--- product_id: 47894368 title: "Butterfly Garden with Redemption Voucher" brand: "insect lore" price: "£37.68" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/47894368-butterfly-garden-with-redemption-voucher store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # 30cm reusable habitat with clear mesh STEM.org Authenticated educational kit 3-5 week metamorphosis cycle Butterfly Garden with Redemption Voucher **Brand:** insect lore **Price:** £37.68 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🦋 Transform curiosity into wonder with your personal butterfly garden! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Butterfly Garden with Redemption Voucher by insect lore - **How much does it cost?** £37.68 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/47894368-butterfly-garden-with-redemption-voucher) ## Best For - insect lore enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted insect lore brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Complete Care Kit:** Includes feeding pipette, colorful guide, and voucher for live caterpillars delivered to your door. - • **Seasonal Surprise:** Order caterpillars March–September or pre-order out of season to never miss the cycle. - • **STEM-Approved Wonder:** Cultivate curiosity with a kit authenticated by STEM.org for real-world science learning. - • **Compact & Clear Habitat:** 30cm tall, fold-flat mesh enclosure offers up-close butterfly viewing and easy storage. - • **Witness Nature’s Magic:** Raise and release your own Painted Lady butterflies in just weeks. ## Overview The Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is a reusable, STEM-authenticated educational kit that lets children and families raise Painted Lady butterflies from caterpillars to adults in 3-5 weeks. Featuring a 30cm clear mesh habitat, a feeding pipette, and a voucher to redeem live caterpillars (available March to mid-September), this kit offers a hands-on, eco-friendly learning experience that blends science, nature, and fun. ## Description This educational kit gives children, students and families an unforgettable opportunity to watch caterpillars change into chrysalides and then emerge as beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. Raise and feed your very own butterflies and then release them into the wild. Butterflies are excellent pollinators; when you set them free, your butterflies will go on to help the environment! Ages 4+ Once your kit arrives, redeem the unique code on the included voucher and Insect Lore will send your cup of 3-5 baby caterpillars with food to the address given, for a small fee for p&p. The cycle takes between three and five weeks to complete depending on the time of year, so please plan around any upcoming holidays you may have when you are choosing a dispatch date. Caterpillars are available for delivery between March and mid-September, you can order kits with vouchers out of season. ## Features - Raise and release your very own butterflies! Claim your Cup of Caterpillars with Food using the enclosed VOUCHER, for a small fee. A feeding pipette and colourful instruction guide containing all you need to know are also included. - Insect Lore’s Butterfly Garden will bring a sense of wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. The Butterfly Garden is STEM.org Authenticated and can help cultivate an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). - Please allow between 3 and 5 weeks for the cycle to complete, plan around your holidays, school terms etc. (Cycle varies throughout the year) Caterpillars are available from March to mid-September only, however you can pre-order out of season. - The Butterfly Garden Habitat at 30cm tall is reusable, cylindrical, and features super clear mesh, perfect for up-close butterfly viewing and folds flat for easy storage. Refill Caterpillars can be purchased separately, from March to mid-September. - Upon voucher redemption, Insect Lore will dispatch on your requested date, directly to the address provided. Your Cup of Caterpillars and Food will arrive with a Chrysalis Station and sachet of sugar. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Age Range Description | Ages 4+ | | Asin | B00000ISC5 | | Best Sellers Rank | 851 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) 12 in Educational Science Kits | | Brand Name | Insect Lore | | Country Of Origin | China | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (23,395) 4.6 out of 5 stars | | Educational Objective | Exploratory Skill or Concept Development Skill | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00349361023748, 00735569010107 | | Included Components | Habitat, Voucher, Instructions, Pipette | | Is Assembly Required | No | | Item Dimensions | 25.4 x 25.4 x 30.5 centimetres | | Item Type Name | Educational Kit | | Item Weight | 0.06 Pounds | | Language | English, English | | Manufacturer | Insect Lore | | Manufacturer Part Number | 1010 | | Manufacturer Recommended Age | 4 - 12 years | | Manufacturer Warranty Description | 1 Year Warranty | | Material Type | Fabric | | Model Number | 1010 | | Number Of Items | 1 | | Set Name | Butterfly Growing Kit | | Size | 11.5 Inch | | Subject | Learning_and_Exploration, Outdoor, Outdoor Games, Science, Environmental Science Kits, sarah, | | Theme | Wildlife, Insects, STEM | | Unit Count | 1 Volume | | Upc | 735569010107 | ## Product Details - **Age range (description):** Ages 4+ - **Brand:** Insect Lore - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 25.4 x 25.4 x 30.5 centimetres - **Size:** 11.5 Inch - **Theme:** Wildlife, Insects, STEM ## Images ![Butterfly Garden with Redemption Voucher - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GwPkEV3IL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Pattern Name** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Can i purchase the caterpillars with the kit?