Very cool
I bought one of these for my 4 year old God-daughter and one for my 14 year old daughter. They both loved them. A very creative gift.

Educational product well worth the money!
This product is great! My kids and I look forward to seeing the catepillars grow everyday. You get everything that you need to raise catepillars to adult butterflies. I would recommend getting this one over the one that is sold on TV. The one on tv only comes with 1 container of catepillars, this one comes with 2 and the pavillion is bigger. This product is a wonderful educational opportunity for children & adults.

Butterfly garden
This container for hatching butterflies looks great, but haven't used it yet since I'm waiting for the caterpillars to arrive. The cost seems high for such a simple item, and the caterpillars are extra. I imagine I will use it every year as a classroom teacher if it wears as well as it looks.

Great Product, Needs More Food
I am really enjoying this product. At the moment all 10 of my caterpillars have become pupas. I think, however that they either need to include more food in the little cups, should make the cups wider, or they should put food more in the center so their frass doesn't restrict their access to food as much (most of the frass accummulates around the edges of the cup). Before they changed, they were eatting some of the paper under the cap of the cup, which you need. Yet, they have all changed over and seem healthy. I should have 10 butterflies next week and am so far happy with the product over all. Know that you will pay an extra $6.00 with the certificate to get 10 butterflies.

To buy "refills" you will need to go to the insect lore website or another caterpillar selling website and that it will cost more then the amount on the certificate.

And don't worry when you get the caterpillars and it looks like they're black, dead little hard things. They're not, just give them some time and they'll start to move! And if they really are all dead you can return them and get a new batch (they come with a paper saying you can return them for new ones if there's a problem).

I would recommend this product to anyone. I should think this to be a great this to have in the classroom.

Bug boys birthday present
This is the only thing my son wanted for his seventh birthday. The caterpillar people let me schedule the delivery so that the caterpillars arrived just a couple of days before his birthday. The are all alive and growing SO fast. He is fascinated with them, and has started a butterfly bush for them. Of course these will chrysalize long before the bush is grown, but I plan to order more caterpillars once these are grown into butterflies and we can have this fun all summer. He is most pleased with this gift, and I am happy that I found this one so much cheaper than the one advertised on TV. It works the same and I saved money. He hasn't noticed the difference. We will enjoy this all summer, thanks!