Once you have your caterpillar (or caterpillars if possible it’s a more likely to have success that way) it’s time to set up your observation net. caterpillars are sent in 1 cup, 10 caterpillars are sent as 2 cups of 5, and school-size of 32 caterpillars are sent with 32 little cups for the kids. This “cup of caterpillars” is a small kit that includes five baby caterpillars. The grubs are shipped along with food for safe transit. Once the chrysalides have hardened, gently move them to the pop-up butterfly habitat. It will take about seven to ten more days for them to complete the transformation to adult butterflies. Also, the terrarium is one of the largest on this review—a massive 2 feet (60 cm) tall. So, plenty of room for butterflies to fly around. The kit doesn’t come with live caterpillars, but a 50%-off coupon is included to buy caterpillars.

Get LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them OR get a FREE certificate to mail in for caterpillars later.Lastly, consider the overall quality of the kit and the company’s reputation for customer service. By taking these factors into account, you can choose the best butterfly kit for your needs and ensure a successful and enjoyable experience raising your own butterflies. Top 8 Grow Your Own Butterfly Kits Growing the right plants in your garden is the best way to encourage butterflies to continue breeding in your garden. Some excellent plants to attract butterflies are nettles, cabbage, and various type of grasses. Chrysalis, cocoon and pupae are all used for the same thing. The stage of the life cycle where the butterfly or moth is enclosed and metamorphising from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

Five caterpillars arrived and all five emerged as butterflies, so it was a great success and experience making a wonderful gift. They did ask questions during the different stages to the company which was very helpful. Why not create a transforming butterfly craft– this cardboard tube craft starts as a caterpillar and unfurls to create a butterfly. During this time, the caterpillar goes through a complete metamorphosis. After the transformation, the ugly grub emerges from the chrysalis as a beautiful butterfly or moth.We just successfully 4 butterflies into the garden only last weekend. One of them had a folded wing, so not sure it’ll make it. It’s been a fascinating process for all of us, and in this warm weather, it’s taken about 3.5 weeks to complete. We’ll definitely do it again! Our fabulous Butterfly Garden Kit is supplied with a voucher for live caterpillars which is great if you are buying for a gift or not sure when you want to start raising your butterfly family. (Your gift recipient will have nothing extra to pay to redeem the voucher!) This was so much fun to do with our 3 boys. It took right at 3 wks for the whole process from caterpillars to butterflies. My boys can’t wait to do this again. I have told many friends about this. This was a great little science lesson since school was canceled.