BUTTERFLY REARING KITS

Experience the awe and wonder of metamorphosis with a Butterfly Rearing Kits! Watch your beautiful Painted Lady butterflies transform from caterpillars to chrysalis and finally emerge as majestic butterflies, just like in Eric Carle's classic storybook, The Hungry Caterpillar. Experience nature's marvels and witness the incredible transformation of a butterfly. 

PRE-SALE RUNS FEBRUARY 29, 2024-MARCH 15, 2024. Kits will be available for pick up late April to early May dependent on supply chain timeline. ***

Your kit comes with: 

• 5 larvae in individual rearing vials/containers
• larvae food / nutrient diet
• rearing instructions
• adult feeding vial

The entire life cycle process takes about a month. 

• 1 - 3 weeks as a caterpillar
• About one week as a chrysalis
• Then your butterfly emerges.
• Release your butterflies in 5-7 days.

* please note -  this kit does not come with a butterfly flight enclosure. You can make your own with from a cardboard box or a mesh laundry hamper.

* we have no control over the viability of each individual larvae, as nature will take its own course - therefore, we cannot provide replacements or returns. 

*** Due to the nature of these live specimen, we are asking that you do local pickup in NW Calgary (Varsity)