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Live Butterfly Projects - Use our Butterfly Kits for children with your butterfly lesson plans or as science projects for kids! Insects are a great choice to study, as they have a short life cycle. You can study their life cycle, behavior, anatomy, and how different environmental factors affect them. These kits are FUN and popular as hands-on butterfly science project for kids and butterfly lesson plans! Caterpillars take approximately 3 weeks to develop into butterflies. See the Science Fair Projects for Kids below for an easy experiment to do with these kits. FUN WINTER PROJECTS! 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.

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  See the Science Fair Projects for Kids below for an easy experiment to do with these kits.

	Live Butterfly Rearing Kits Our live butterfly kits are the best selling items in our store! Everything you need is included 3 Sizes:  Medium has 5 caterpillars and 1 foot tall net cage Large has 10 caterpillars and 2 foot tall net cage School Size has 30 caterpillars, 2 foot net cage, and 30 individual cups 2 Choices:  Receive your kit with LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them OR, receive your kit with a FREE certificate that must be mailed in to receive caterpillars at a later date Your Painted Lady Butterfly Caterpillars arrive in cups of 5 with their special food and easy instructions The see-through net cage with zippered entry allows easy access for care and feeding. Hang it from a string or set it on a table-top. Collapses for easy storage till you are ready to raise more butterflies with our live refills Order ANY time of year- a Fun Winter Project! Instructions included how to keep butterflies inside for their life cycle. Comes with: Mister, butterfly feeder and sugar, eye dropper, net cage, easy instructions and caterpillars. Guaranteed! We guarantee 3 caterpillars from every cup to become happy adult butterflies If the temperature is above 50 degrees during the day, you CAN RELEASE them outside after observing them! $24.95 Medium Kit: 5 LIVE Painted Lady Caterpillars Sent NOW $24.95 Medium Kit: FREE Mail-In Certificate for 5 Painted Lady Caterpillars Later $14.95 5 LIVE Caterpillars: REFILL ONLY (Everything Except the Net cage)
	Large Butterfly Rearing Kit: Painted Lady Butterflies 10 Painted Lady Butterfly Caterpillars (shipped as 2 cups of 5) with special food and easy instructions. Large 2 foot tall see-through net cage with zippered entry for easy access for care and feeding.  It can hang or set on a table-top. Collapses for easy storage till you are ready to raise more butterflies with our butterfly refills. Receive your kit with LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them  OR, receive your kit with a FREE certificate that must be mailed in to receive caterpillars at a later date. Order ANY time of year- a Fun Winter Project! Instructions included how to keep butterflies inside for their life cycle. Comes with: Mister, butterfly feeder and sugar, eye dropper, net cage, easy instructions, and caterpillars. Guaranteed! We guarantee 6 caterpillars to become happy adult butterflies. If the temperature is above 50 degrees during the day, you CAN RELEASE them outside after observing them! $34.95 Large Kit: 10 LIVE Painted Lady Caterpillars Sent NOW $34.95 Large Kit: FREE Mail-In Certificate for 10 Painted Lady Caterpillars Later $24.95 10 LIVE Caterpillars: REFILL ONLY (Everything Except the Net cage) (Everything Except the Net cage)
	School Size Butterfly Kit: Painted Lady Butterflies Even if you have little or no experience with live animals, you'll find our butterfly kit an easy and rewarding classroom exercise. Each kit comes complete with everything you need to raise Painted Lady butterflies from caterpillars to adults. 30 Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars (shipped as 1 cup of 30, 1 cup of food and 30 small cups to transfer the caterpillars into) Comes with: mister, butterfly feeder and sugar, transfer brushes, eye dropper, reusable net cage, Life Cycle coloring page and easy instructions. Large 2 foot tall see-through net cage with zippered entry for easy access for care and feeding.  It can hang or set on a table-top. Collapses for easy storage till you are ready to raise more butterflies with our butterfly refills. Receive your kit with LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them  OR, receive your kit with a FREE certificate that must be mailed in to receive caterpillars at a later date. Order ANY time of year- a Fun Winter Project! Instructions included how to keep butterflies inside for their life cycle. If the temperature is above 50 degrees during the day, you CAN RELEASE them outside after observing them! $52.95 School Kit: 30 LIVE Painted Lady Caterpillars Sent NOW $52.95 School Kit: FREE Mail-In Certificate for 30 Painted Lady Caterpillars Later $42.95 30 LIVE Caterpillars: REFILL ONLY (Everything Except the Net cage)

