Insect Lore Butterfly Garden (Packaging May Vary)


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Dimensions: 33.02 x 33.02 x 7.62 cm; 340.19 Grams
Model: 10416
Material: Fabric
Colour: Green
Pack Quantity: 4
Batteries Required: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 4 – 12 years
Assembly: No
Colour: Green
Dimensions: 33.02 x 33.02 x 7.62 cm; 340.19 Grams
Material: Fabric
Quantity: 4

159 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Great for the whole family
    We have had these before during COVID lockdown and my son asked for them again for his birthday. Caterpillars arrived as per video and they are growing fast. Comes with butterfly net and all the instructions to house healthy caterpillars and butterflies. We now also have a stick insect net. Great for seeing the life cycle of these insects and how to care for them

  2. Suzannah says:

     United Kingdom

    Grea
    She’s well happy. They come with the voucher to get the caterpillars.
    There are people who will think you have caterpillars in the box itching to get out and turn into butterflies. This is not the case. You need to order them. You just pay about 2.50 for the postage.
    The online ordering is actually more complicated than it needs to be but eventually got there. Worth doing though.
    The caterpillars are on order and will get here in march. So you only have between march and sept to get your caterpillars. They don’t like the winter!

  3. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Fantastic!
    This is a wonderful little set and a special experience for kids to enjoy with the family, watching caterpillars grow into butterflies. I bought one for my daughter and her friend and they really enjoyed watching their caterpillars together and had a special release day when they were ready. Great value for money and great balance of fun and learning.

  4. WilfordUJXD says:

     United Kingdom

    Grea
    Perfect for a gift. My son was gifted one at Christmas and we waited until the right time to use the voucher provided to get the catipillers.
    It was facinating for kids and adults to watch the grow, develop, make their cocoon and become butterflies.

  5. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Excellent experience
    We done this over the summer, kids were engrossed with the process and we got the most beautiful butterflies to release when the time came. Highly recommend for the memories and photos alone, butterflies flew onto my kids faces for some amazing photos. Don’t consider it, do it!

  6. Nick Hastings says:

     United Kingdom

    Best present eve
    I bought this as a gift and then wanted to have a go myself so I could release the butterflies in memory of my mum. It was really interesting seeing these tiny caterpillars become butterflies and I would recommend for any age

  7. CharmaiDuong says:

     United Kingdom

    Son is very pleased!
    I advise everyone, it is very interesting to watch how the caterpillars turn into butterflies before our eyes! The only thing, in my opinion, is not convenient that the caterpillars need to be ordered separately with a voucher.

  8. noreply@blogger.com Noelle says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 3 From Our UsersGreat gif
    Brought for my daughter. Caterpillars arrived quickly, as you have to order these separately. All hatched and was wonderful to see the process of change they go through. Great for learning. And when they became butterflies we set them free. Several sat on my daughters hand for a while before flying away. Made her day

  9. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersGood project to do with kids
    Good however caterpillars are not included you have to use a voucher to order them. Separately and pay 3.99 pp bit they come with everything you need and very well packaged all 5 was alive on arrival Nd all 5 butterflies came out alive are we released them to the wild.

  10. uucpmwfqeb says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersExcelle
    I would definitely do this again I’ve learnt so much about butterflies not to mention how pretty it is to watch them from larvae to butterflies.they are stunning insects it didn’t take too long probably because it’s warmer I’ve loved being able to watch them grow.it’s easier than I thought.

  11. RonLangton says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 11 From Our UsersAmazing
    This was an absolutely amazing journey. From tiny little catapillars to beautiful butterflys..we did have 1 that died in its chrysalis and 1 that badly injured itself emerging from its chrysalis but its also taught my children to care for injured butterflys as well as setting healthy ones free..looking after the injured one who couldn’t walk right and couldn’t fly was a wild ride. We adored it and named it wonky. Giving the butterfly what it needed to feel comfortable and happy enough even through disability..

    Thank you for the experience definitely would recommend to anyone who adores wildlife

  12. BennyMaccallum says:

     United Kingdom

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersAmazing nature in your own home
    We’ve had 2 of these now and will buy a third this year for sure although after buying the first pack we just bought new catapillars and not the whole pack. Our 5 year old loves watching the catapillars eat and grow in size until they turn into cocoons and then wait until the emerge as butterfly’s. To see the joy and intrigue on his face is priceless, once we release the butterfly’s every time we see a butterfly we tell him that it was one of his even if we are 100 miles away and 7 months later! He loves that “his” butterfly’s come back to see him and that they are still friends. To watch him say “hi mate” and talk to them brings us happiness so this is good not only for children and their parents but also for the butterfly’s. I hope it brings happiness to you too.

  13. TrevorGopinko says:

     United Kingdom

    Fantastic for teaching children about nature
    This is fantastic for both home or school use. I bought this about 4 years ago and the net is still perfect.
    It comes with a voucher for you to buy live caterpillars on insectlore. They come in a little jar with food.
    Children love to look and see how the caterpillar grows, builds a cocoon and then emerges as a butterfly.
    It’s great for teaching children about the life cycle of the butterfly and learning about nature.
    I keep the net and each year just buy a new set of caterpillars for my class to observe.

  14. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    AMAZING!!!!!!
    Buy one every year . I’m 34 and still in awe. Kids love i

  15. UgojaIngraham says:

     United Kingdom

    Fantastic
    My daughter and I found an elephant moth caterpillar, we wanted to keep it and see what it would turn into. We kept it in here for a while but ended up releasing it onto the trees as we felt mean. But it’s a great and useful thing to have. I need to order some of the caterpillars soon to go inside. The net is great how it folds back up ever so small so then it doesn’t take up so much room. I love how it has Velcro on the top handle so you can attach it pretty much anywhere

  16. JaneenKimbell says:

     United Kingdom

    Perfec
    Great gift with a difference and every year you only need to purchase more caterpillars and start again!

  17. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Absolutely brillia
    Brilliant product I would definately recommend and instructions are easy to follow.

  18. MaryanneViera says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Really good family fun to watch these little caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies.
    Really good family fun to watch these little caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies.

  19. NellySksqvdkpj says:

     United Kingdom

    Quick delivery, makes a great prese
    loved the speed of delivery and great for a prese

  20. DamarisParrott says:

     United Kingdom

    Brilliant!
    This is brilliant! I think I had more fun than kids! All of our butterflies hatched and stuck around to land on kids hands. It comes with a voucher so you can get them when your ready so great as a present.

  21. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Grea
    I think I enjoyed this far more then my son did

  22. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Good fu
    My son loved this, he was watching every day for changes. The butterflies were beautiful And the release of the butterflies was awesome

  23. About JAMie Rauscher says:

     United Kingdom

    Perfect when living in a pandemic
    We had such a good time learning about butterflies this summer. With all activities closed, I decided to invest in this plus also purchased the caterpillars using a voucher. My girls absolutely adored them – and kept checking on the cocoons daily. When we released the butterflies one of them landed on a piece of orange that my daughter was holding – it was magical!

  24. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Just adult caterpillars
    Everytime I think about this product I get butterflies in my stomach. Not sure I should have even the csterpillars

  25. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Great concep
    Kids loved the idea… But we never got round to buying the butterflies.. (pupa)… So we’re ready to go… If there are any pupa out there in need of a home we’re your peeps….

  26. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    They grow up so fas
    I bought this butterfly pack to help educate my child on the butterfly process. However, what we got was so much more!

    Upon receipt of the pack we embarked on our journey, then with everything set up, we placed our order for the 5 little creatures.

    They arrived soon enough and were so small and delicate, they didn’t do anything at first but after a day or two they were crawling round the tub causing havoc, never did I think I’d be parenting caterpillars. But their precious little baby stage didn’t last long at all.

    After just 10 days they were in their chrysalis looking to become grown ups themselves. We monitored and cared for them during this vital stage of their little lives.

    Soon enough they started emerging, this moment was sensational and we knew at this point we had succeeded in bringing these beautiful creatures to the world, we feed them over the next 3 days, taking it in turns to ensure they grew big and strong.

    After just a few days they were itching to get out there and take on the big wide world, as we released them they very sheepishly came to the top of their cage and slowly made the big brave leap into the big world.

    It was one some flap for them, one giant flap for butterfly kind

  27. noreply@blogger.com Aimee says:

     United Kingdom

    Absolutely brillia
    Well worth the money, we bought this for my daughter but in the end the whole family were amazed by it!
    When you get it and use your caterpillar voucher there is a bit of an extra wait until they turn up as they might be out of season but that’s to be expected.
    Highly recommend this produc

  28. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Wonderful bought as a gif
    Bought as a gift for my 93 Yr old father, he loved it as he’s housebound he was able to watch butterflies hatch from caterpillars to release

  29. JacksonArchdall says:

     United Kingdom

    Great produc
    My little girls had the best time watching the caterpillars growing into butterflies. Best activity for little ones. Will definitely do it agai

  30. SMWAlexand says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Perfec
    Arrived quickly, all caterpillars hatched. No problems
    My boy loved it and made the perfect birthday present present him, Definitely ordering some more.

