Sold Out for 2024! We look forward to seeing you in 2025 for our butterfly larvae kits

2024 Painted Lady Butterfly Classroom Kit

Prepay by March 28, 2024 for distribution the end of April / beginning of May, 2024.
See the important shipping information below ** to order your Live Painted Lady Butterfly Kit for spring 2024!

Butterflies cannot be shipped with other products for the safety of these little critters.

The Live Painted Lady Butterfly Classroom Kit is the perfect kit for large groups or classrooms to raise butterflies from larvae to butterfly 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 flight cage.
The whole project 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.

**Important SHIPPING information for 2024!

Butterflies cannot be shipped with other products for the safety of these little critters. No exceptions will be permitted. .
Multiple kits can be shipped to one address but must be on the same order..
Please place your butterfly order alone, not with other products. .
If other products are requested on the same order, products will be moved to a separate order with separate shipping fees. Your order may experience delays in this case.
We are unable to ship Live Painted Lady Butterfly Classroom Kits to Newfoundland, the Territories, to remote locations inside Canada or locations outside Canada.
If the estimated ship time for other addresses will be too long, we will let you know but we may not be able to process your order.
Orders picked up in Calgary have no additional ship fees.

Please note: Butterfly Kits are Special Order items. You will receive an email after we receive your request, this will have further instruction and require your confirmation and prepayment.

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.