** A: The box is sent with a voucher, when you have the equipment set up and the temperature is suitable you go online, type in your voucher number and select a delivery date. The price of the insect lore set includes 5 caterpillars put not the postage to send them, it is not much though. **Q: Can you still do these now? How late into the year are they valid?** A: Caterpillars are sent out between the months of March - September. The certificate is valid indefinitely. Kind regards. So Gifted **Q: Did anyone else's caterpillars change at different times?** A: Ours went into crystallis' over a 5 day period. **Q: I want to release live butterflies in approx 3 weeks - is this doable with this kit? what kind of butterfies do I get after redeeming voucher ?** A: It took 3weeks from when we received the caterpillars but you buy the kit, wait for delivery, then order the caterpillars with the voucher you receive which took another week at least. But it worked really well and we had 5 beautiful painted lady butterflies to release. Jenny ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 27 August 2026* Bought as a present for a nine year old and well received. Not used yet so hopefully will be successful. A great learning resource and as refill caterpillar eggs can be bought afterwards too, hopefully it will be used more than once. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ONGOING REVIEW, will update *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 18 July 2013* I purchased this item with trepidation after reading the reviews that the code would not work in the UK and that caterpillars could not be redeemed with a USA code if you were sent the wrong box.My daughter saved her pocket money for this after doing it at school, so we went ahead and purchased it. It arrived this morning. The leaflet inside has a special code that you enter either by post (with £2.99 to cover the shipping of the caterpillar larvae) or you can also enter it online and pay via paypal, which I did. It was VERY quick and easy, I can only assume that some people have been very unfortunate and have received USA stock by mistake, or that the newer stock is all UK butterfly garden boxes.Anyway, I have paid the fee and eagerly await the caterpillars being despatched. You can only pick from a limited list of delivery dates so be prepared to wait at least a week or more for your caterpillars to arrive. ALSO - if you want to do this, eggs are ONLY AVAILABLE in the spring and summer months so be sure you order this item at the right time otherwise it will be useless until the next butterfly season!The box only contains the butterfly net/house, a feeding pipette, and instruction booklet, as well as your unique code to redeem the caterpillars.THIS IS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR! I cannot understand the bad reviews from those intellectually challenged people who seem to think LIVE animals can be kept indefinitely on a shelf until they are sold. Caterpillars life cycle takes about 5 weeks so they would be dead and gone before the kits were sold! Of course they charge a handling fee to get you fresh larvae sent out. If people cant comprehend this basic fact, maybe they don't have the requisite intelligence to be explaining life cycles to a child. Don't be disappointed to find NO LIVE INSECTS in your kit! Sheeeesh! (eye roll)....I will update this reviews when the larvae arrive!27/07/13 - caterpillars arrived today. They are about 1cm long, black and hairy, and are in a small clear plastic cup with a lid and a cardboard sleeve that can be rotated around the cup to view the caterpillars. Already there are some silk like threads being spun at the bottom of the cup. Four of the caterpillars are very active and can clearly be seen crawling about and eating the thick jelly stuff at the bottom of the cup. The fifth caterpillar is alive but quite inactive and has not moved much. Some have even ventured to the underside of the cup lid.31/07/13 - all five caterpillars are still alive, though the slow/inert one is still lying at the bottom of the cup not having moved much. They have more than trebled in size since they arrived, the largest one is now about 2.5 - 3cm long. The inside of the cup looks a bit gross now with all the caterpillar waste product (frass) and shed skins. since last night alone they are noticeably fatter; it's amazing just how fast they grow, there can be a marked difference between day and night. In this warmer weather the process is, according to the booklet, much faster. I'm expecting the chrysalis's to start forming over the next few days. At this point I'm hoping for 5 successful butterflies!02/08/13 - 4 of the caterpillars are now hanging from the lid of the cup, one seems to be a bit more ahead of the others as it has already formed somewhat of a thick cocoon over itself, the others just look like they are hanging there. The fifth caterpillar is making its way to the top of the cup. I hope they all form cocoons at the same time as I don't know what to do if some have not and some have, as the instructions say you should not open the lid until all are hanging from the top (you can