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2025 Painted Lady Butterfly Classroom Kit

Painted Lady Butterflies will be available for Pick-up ONLY in 2025

Prepay by April 8, 2025 for pick-up the week of May 5, 2025.

We regret that we will not be shipping butterflies in 2025. Feel free to browse our other butterfly-themed items for the 2025 year.

The Live Painted Lady Butterfly Classroom Kit is the perfect kit for large groups or classrooms, or if you are looking to split your kit with a friend. The Classroom Kit includes 25-30 larvae.

Did you know Painted Lady Butterflies are found on every continent except Antarctica and are virtually as widespread as the Cabbage White - and all of this without human assistance? They are common throughout Canada. The upper surface is orange, black and white, with a wingspan of 50 - 60 mm.

Have you ever wondered at the beauty and majesty of a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis? Now you can watch the cycle in your own home. Each Classroom Kit comes with clear instructions, feeding information, nutrient diet, larvae in a caterpillar cup and individual rearing vials to transfer them into. These kits are a wonderful spring project.

The Butterfly Classroom Kit includes:

25-30 larvae in a Caterpillar Cup

Individual rearing vials

Nutrient Diet

Paint brushes for safe handling

Adult Feeding vial

Instructions

Larvae do not come with a flight cage to house adult butterflies. You will need a larger container for your chrysalis to emerge. You can make your own with from a cardboard box or a mesh laundry hamper. Or you can purchase a Butterfly Flight Cage

The whole project takes about a month:

1 - 3 weeks as a caterpillar

About 1 week as a chrysalis

Your butterfly emerges.

Release your butterflies after 5-7 days.

Please note: Butterfly Kits are Special Order items. Prepayment is requred, there are no returns or refunds. You will receive an email after we receive your request with confirmation and further instructions. Caterpillars are live specimens, and survival rates will vary.

Any promotions or promo codes offered by CHER are not applicable to this Special Order Item.

Plant a Butterfly Garden!
Plant a corner of your garden or flowerbed with butterfly-friendly plants and include host plants for all life stages. Don't be discouraged if you don't have much space, butterflies appreciate hanging plants and container gardens too.

Some of the plants you may want to add to your garden to be "butterfly friendly":

Herbs: Sage, Hyssop, Thyme, Dill, Parsley, Chives, Mint

Flowers: Asters, Cosmos, Pansies, Marigolds, Violets, Lilac, Hollyhocks, Lupines, Coneflower, Faillardia, Phlox, Primrose, Sedum, Yarrow, Calendula, Dahlia

Wildflowers: Queen Anne's Lace, Goldenrod, Red or White Clover, Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Dandelion, Asters, Bearberry (Kinnikinik), Gooseberry

Vegetables (left to flower): Carrots, Broccoli, Kale, Cabbage.

"We received our butterfly larvae yesterday. The kids are so excited!" MB AB