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

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.

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!

Very disappointed way over the amount not enough food or containers most already died..

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.

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 .

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.

Every caterpillar died within days. There is no way to contact seller.