly vital pollinators. Includes reusable, washable pop-up habitat net (30cm tall), voucher to purchase 5 caterpillars, nutrition, feeding pipette and full instructions. We only use native British species, so the adult ladybirds / butterflies can then be released in your garden. Most butterflies prefer to feed on nectar, but others will feed on the juices of rotting fruit or animal dung.