Refill Caterpillar Set for Butterfly Garden

SKU: 102 SKU: 102x

Insect Lore Refill Cup of Caterpillars!

Order refills for any Butterfly Garden, or if you need additional caterpillars.

Choose a dispatch date from the calendar to receive the LIVE option, or select a paper VOUCHER to redeem later - perfect as a gift or if you don’t yet know when you’d like to start the project. When you redeem it, you do not need to pay postage (LIVE refill only).

When purchasing this product, please note it is a REFILL and includes a clear cup with caterpillars and food ONLY. Be sure to provide a habitat in which your butterflies will emerge, or purchase one of our Butterfly Kits that include everything you need!

The LIVE refill caterpillar set includes:

Cup of 3-5 LIVE caterpillars with all the nutritious food they need to grow into lovable Painted Lady butterflies
Caterpillar Quick Guide - a brief overview to get you started. For in-depth instructions regarding caterpillar and butterfly care please see our Live Butterfly Garden Instructions
Chrysalis Station - for transferring the chrysalis into the habitat
Insect Lore sugar packet to make your very own butterfly nectar

Caterpillars sent March to mid-September only

Ages 4+

Price: £12.98 incl VAT (£10.82 ex VAT)

*For UK Delivery only - If only ordering this one item, postage will be at a reduced rate of £2.99 instead of our standard shipping charge of £4.95. Please choose the reduced rate during check out.

Next Day DHL Delivery (UK addresses only) – If your order includes a LIVE refill, it will be dispatched on your selected send-out date. Please note that this service does not include weekend deliveries.

Need help with your Caterpillar to Butterfly Process? - Watch these informative videos

Click here to watch how to set up your Chrysalis Station

Click here for hints and tips on how to care for your Chrysalis

Click here for hints and tips on feeding your Butterflies

Click here for hints and tips on releasing your Butterflies

All non-live orders leave our offices within 1-3 working days unless the item(s) are out of stock, or if your order includes a Live product with a chosen send-out date of 3 weeks or less away (in which case we will dispatch all goods, live and non-live, on the requested send out date).

Once your order is dispatched, standard delivery time for the UK is approximately 1- 4 working days, depending on your location. Please allow 10 days for orders outside of the UK. A Next Working Day option is available for UK delivery only (excludes weekends).

Overall rating: 4.953704 / 5 from 108 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

This refill set for the Butterfly Garden includes live caterpillars, food, and essential tools for nurturing them into butterflies. Customers appreciate the engaging experience and the quality of the caterpillars.

Summary topics

Caterpillar Quality: 23%
Engaging Experience: 18%

Review topics: ["fun","support","delivery","caterpillars","experience","butterflies","watching","cup","service","gift","children","buy","process","learning","grandchildren","releasing","kit"].

Review highlights

"The children in our nursery loved this experience and where fascinated watching the caterpillars develop." — Michelle W.
"Caterpillars arrive very quickly and we have never had any failures yet." — Suzanne P.
"My grandchildren look forward to receiving their tiny caterpillars every Easter." — Tessa B.

Reviews

Done the caterpillars one 3

"Done the caterpillars one 3 times now. My present batch are chrysalis. Kids love watching these ( and adults). Watching butterflies 🦋 fly away is magical"

— Jackie D. (5/5)

Unfortunately only one caterpillar survived

"Unfortunately only one caterpillar survived to the chrisalide stage which we are currently at. As a childminder I have bought these every year for the children to observe and never had any issues so not sure what went wrong this time but I do know it’s not guaranteed for them to all hatch. I am still giving 5 stars as you are a great company and will be ordering again as the children love watching them grow Lisa"

— Lisa J. (5/5)

Brilliant! Would buy again. . . and again. . . . and again!

"Delighted to be able to buy a refill set. The set contains everything you need to repeat the wonderful process of raising caterpillars, and you get all the same tips and advice from Insect Lore as first time around. Also worth noting that the website FAQs are really helpful! One of our chrysalides fell off the lid. . . but we knew what to do! Another caterpillar was still crawling around whilst the rest had formed chrysalides - again, we knew what to do! Thank you Insect Lore, you do a great job!"

— Elisabeth S. (5/5)

Last year all five caterpillars

"Last year all five caterpillars hatched it was great this year sadly on three have made it into butterflies not sure why two didn’t make it tomorrow is release day great fun"

— Helen P. (4/5)

The cups were resting on

"The cups were resting on their lids when I received them. So goodness knows how long the cups had been upside down. One cup has produced five caterpillars and subsequent chrysalis. the other cup three chrysalis although two have fallen to the bottom of the cup and I had to place them on paper in the habitat. A fourth caterpillar attached itself to the lid but died not forming a chrysalis. I was hoping to release butterflies on the 9th May but they are still some days away from hatching."

— