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- Use Butterfly kits for an insect lesson plan! 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 for hands-on
insect lesson plans! Caterpillars take approximately 3 weeks
to develop into butterflies.See the KID
SCIENCE PROJECT 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.
5 Painted Lady Butterfly Caterpillars (in 1 cup) with food and easy instructions.
1 foot tall net cage with easy access zipper. Hang or set on a table. Collapses for storage.
Get LIVE caterpillars NOW if you are ready for them OR, get a FREE certificate to mail in for caterpillars later.
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, sugar, eye dropper, net cage, easy instructions, coloring page, and caterpillars.
Guaranteed! We guarantee 3 caterpillars to become happy adult butterflies.
You can release them outside after observing them if it’s over 50 degrees.
Please do not order if below 40 degrees or above 90 degrees. Our live arrival guaranty will be void if ordered during these temperatures.
$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)
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 Cage
This reusable Butterfly Cage 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.
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 Sold Out
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.
The Question: Does cold
or warm temperatures affect how a caterpillar grows?
Experiment 1:
Record the date your
caterpillars arrive.
Place 3 cups with caterpillars
and food in them in a warm area of the room, like a high shelf.
Place 3 other cups with
caterpillars and food in them in a cooler place in the room, like near the
floor.
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.
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:
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.
Find a short jar with a wide bottom (easy to reach into) and line the bottom with a moist paper towel.
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.
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.
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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