Insect Lore Refill Cup of Caterpillars Basic | 5 Live Caterpillars

Purchased these for use in my self-contained classroom. They arrived all alive and thriving on eating their 'brown mush' as my students called it! All 5 made it into cocoons and transformed into butterflies! I was surprised as I assumed we may lose one or two! The instructions were clear and helpful, and I already had a little butterfly mesh 'home' for them to be placed in. As you lift the lid to transfer the cocoon's, you do have to be careful not to let any of them fall. Overall, I was very impressed and will be purchasing again!

My grandkid is 4½, and this is the third year we've bought caterpillars. We had 5 healthy bugs, and one (bonus) "slow-poke". All 6 made cocoons. 5 butterflies emerged, and we were a bit concerned about the runt, needing to explain that it might not be alive any more. After we released the first 5, about a half week later #6 emerged and flew away to join its siblings! Very happy with our results - beyond expectations!

We order these every year for our classroom and home. This is round 2 of caterpillars. The first ones came already in the chrysalis. This order lived a few days and they all died.. Im assuming. Both cups. They grew less than a centimeter (total) and haven't moved in 5 days.

We weren't sure at first, when only I've of them was slightly moving when we got it. Soon enough all 5 were moving around quite a bit. I thought all that food at the bottom was overkill, but these things at a ton of it and it seemed they doubled in size every day My kids from 5 to 16 loved watching their progress. We released them in our front yard and had all the neighbor kids enamored It was a blast learning as a family. I'd definitely do it again!

Came faster than expected. All the caterpillars made it into their cocoon and so far one butterfly has come out. I do this every year with my preschool class and sometimes we get a few that don't make it but I purchased 4 cups, 20 total, and so far, so good!!

The purchase indicated 10 caterpillars, but there were only 7 that seemed to survive and turn into butterflies. It was enjoyable to watch, but a bit disappointing that we did not have 10 develop to maturity to let free.

One of my cups only contained 4 caterpillars. I reached out to insect lore and they have not responded at all. Next time I will likely buy from another retailer. I will say all 9 became butterflies, but it was pretty disappointing to be missing one and then to not be replied to is poor customer service.

The caterpillars did great and all turned into live butterflies! I could not remove the paper from the lid with the chrysalises. There was no way to peel it off. I had to keep them attached to the lid.