Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore
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The Bottom Line
This beautiful and imaginative science project is one that your kids will definitely love. It's such a simple and easy concept, and introduces the cycle of life to your kids. They learn to appreciate nature and its wonders with this awesome Butterfly Garden kit from Insect Lore. The feeling when the beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies are born cannot be described! Highly Recommended.
Pros
- Very educational for your kids
- Develops a healthy respect for nature and life
- Inexpensive
Cons
- Larvae may take a while to arrive
- Not all larva turns into butterflies
Description
- You have to buy the Butterfly Habitat from a store
- Mail the certificate in and wait for the caterpillars to arrive
- When the caterpillars turn into cocoons in their sterile environment, transfer them
- Wait until they hatch into butterflies
- Set them free and watch them fly around in the open!
Guide Review - Butterfly Garden From Insect Lore
Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore is a simple do it yourself at home kind of kit. The concept is pretty simple. You have to buy the kit which consists of a netted housing for the butterflies and the intermediate stages. The kit comes with a mail in certificate which you have to send out to the company. Approximately 3 weeks later, you will recieve 5 caterpillars in the mail in a sterile environment provided with food and air holes. Keep them away from excessive heat and light, and they will develop into chrysalids. Then you have to transfer these cocoons into the netting of the Butterly Habitat, and wait for the Painted Ladies to arrive! Its a beautiful feeling when they do. You have to set them free after a day. Sometimes, one or more of the larvae may not develop fully into butterflies, but according to the Insect Lore website, atleast 3 are guaranteed to do so. Kids can be involved in this project with adult supervision. Its a lovely way to introduce the concept about the cycle of life to them.
