Refill Caterpillars for SCHOOL KIT (33 Caterpillars)

Our Caterpillar Season has come to an end for 2024, but will resume again in March 2025.

Our Live Butterfly Kits with Caterpillar Vouchers are still available to buy Year-round!

Vouchers are redeemable for Caterpillar dispatches from March-September 2025.

Gift Giving made simple!

 

This School Kit Caterpillar Refill is ideal for those teachers and educators who already have the Butterfly Pavilion Habitat and want to experience the Miracle of Metamorphosis with their students year after year.

Item code:123 (Live) or 123x (Voucher)

Please note when selecting option "Send Live Insects" this is the date the caterpillars are dispatched, not the delivery date.

 

Availability: In stock
SKU
123
£33.32

Select when you would like your insects shipped.

"Send Kit with Live / Send Live Insects" is usually the best choice. You’ll save valuable time and you will receive everything you need in one convenient, exciting package. Please select a send out date from the calendar accessed by the blue button.

"Send Kit with Voucher / Send as a Voucher" is a good option only if you are not sure when you, or the recipient, will be ready to receive and raise the insects. Please note this option is not available for all products.

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Give every student the gift of a butterfly!

The School Kit Caterpillar Refill includes 33 caterpillars and all of the nutritious food they need to develop into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies. 33 small vials are also provided so each child can carefully house and observe his or her very own caterpillar.

The School Kit Refill Includes:

  • 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 pad
  • Feeding pipette
  • Plastic spoon
  • Food levelling tool
  • Sugar packet
  • Small transfer brush
  • Instruction guide

This product is a REFILL set only, the habitat is not included. Be sure to provide a Butterfly Pavilion Habitat in which to house your butterflies.  If you require the full kit, please click here.

Caterpillars sent March - Mid-September.

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: £39.98 incl VAT (£33.32 ex VAT)

 

If you choose to upgrade to the Parcelforce delivery option (UK addresses only) at checkout for an order that contains a Live refill, 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