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!
The Perfect School Kit!
Item code: 105c (Live Kit) or 105 (Voucher Kit)
Please note when selecting option "Send Kit with Live" this is the date the complete kit is dispatched, not the delivery date.
For the Kit that comes with a Voucher instead of Live cup, please select "Send Kit with Voucher"
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 45cm 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: €67.70 ex VAT
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
