Clearwater Butterfly Live Painted Lady Butterflies - 33 Live Caterpillars Kit - Live Caterpillars to Butterflies - Classroom/School Kit & Habitat - (Suitable for All Ages)

All my butterflies hatched from their chrysalis’s. About thirty or so. There were about six extra caterpillars included with the package so i as to put two caterpillars per cup in a few cups. Just a few caterpillars died and don’t seem to grow. Some of the chrysalis’s fell from the cup lid into the feed and poop on the bottom. In this case I read on a different website that it is crucial to remove them and place on a dry surface or the chrysalis will die. It is unclear whether or not you should punch some breathing holes in the plastic cups. Since the cups are so tiny and the caterpillars get so big inside them I did pigs few holes in each cup with a needle. It would be good if the instructions clarify this as it took quite a bit of work. It took longer for my caterpillars to turn into chrysalis than ten days. I think this may be because of the cold weather. Low to mid sixties. Bear in mind that you will have to hand scoop food and caterpillar into individual plastic cups as they cup contained all in one cup. All cups are supplied by the company .

I actually received more than 60 caterpillars which I thought was great considering the other reviewers that mentioned receiving far less. The problem is that, even after receiving that many, only 16 survived to the chrysalis stage. Of the 16 chrysalides, 7 turned black and rotted within a couple days. 4 butterflies came out today, 3 of which didn't survive. I don't know if there wasn't enough food perhaps but hardly any of the caterpillars that were put in the small cups survived. Some were left in the large cup that came with the kit and I had better luck with those. I live in San Diego and they were kept in a temperature-controlled environment. I have always had luck with Insect Lore in the past 10 years of teaching the butterfly life cycle, I guess I will have to go back to them. I am a first grade teacher, also growing monarchs and gulf fritillary caterpillars in my classroom for comparison. The other species are thriving. My students are so disappointed!

We ordered these to raise with our kids. We had bad luck with our first batch. Most of them ended up dying. I reached out to the company and they sent me another set by 2 day express ups. They were very nice people too. Even though the first ones died I'd still recommend these butterflies. Like I said it was just a bit of bad luck and their customer service was beyond fantastic. Just dealing with nice, understanding people makes these worth ordering.

None of the tiny cats survived. Appears to be a failure to thrive. Do not recommend purchasing these. I’ve raised these before but something was wrong with this group. No refund or replacement offered.

While I loved the product and the price was fair, my orders were inconsistent. One arrived with more larvae than food to feed them. So we had to find natural food rapidly to feed the extra larvae. The next order arrived short of larvae with an extremely poor rate of maturity, just the opposite situation as our first order, which was great. Still, I would probably give them another shot. They definitely ship with adequate food to raise 33 caterpillars and include the additional supplies and instructions, although we prefer not to use the tiny cups and instead use our existing butterfly cages.

I was very concerned with buying these after reading reviews. I was pleasantly surprised when I received more than the 33 caterpillars ordered. I was able to fill all 36 cups and have give leftover in my large cup. All the kids were super excited and we can’t wait to watch them transform!

Both myself and two other teachers at same school bought from the same seller on Amazon. We all had high rates of caterpillar death and failure to reach maturity; the highest I've had in 25+ years of raising classroom caterpillar-to-butterflies. Only a handful pupated and just 2 made it to hatch as a butterfly out of 33. Perhaps there was a problem in Spring 2023 with the "crop." I will either try a different vendor or go back to the old reliable one next year.

Excellent customer service! Responsive and accommodating. Package arrived promptly. Well cushioned with recyclable packaging. The caterpillars were super active and healthy upon opening. Was a happy surprise to discover an extra 7 (!) cats in the order. So excited to watch the transformation!