  31. LinetteKav says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Loved i
    We had 5 set 4 free as was flying around net 1 is still in cacoon so left to hopefully set free by wkend.

  32. SherrillRodrigu says:

     United Kingdom

    Butterfly garde
    ****Be aware you have to send off for the catapillars in an allocated time frame (during certain months of a butterflys life cycle)**** to avoid dissapointment.

    Food and instructions are provided for when you transfer the chrysalis to the butterfly garden/net.
    my 5&6yr old enjoyed watching them emerge and releasing them.

  33. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Great experience
    This is a great kit to admire the transformation of butterflies. The kit is a bit on the pricey side, considering the extra 2.99 for the caterpillars tub but well worth it. It all went smoothly apart from the huge amount of frass and silk produced by the caterpillars that will make it hard to see them properly after the about 2-3 days. Most caterpillars pupated at the bottom of the tub, the space is so little that no wonder they did not chose the lid! After about a week the butterflies have all emerged, beautiful and healthy.
    Great kit to start and easy instructions, highly recommended for both kids and adults

  34. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Brilliant learning for childre
    Bought this for my Grandchildren, I have purchased one previously to this one. When you receive the kit you have to send off for your caterpillars, then you just let them grow, slowly they turn to chrysalis and then you move them into the net and wait around a week for the beautiful butterflies to emerge.

  35. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    A fascinating gift with a difference
    We had 2 of these, one a gift from someone else, but they were both for a 4 year old. We redeemed the vouchers for the caterpillars a couple of weeks apart so the first lot would have fled by the time the 2nd lot were ready. They fascinated us all from 4 to 74 years of age. It’s very important to just let the caterpillars get on with what they do. They (the tub they’re in) shouldn’t be handled especially when they start to go to chrysalis stage except to put the lid in the net container. Then you just wait until they become butterflies, not that long really. We’ll do it again in about 5 years when our new grandchild due early 2022 is old enough to appreciate it. Instructions come with the box and there is a web site if you need it.

  36. SuzannaSCW says:

     United Kingdom

    Highly recommend, 5 beautiful butterflies emerged
    We thoroughly enjoyed watching these beautiful butterflies develop. The instructions were easy to follow and I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase another tub of caterpillars since we can reuse the mesh “garden.” My daughter and I learned a great deal from the helpful booklet and watching our 5 little friends grow. All 5 seemed to grow healthily and had no problem flying away

  37. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Lovely gif
    My grandson loves and is waiting for his first butterfly.

  38. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Fantastic treat for kids ‘and’ adults!
    We got four butterflies out of five caterpillars. It was mesmerising to watch the transformation.
    Fast delivery and clear instructions. I worried it wasn’t kind to keep the butterflies but as soon as they’re fed and ready, we set them free into our garden and watched them happily fly around the flowers. I’ll be buying this again for my niece.

  39. Alan Holden says:

     United Kingdom

    Absolutely wonderful! I highly recommend.
    Bought this for my nature loving grandson’s 6th birthday in May. It’s just amazing. My daughter sent off the voucher for the caterpillers straight away and they were delivered within 48 hours of her chosen dispatch date. 5 arrived and 4 survived to become butterflies. My grandson found it great fun and fascinating to watch them grow, turn into chrysalises and then watch them hatch out. When he released them he was able to hold them and they fluttered about and sat on him before flying off. This would make an unusual and wonderful gift for any age. Highly recommend.

  40. Jeff Bartlett says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Excelle
    Bought for 9yr old granddaughter. They do take a few days ro arrive so check when you order. Clear instructions, good product. My granddaughter loved nurturing while watching them grow and emerge. Would definitely reccomend and purchase again for other grandchildren.

  41. MirroredIllusions says:

     United Kingdom

    Butterflys!
    This is a lovely product which my girls were fascinated by, unfortunately it was too cold to let them out as we ordered as soon as they were available beginning of march i think, and the cats kept knocking it over. keep well away from cats they are fascinated by it – they must be able to hear them moving i think

  42. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Caterpillars to Butterflies
    Amazing product which has easy to follow instructions. We are on our third set of Caterpillars now and it is just fascinating to see them change to the most wonderful Butterflies.

  43. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    Lovely experience for kids
    My daughter was going about caterpillars and butterflies at school and I saw this and thought it would be nice. While I now think caterpillars are abit creepy they are absolutely fascinating and the kids had a great time watching them grow and then releasing them at the end, would 100% recommend.

