Breeding set "butterflies", compact, 7 pieces

With this butterfly breeding set, you get a real insight into the natural world. Breed these beautiful (painted lady) butterflies from tiny caterpillars with your nursery group or school class. You can watch up close the amazing development of our native painted lady from a caterpillar. This is hardly ever possible in nature – it's a really special and eye-opening experience! The breeding process is simple and children will be enthralled! The set contains everything you need for breeding. Also includes some fabulous accessories!

This butterfly breeding set can be ordered all year round. However, the live caterpillars will only be sent out between March and mid-October. Please note, 2-3 weeks are required for delivery of the caterpillars. Our native caterpillars are shipped from Germany and thus are only in transportation for a short time.

The breeding set contains:

• 5 caterpillars
• Sufficient food
• Breeding container for the caterpillars until they pupate
• Breeding net (diameter 30 cm, height 30 cm) for ideal observation (from cocoon to butterfly)
• Butterfly identification table
• Fantastic stickers
• Detailed instructions, including access to the instruction video
• 12 copy templates (differentiated for nursery and school)
• NEW: 4 interactive exercises for tablet, PC and overhead projector or whiteboard

The teaching materials contain lots of valuable ideas for environmentally friendly, climate-aware behaviour and to educate children about sustainable development. These ideas are flagged with the "We are protecting our earth symbol" and can be quickly identified.

More painted lady caterpillars can be ordered in future, which means this set is reusable for lots of other projects.

How do I order my caterpillars?

1. Just order your desired set by telephone, email, fax, in writing or via our shop. Remember to specify when you want to receive your set.
   
   Note: we always ship the caterpillars at the beginning of the week, otherwise they would be in transportation for an unnecessarily long period over the weekend. Consequently, butterfly deliveries are usually received in the course of the week.
   
   In terms of your planning, please remember: once you have received your caterpillars, it takes about 1-2 weeks for them to pupate. About 1-2 weeks later the butterflies will emerge. At 24°C, the entire development process into a butterfly takes about 3 weeks. If it is cooler, this can take up to 5 weeks.
   
   
2. You will receive the initial information and instructions for your butterflies by email beforehand, so it is essential to provide your email address.
   
   
3. You will receive the accessories (breeding net, detailed instructions, identification tables etc.) along with the caterpillars. Over the coming weeks, you can watch as the caterpillars transform into painted lady butterflies. You can keep the painted ladies for a while in the net included.
   
   

If you would like to give this set as a gift, order our compact butterfly gift set. That way you will receive the complete pack without caterpillars, and these can then be delivered on the requested date.