We got this caterpillar to butterfly kit as a fun way to grow our own butterflies then free them into our garden to help pollinate the plants. In this video I show how to set up the butterfly kit. Then we follow the caterpillars as they turn into chrysalises and then into beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. This kit is from NatureGifts.com and you can reorder more caterpillars whenever you want…except if the weather is under 40 degrees or over 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here are Amazon links to the kit and refills:
Butterfly Kit: https://amzn.to/2TAHlQF
Caterpillars without kit: https://amzn.to/3xnBEUV
that was fabulous tikki. right up my alley. thanks so much 🙂
How cool!! Amazing! Thank You Tikk!!
Good you didn’t record the ‘hanky panky’ , this is a family channel ! Thanx
Great project! I wonder what kind of food was in the container
That was a sweet video, I especially liked the part where you released them into your garden. I've always thought it interesting, from a gardeners point of view, that pesky plant eating caterpillars end up being prolific pollinators.
Awesome.
Very interesting, great for kids. Did not know the process was that fast.
Loved watching this! For many years I would bring in Black Swallowtail caterpillars to raise. (Saved them from predators). I used several large pop-up mesh containers and fed them parsley that I knew didn't have any pesticides used. I would put the parsley in lidded bowls (with a hole cut in lid to poke the parsley stems in) so I could change parsley when needed and the water kept it fresh. Yes, they poop A LOT!!! I placed paper towels on the mesh bottom so I could change it daily. I released the butterflies into the garden after they emerged and were wing-ready.
a month later the butterfly babies ravage her cucumbers