caterpillars (a live butterfly culture) will arrive in a clear plastic cup with all of the nutritious food they need. A signature will always be required, so please ensure that someone is available to sign for your parcel.

The Butterfly Garden includes a 30cm hanging / free-standing mesh garden, a VOUCHER for 5 Painted Lady caterpillars and food, pipette for feeding and full instructions. Our butterfly breeding kits are perfect for all ages and make great gifts for children and nature lovers. The child gets the opportunity to raise and feed their very own butterflies that they can then release into the wild! You will receive a voucher which you can redeem for your first set of caterpillars online (see details in product description below). This would disturb the caterpillar development and might enable infectional contamination destroying the caterpillars.Grow your own butterflies and witness their amazing life cycle close-up with the Caterpillar to Butterfly Kit. The UK is home to over 59 species of butterfly, ranging from the common Small White to the rare Large Blue.

The caterpillars are usually available from the 15th of March to 15th September (exact dates are dependent on weather). They are found in suburban, agricultural, swamp, bog, marsh, tundra, desert, meadow, forest, rainforest and mountain environments. WWB has devised the PUPAE NEST, which is the most successful way of keeping pupae moist, safe and able to be examined whenever required. e. given as a gift and then the voucher can be redeemed for caterpillars to be delivered anytime between March and September – caterpillars have finished for this year – available again in March 2024. The Chinese Oak Silkmoth Antheraea pernyi has become week and inbred in captivity, but now we have wild silk cocoons direct from China.The recipient will have the flexibility to start raising butterflies when they are ready, as this kit comes with a caterpillar voucher to redeem. Weather Requirement: Daytime temperatures should be 55+ degrees Fahrenheit when you release your butterflies. The caterpillars will remain inside the cup where they will eat, spin silk and grow to TEN times their original size.

To navigate the site, you can use the bar at the top of the page (desktop), or the navigation menu (mobile/tablet) indicated by 3 horizontal lines at the top left of the page. With our Butterfly Breeding Kit, you can observe the caterpillars up close and learn about their development from caterpillar, to pupa, and finally to adult butterfly. Information on the distribution, food plants and life cycle of each species illustrated is included. Love it and love the fact the live caterpillars came with it unlike others we have to mail off and can only get during certain times of the year this comes with everything you need!Butterfly wings are formed by layers of "chitin", the protein that makes up an insect's exoskeleton. Smaller items are usually shipped using Royal Mail or Interlink, and larger items are sent usingTNT or Tuffnells. Immerse yourself in the educational and entertaining experience of watching caterpillars grow and transform into stunning butterflies. Clear colour illustrations and text by experts in the subject make these valuable resources for all age groups.

This is a wonderful way to mark an event, birthday, anniversary or show appreciation to friends or family, or to encourage a budding interest, even to start a new one. The caterpillars from the breed Insectlore become beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies which are native to the UK.

The children learn about the metamorphosis of the Painted Lady butterflies by raising butterfly caterpillars. Pyjama Cages are practical in use and one of the most important features is that, a used cage can be renovated to almost new state in only a few minutes. If a month or period is shown, and we are at that time, unless the availability is NOW, we must wait until the species is ready to be sent out.