Butterfly Garden SCHOOL KIT (33 Caterpillars)
Give every Student the Gift of a Butterfly!
This rewarding educational kit is designed specifically for teachers and classrooms. It enables each student to raise their own Painted Lady Butterfly and witness the wonder of the butterfly life cycle. The Live Butterfly Pavilion School Kit provides educators with many opportunities to teach science, math, reading, environmental studies and environmental awareness.
The entire transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly takes between three to five weeks depending on the time of year, please take into account upcoming holidays when choosing a send out date for your kit to ensure the whole cycle can be observed. Caterpillars are available from March to mid-September.
See an Amazing Transformation
A set of 33 caterpillars will arrive with all of the nutritious food they need. Separate the food and caterpillars into the individual vials and place them in a safe place away from direct sunlight. The caterpillars will remain in the vial and will eat, spin silk and grow to TEN times their original size! After seven to ten days they will hang upside down and harden into chrysalides (chrysalides are also known as pupae).
Raise Your Very Own Butterflies
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.
The Butterfly Garden Habitat is a reusable, cylindrical mesh container perfect for up-close butterfly viewing! When not in use it folds flat for easy storage. Then when you wish to raise more butterflies, just purchase a School Kit Refill here.
Included in the Butterfly Garden School Kit:
- Pop-up, reusable 63cm tall super clear mesh habitat
- 33 LIVE caterpillars or voucher (caterpillars available March to Mid-September)
- Specially formulated, ready to use, caterpillar food (1 large and 1 small cup)
- 33 vials and lids
- 66 sticking pads
- Feeding pipette
- Plastic spoon
- Food levelling tool
- Small transfer brush
- STEM Butterfly Diary
- Instruction guide
Ages 4+
Please note - Immediately upon receipt of the caterpillars, you will need to distribute the food and caterpillars between the vials, instructions on how to do this are included. If you should receive more than 33 caterpillars, any remaining may stay and develop in the cup they arrived in.
Price: £64.99 incl VAT (£54.16 ex VAT)
If you choose to upgrade to a DHL delivery option (UK addresses only) at checkout for an order that contains a Live kit, please be aware that your order will still be dispatched on your chosen send-out date. This service does not include weekend deliveries.
Need help with your Caterpillar to Butterfly Process? - Watch these informative videos
Preparing Your Caterpillars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWxR9BMeXZs&t=9s
Moving Your Chrysalis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh83qIL5J2E&t=9s
Feeding your Butterflies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wup0WdPnDOc
Releasing your Butterflies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ImYSNCqBs
All non-live orders leave our offices within 1-3 working days unless the item(s) are out of stock, or if your order includes a Live product with a chosen send-out date of 3 weeks or less away (in which case we will dispatch all goods, live and non-live, on the requested send out date).
Once your order is dispatched, standard delivery time for the UK is approximately 1- 4 working days, depending on your location. Please allow 10 days for orders outside of the UK. A Next Working Day option is available for UK delivery only (excludes weekends).
