Insect Lore Butterfly Garden As Seen On TV

The Insect Lore butterfly kits are fantastic! We use this every year as part of our homeschool lessons, and it has become one of my kid’s favorite projects. Watching the caterpillars grow and transform into butterflies right in front of us is such an amazing learning experience. It turns science into something real and exciting, and the moment we release the butterflies outside is always so special.

The mixed reviews made me apprehensive about ordering this Butterfly Garden Kit but am glad that I did. Not only will this make an excellent centerpiece for our butterfly themed party, the educational aspect will last long after the party is over. The kit arrived on time and in excellent condition. The outside of the package was labeled 'Open Immediately Live Insects Perishable'. The box contains all the listed items and they are all in perfect condition. I ordered 10 caterpillars which arrive in two containers. Both appear to hold viable caterpillars. Since none have begun to form chrysalis' we wont know if they have all survived just yet. The easy to follow instruction sheet will make taking care of these fun and easy.

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.

All inclusive set to raise your caterpillar to become butterflies. No set up needed. Kids love it and they're so intrigued. Definitely a must buy if you have children.

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 :)

1 caterpillar came dead. The rest survived and we got to watch the life cycle. My daughter loved the butterflies and watching them grow. I recommend! I would do this again.

Habitat itself is wonderful my disabled son and grandchildren love it. Great way to incorporate science with fun! However a few of the caterpillars arrived dead. I followed all procedures and then contacted customer service, and continued to follow instructions given. Response time is horrible. I had to send follow up emails and still haven't heard back. I only requested 1 jar replacement caterpillars although kit can with 2, as some were alive. Really disappointed as this isn't first time I have bought kits, just first time I have had to reach out to customer service.

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.

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.

So freaking cool!! So gross (I’m not a bug person! But these guys are amazing to watch!!)

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.

All the butterflies had died on arrival. The children and teachers were very disappointed. I would like a refund

Arrived without caterpillars & had a note in box to return item