Live butterfly kits are the best selling items on our website! Caterpillars are in stock so you can get caterpillars shipped with your order. Butterfly Kits are fun projects for children and adults! Witness the wonder of the butterfly life cycle with these child-and-insect friendly habitats. See the caterpillar’s transition as it grows, changes into a chrysalis, and finally emerges as a painted lady butterfly! It takes 3 weeks to go from caterpillar to butterfly. Keep adult butterflies indoors or release outside; absolutely safe to release into the environment. Check out our Science Projects For Kids using our butterfly kits. Enjoy rearing butterflies any time of year, even wintertime! Instructions included with butterfly hatching kit to keep the butterflies inside for their life cycle. See our FAQ page for most common butterfly kit questions. Shipped only within the continental USA. Ages 4+
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Complete Butterfly Kit – Painted Lady Butterflies
- LIVE Painted Lady Butterfly Caterpillars with food ship WITH your kit.
- Order your kit with live caterpillars now OR receive your kit with a FREE certificate which you can redeem to get your caterpillars at a later date.
- Plus a Mister, butterfly feeder, sugar, eye dropper, instructions, and coloring page.
- 5 caterpillars are sent in 1 cup, 10 are sent as 2 cups of 5.
- Guaranteed! We guarantee 3 out of every 5 caterpillars to become happy adult butterflies.
- You can release them outside after observing them if it’s over 50 degrees.
- Please do not order if below 40 degrees or above 85 degrees in your area. Our live arrival guaranty will be void if ordered during these temperatures.
Kit With 5 LIVE Caterpillars Sent NOW
Small 12” Pop Up Cage
Kit With 10 LIVE Caterpillars Sent NOW
Large Pop Up Cage
Kit With FREE Certificate For 5 Caterpillars LATER
Small 12” Pop Up Cage
Kit With FREE Certificate For 10 Caterpillars LATER
Large Pop Up Cage
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REFILL ONLY for Painted Lady Butterfly Kit
- Ready to rear butterflies again? Buy more caterpillars here!
- Includes everything you need EXCEPT the net cage.
- You get: a Mister, butterfly feeder, sugar, eye dropper, instructions, coloring page, and caterpillars.
- 5 caterpillars are sent in 1 cup, 10 are sent as 2 cups of 5, and school size of 32 are sent with 32 little cups for the students.
- Guaranteed! We guarantee 3 out of every 5 caterpillars to become happy adult butterflies.
- Please do not order if below 40 degrees or above 85 degrees. Our live arrival guaranty will be void if ordered during these temperatures.
5 LIVE Caterpillars: REFILL ONLY (All Except The Net Cage)
10 LIVE Caterpillars: REFILL ONLY (All Except The Net Cage)
32 LIVE Caterpillars: School Size REFILL ONLY (All Except The Net Cage)
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School Size “Butterfly Kit”
Read Entire School Kit Instructions Here
- A rewarding classroom exercise, even for teachers with no experience with live critters. Complete kit.
- 32 Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars, food, and 32 small cups: one for each student.
- Includes a 3 foot tall hanging net cage with easy access zipper.
- Get LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them OR get a FREE certificate to mail in for caterpillars later.
- Comes with: Mister, butterfly feeder, sugar, eye dropper, net cage, easy instructions, coloring pages, and caterpillars.
- You can release them outside after observing them if it’s over 50 degrees.
- Please do not order if below 40 degrees or above 85 degrees in your area. Our live arrival guarantee will be void if ordered during these temperatures.
Purchase Orders:
For schools, organizations, and institutions looking to make purchase orders note that we accept purchase orders by mail, email, or fax. Call-in purchase orders are not accepted. Please include a signature from a billing authorization official. We ship orders made by purchase orders within 2-5 business days. Invoice is included in the package and is also mailed to the billing address on the PO.
Kit With 32 LIVE Caterpillars SENT NOW
Large Pop Up Cage
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Large Pop Up Cage
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Caterpillar to Butterfly Kit: Mini Terrarium
- Our mini kit comes with 2 caterpillars in a cup and a mini terrarium for an affordable price.
- Make butterfly rearing super fun! Assemble and decorate your mini terrarium. A Crafty Project!
- The kit includes 2 live caterpillars with food, mini butterfly terrarium, butterfly feeder, sugar, plants, decorative crystals, stick-on ladybugs, sand and instructions.
- You can release your butterflies outside after observing them if it’s over 50°F.
- LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED! Please do not order if it’s below 40°F or above 85°F in your area. Our live arrival guarantee will be void if ordered during these temperatures.
Mini Terrarium With 2 LIVE Caterpillars SENT NOW
2 Pack Set Of Mini Terrarium With 2 LIVE Caterpillars SENT NOW
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Butterfly Life Cycle Figurines
These life cycle figures are an educational accessory to any of our live butterfly kits. The accurately detailed Egg, Larva, Chrysalis and Adult butterfly replicas are oversized for little hands.$10.95 -
Large 18” Pop-Up Butterfly Cage Only
The Large 18” Pop-Up Butterfly House is designed to sit on a table, and collapses for easy storage. Created with mesh for plenty of airflow, this unique butterfly house is great for little bug…$14.95 -
Small 12” Pop-Up Butterfly Cage Only
This 1 foot tall Pop-Up Butterfly House is designed to sit on a table, and collapses for easy storage. Created with mesh for plenty of airflow, this unique butterfly house is great for little bug lovers.…$12.95 -
Painted Lady Caterpillar Food
Did your butterflies reproduce and you need more caterpillar diet? Rearing Painted Ladies yourself? This 8oz cup of pre-mixed diet will feed up to 50 hungry Painted Lady caterpillars. It can be stored in the…$14.95 -
Caterpillar to Butterfly Life Cycle Book
Caterpillar to Butterfly Life Cycle Book introduces young readers to the butterfly life cycle with breathtaking, full-page, colored photographs of real butterflies and simple, engaging text. It introduces…$4.95 -
Butterfly Feeder
This butterfly feeder attracts butterflies and mimics are real flower with wics and places for attractants like fruit. Includes directions to make butterfly nectar.
$20.95