Butterfly Kit

Learn & Play Kids is excited to have Canadian Painted Lady Butterfly kits available for pre-purchase.

The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is one of the most widespread butterfly species in the world. They are a migrant (like the Monarch), but travel irregularly, and don`t have a set destination. Although the larvae start off very tiny (the size of a comma), they will grow to around 3 cm (1- 1.5 inches) long in just two weeks. The larvae "pupate," or form a chrysalis, by hanging upside down and shedding their caterpillar skin. The chrysalis stage is when they transform their body into an adult butterfly.

 

Your caterpillar project will take a total of 3-4 weeks.

Kit including 8-10 caterpillars and everything to take care of them excluding flight cage. 

 

Once your caterpillars have formed a chrysalis hanging from the lid, you will need something bigger for them to emerge into (the adults need space). Your flight cage can be a variety of structures, providing it is grippy/rough-textured. Emerging adult butterflies need to crawl around if they fall, and even fully formed adults cannot walk on a smooth surface like glass/plastic. Do not let your butterflies emerge in a container made of anything smooth.

We have reusable professional grade flight cages specifically designed for butterflies.  

 

These kits must be pre-purchased before April 11, 2025.  They will arrive the week of April 28th and must be picked up immediately. We will contact everyone when they arrive with pickup instructions.   Please provide an email and a phone number to help with coordinating pickup.