  44. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Grea
    Ordered this for my Grandaughters birthday when it arrived I ordered the caterpillar, s you can choose a date for postage they arrived the day after posting, tiny little creatures I have handed them over today so can’t wait to see the butterflies

  45. DarylBraxton says:

     United Kingdom

    Amazing kit, children learned so much and loved them
    The caterpillars grew quickly and formed chrysalis easily. We were very nervous transferring them to the habitat and worried after Agee days that they had died!! Then suddenly 2 beautiful butterflies emerged followed by 3 more. Fantastic! The children loved the experience, and we released them onto a butterfly garden we created. They loved landing on the lavender flowers . So good

  46. Bryce Elder says:

     United Kingdom

    Superb
    Bought this along with the life cycle of a butterfly for my 5year old granddaughter who was learning about it in school.
    She was delighted with it.

  47. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Beautiful butterflies
    My daughter received this as a birthday present, I ordered the caterpillars which came within 3 days, was fascinating to watch these tiny caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies.
    My daughter took photographic evidence every day and the final stage was letting them go which was great to watch.
    Ended up buying for friends birthdays, great idea!

  48. KateFiorini says:

     United Kingdom

    Love this
    I bought this for my 3 year old granddaughter. She loves butterflies and bugs and has watched them grow from teeny caterpillars into the cocoons they’re in at the moment. We received 5 tiny caterpillars and they all grew really quickly into big chubby ones. It’s really interesting to watch and I’m sure we will be ordering more when these have been released

  49. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Magical
    Was recommended by a friend and turns out the same make my sons creche used
    Had so much fun watching the evolution of the butterflies
    Delivered to Ireland no problem and all 5 turned to butterflies. My son loved i

  50. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Amazing x
    This was absolutely amazing I have children all different ages 4 11 and 13 and they were all really engaged with the activity every morning they would wake up excited to see how big they grown it is amazing how quick they grow would highly recommend xx

  51. Simon says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Sunny
    Kids love this present.They have a lot of exciting when Caterpillar changing to cocoon and hatchet.

  52. NathanielDavila says:

     United Kingdom

    Kids love this!
    This is brilliant. Will defiantly use again next year. The kids loved it. Great to show them the whole process. Easy to clean and away for next year.

  53. Krystle28H says:

     United Kingdom

    Educational and Exciting
    Bought this for my granddaughter’s 4th birthday and she was so excited when she opened it, as they had one at her nursery and had been learning all about butterflies.
    Her caterpillars have arrived and are busy growing. Nell watches them every day and is fascinated, to the point where mum and dad are going to get more! Definitely a great present choice.

  54. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    A rewarding purchase!
    This was a birthday request for our 7 yr old granddaughter and she absolutely loved watching all the stages in the metamorphosis! All 5 caterpillars survived and emerged as butterflies. Watching them, as they ‘charged up’ in warmth outside and eating before the top was opened itself was brilliant. Seeing them fly away was too – one flew to some cherry blossom on the lawn, sucked up nectar, then flew off!

  55. ChuBEMvitgtrqok says:

     United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    Beautiful Butterfly
    My 5 year old son absolutely loved watching these grow from Caterpillar to pupae and finally into butterfly’s! Absolutely fantastic idea to see children learn to care for animals at such a young age

  56. AnthonyAshbolt says:

     United Kingdom

    No caterpillars
    4 stars as the caterpillars have to be ordered after getting this and it’s a joykill for a 4 year old.
    They are not arriving till after the beginning of May.
    I ordered it for a friend’s daughter and had to them order the caterpillars separately.
    Just be aware and you won’t be disappointed.

  57. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    All butterflies emerged.
    This is an excellent gift for someone who loves nature. Doesn’t have to be a child either lol. It’s fascinating to see process. My grandson was delighted with it and will be releasing the butterflies today or tomorrow depending on the weather. Personally, I can’t wait to see them gain their freedom. I would recommend anyone to buy such a fascinating gift.

  58. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    amazing learning experience
    Every was perfect the instructions the service my kids are learning and want to learn more about nature thanks to Insect Lore. As a parent you have to be very patient with kids and ask them to breathe and be gentle with the little ones, it is an amazing learning experience

  59. MelbaChase says:

     United Kingdom

    Amazing
    We love this! Myself and my children are fascinated watching the caterpillars change, it’s just amazing! The caterpillars aren’t in the box you get a voucher in to order them, yiu do have to pay postage on them think it was 2.99 but very easy process and they soon came!