30 Live Caterpillars for Butterfly Habitat Kit - Refill for Painted Lady Butterfly Kit with Caterpillar Food, Instructions - Educational Science Kit, 6 Cups of 5 Caterpillars

I've been doing butterflies in the classroom for years. Now I'm retired and I still purchase these kits and make a special visit to my old school and help a few of the classrooms set up there butterflies in the classroom experiment. It was the highlight of my year to see my students get so excited as they observed the caterpillars grow, form cocoons (ok chrysalises), emerge, drink sugar water in the class a few days and then finally be freed. I think it was a memorable experience for them too😁.

Great experience. Moving the caterpillars to the smaller containers was not easy, but the kids love their caterpillars and take very good care of them.

I had purchased this kit as an at home project for me and my son. Ended up being a me thing. lol I ended up receiving 38 instead of 32 👀 but that’s okay I made it work.Reading the negative reviews on here you can really tell who took the time read the instructions and who didn’t.When you get the baby caterpillars you’re instructed to take the food provided and evenly distribute and make sure to use another cup the level it down. If you don’t do this as they grow the space gets limited and trying to go into chrysalis becomes near hard to impossible for them.Now after you’ve done this make sure you make a tight paper towel seal!!!! This helps when the caterpillars are forming their chrysalis otherwise if you just leave it all wilted and floppy …. Well you’re gonna have a floppy caterpillar with a soggy paper towel that absorbed moisture from the food.As for when they’re in the chrysalis for and need to be transferred to the enclosure it was simple. I didn’t use tape cause it just wouldn’t stick. Instead I had butterfly hat pins or butterfly clutch pins. You can buy a 50 pk on Amazon for $4 it made it so much easier vs having to fight with tape or paper clips which I tried first and did not go well.I’m proud to say out of all 38 I had 37 make it. ( R.I.P 38 🥺)But for my first time raising butterflies this was a beautiful and simple process. It just takes patience and love. ❤️ Thank you for the experience.🦋

My classroom watches the life cycle of butterflies every year. It is the largest cost I budget for in my already stretched classroom budget. I was extremely disappointed in this classroom kit. The vials for the caterpillars were too small. Once they formed into their chrysalis, they hung down in their poop and food, tangled in frass.The kit directed to put a piece of paper towel over the container before snapping the lid on. The paper towel was too thick, and made it impossible to snap the lid on, so I peeled the two layers apart and used one layer. I was still barely able to put the paper towel in as directed. The caterpillars chewed holes through most of the paper towels and did not adhere their chrysalis to the towel or lid. Over half of the chrysalis were lying in the poo and food combo.I am not optimistic in the number that will actually emerge as butterflies.Overall, very disappointed in the classroom set... I even shared caterpillars with two co-workers, so it will not only be my class disappointed, but two other classes as well. My co-worker came to me today and asked I buy from a different company next year. Unfortunately, I agree.

Update im updating my review as this was the biggest disappointment order. We have done this for years i wanted enough for whole class. Out of "33 caterpillars" there was actually only 25 in jar. 15 out of those 25 were alive. After following directions only 2 out of original "33" turned into cristalis. Huge dud will NOT be ordering from this company again. Ive never had this many arrive dead or die this quickly.Original post:I ordered the 33 pack of caterpillars for my classroom. If actually wanting one for each kiddo I suggest ordering more. Out of my order only 25 caterpillars were actually in Jar. I did put each caterpillar into separate cups but my guess is only 15/25 are actually alive. We will see how it goes never the less the kiddos in class are very excited

I ordered this as I release butterflies with my kids every year and was super concerned at the reviews. Instead of the advertised amount we received 40, not bad and not complaining since exact numbers weren't expected. The food was more than enough for all of the caterpillars and the other supplies were great but I did need to purchase larger containers. The ones that come with this order are too small and have no air holes, last I checked caterpillars need to breathe too. I did manage to successfully released 39/40 of my butterflies, one I had chosen to euthanize due to an accident that damaged it's wing and proboscis shortly after it emerged from it's chrysalis. All in all this was very much worth the money spent and my kids were very excited to release the butterflies.

so I bought a classroom set for my Littles it comes with 32 catapllirs plus some exstra just in case I got 8 exstra every thing is pre peeped I love it onmy complaint is some of the lids don't wanna fit with the napkin added I bought a monarch enclosed for them for exstra space and bought plants separately they on the way till then they will enjoy the space they have I don't like the enclosed they came in they have to rest before release and it's a very tinny space for 32 butterflys

The media could not be loaded. I got these to raise for a butterfly release. I ordered 32 and 37 arrived! They all were healthy and all survived to adulthood! The tent initially didnt come but I contacted the seller and they were very polite, they sent a replacement right away!! Also, 5 days after the release one came back to visit the memorialized person’s mom. Very special, perfect seller, great quality, great value, can’t recommend enough!!!