introduce bacteria etc into their environment otherwise). Exciting!05/08/13 - All five caterpillars made it into the cocoon stage, but one was hanging not from the lid but from another cocoon. We opened the lid as per instructions and cleaned away the silk strands and debris (this apparently can cause the butterflies to become entangled and have deformed wings if you don't do this). The cocoon that was hanging from another cocoon, we have detached and laid on a paper towel at the bottom of the enclosure. The instructions say this is okay and it should still hatch out. We are now to wait for the cocoons to turn a very dark colour, and the butterflies are suppose to hatch the same day! This stage was quite yucky if I'm honest and may gross out a sensitive child, as there were 'bits' of old caterpillar skin and what looks like blood (its just 'meconium' according the booklet!). We now wait expectantly for our butterflies!It is interesting to note that the cocoons were shaking quite violently on their own as we were doing this, apparently this is a defence mechanism! Very strange to see.12/08/13 - First butterfly hatched out yesterday morning. We missed the actual event but it was sitting at the bottom of the enclosure. Have put fresh cut oranges and peaches in the net, as well as some fresh flowers sprayed with 'nectar' (sugar water) as per instructions. The second butterfly hatched this afternoon, and a third looks like it is about to emerge. We have taken lots of pictures. Two down, three to go!13/08/13 - Two hatched out yesterday afternoon after writing my update. We actually caught the second one on video emerging from its cocoon - you have to be fast because once it starts, it's out in about 5 seconds, it is not the slow process you might imagine! We were very lucky to catch it. A fair amount of red 'blood' drips from their back ends once emerged, so put your habitat on some newspaper.This morning we released all four butterflies as the fifth one was not hatched yet. We got some lovely pictures - they are happy to sit on your fingers etc as you place them on the plants. My daughter was a bit teary for a while but after explaining that her new friends needed to be free to see the world etc and that they would come back and visit her if they could, she felt a bit better. The fifth butterfly hatched in the last two hours, so he will be released this afternoon, as I feel they should not be kept in the net any longer then necessary.In summary this has been an amazing experience for both adult and child. The whole process from receiving larvae to releasing the butterflies took 17 days. I highly recommend this item, we are already thinking about doing it again next summer! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get close to nature with this utterly wonderful experience *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 31 July 2008* Absolutely superb present for the kids that amazes them and provides daily interest as they watch the tiny caterpillars transform into butterflies over a few weeks.The kit contains a colourful pop-up enclosure with a feeding pipette and a coded voucher to redeem for a couple of quid for 4 or 5 tiny caterpillars. They can't put live caterpillars in the box of course. The voucher must either be sent by post or the code used on the Insect Lore website. I went for the web option used PayPal and effortlessly received the caterpillars within 2 days. You are sent a small clear plastic jar with half a cm of some kind of fatty substance at the bottom. The caterpillars remain in the jar (it has tiny air holes) eating away at the fatty food and growing at an incredible pace into large, black hairy ones. No additional feeding is necessary whilst in the jar and the lid must remain tight until they form chrysalises and hang from the paper that is on the underside of the sealed lid. Then, the paper from which they all dangle must be carefully removed with them attached and pinned into the enclosure and left undisturbed until they hatch into butterflies. Place in some flowers from the garden and a bit of orange, banana or other fruit, drip some sugar water via the pipette and they'll be very happy indeed. Three days later, release into the outside provided the weather is warm.The kids were fascinated by the whole process, ran downstairs in the mornings to see the progress and took delight in observing nature so closely. I totally recommend this for any kids say aged 4+. You'll be happy to see the pleasure they get from it and somewhat chuffed as a parent (or relative) to have bought something unusual and educational.And don't worry if the caterpillars hardly move or even stay completely still for some time - that's normal. They probably need all the rest they can get - as butterflies they will cover over 3,000 miles in the 5 weeks they live! ## Frequently Bought Together - Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Kit, Painted Lady Butterfly Kit with Voucher for Live Caterpillars, Butterfly Habitat, STEM Journal & More - How Does a Caterpillar Change?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) - Insect Lore 2 Cups of Caterpillars Basic | 10 Live Baby Painted Lady Caterpillars | Refill for Habitat Kit | Caterpillars and Food Included --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/47894368-butterfly-garden-with-redemption-voucher](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/47894368-butterfly-garden-with-redemption-voucher) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-09-17*