	Live Butterfly Activity Book The best way to make the most of your live-butterfly classroom experience. Full of activities, resources, and ideas that can be used with all live Painted Lady butterfly kits. Suitable for pre-K to grade 8, these activities are built on the frameworks of the Head Start Program Performance Standards and the National Science Education Standards. $11.95		Butterfly Observation House This reusable Butterfly Pavilion Habitat is the perfect environment for young entomologists to raise or observe butterflies. Lightweight, durable construction and see-through mesh with zippered entry allows easy access. Butterflies NOT included. Medium: 1 foot tall, $10.95   Large: 2 feet tall,     $16.95
	Butterfly Life Cycle Figurines These Painted Lady lifecycle 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. $5.95		Huge Butterfly Life Cycle Puzzle This supersized lifecycle puzzle show how butterflies change and grow. 24 giant foam puzzle pieces creates a huge 20”x30” puzzle! Includes a handy tote case. Ages 4+. $17.95
	Butterfly Life Cycle Stickers 33 Sheets of stickers with 6 little 7/8" stickers per sheet. Kids love stickers and will enjoy learning the life cycle of butterflies with these. Each sheet is a small 2"x3" size. $3.95		Life Cycle Book for Kids Tons of fun: enjoy coloring, puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dot, cut-outs and more! Learn about the life of all sorts of bugs. Includes 4 crayons. 56 pages, classroom reproduction OK! Ages 3+. $6.95
	Butterfly Life Cycle Rubber Stamps These quality rubber hand stamps show all four life cycle stages of a Butterfly in a fresh new way. The durable block handles and rubber faces stand up to classroom use. Four stamps depict egg, caterpillar, pupa and adult. Sorry, ink pad not included. Ages 4+. $11.95		Real Butterfly Life Cycle Display Contains REAL Bright White Butterfly Specimens in crystal clear Lucite! This unique, high quality display contains all the stages of the butterfly life cycle: eggs, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly and food plant. This unbreakable large 6.5"x2.5" transparent display lets anyone explore the butterfly life cycle from every angle. $24.95 Sold Out

Try either Butterfly Experiment – they are easy and make a perfect kid science project.
Experiment 1: How does temperature affect a butterfly? 
Experiment 2: What leaves do caterpillars like?

 

The Question: Does cold or warm temperatures affect how a caterpillar grows?

Experiment 1:

1. Record the date your caterpillars arrive.

2. Place 3 cups with caterpillars and food in them in a warm area of the room, like a high shelf.

3. Place 3 other cups with caterpillars and food in them in a cooler place in the room, like near the floor.

4. Measure the temperatures at each location daily and record them. There should be 2 to 3 degrees in difference between the 2 spots for best results.

5. Record the date the caterpillars in each area becomes a chrysalis.

Did the caterpillars grow at the same rate in both places? Which place did they grow fastest? Why would a caterpillar grow best at this temperature?

The Facts: A caterpillar’s growth is related to the environment temperature. Insects like caterpillars are cold-blooded, so their body is the same temperature as the environment. Because of this they are more active during warmer times of the year. Since the plants caterpillars use for food also grow during the warmer times of the year, warm temperatures are also best for the caterpillar. If the caterpillars started to grow before the plants did, it would be bad for the caterpillar! If there is a 2 to 3 degree difference in the 2 spots you placed the cups, the cooler caterpillars may be 3 to 8 days behind in growth compared to the warm area ones.

 

The Question: What kinds of leaves do Painted Ladies like?

Experiment 2:

1. Find several kinds of leaves around your home. See if you can find some thistle, nettle or hollyhock as they do like those and it would be good to have some in your experiment. Or you can get some leaves at the grocery store, like spinach, different types of lettuces, turnip leaves or radish tops. 

2. Find a short jar with a wide bottom (easy to reach into) and line the bottom with a moist paper towel.

3. Cut an equal bit from each type of leaf and place them onto the paper towel. Remember which bit belongs to which type of leaf.

4. Add up to 5 caterpillars into your jar and put the top back on. Observe for 2 days. Repeat the experiment with other caterpillars to make sure your results are the same.

5. Make a chart- on one side put the type of leaf and on the other side mark if the caterpillars liked it.

What leaves did the Painted Lady caterpillars like to eat?

The Facts: In the wild, Painted Lady caterpillars like thistle, nettle, hollyhock, malva and fiddleneck plants the best. In your experiment, the caterpillars may try several of the different leaves you provided. Once they find one they like, they will consume a large part of the leaf. Different types of caterpillars eat different types of plants - now that you know what Painted Ladies like, you can look online to find out what other caterpillars like. What do Monarch caterpillars eat? Would they eat the same plant as the Painted Ladies? It's better for different types of caterpillars to eat different types of plants so they don't all compete for the same food sources.

 

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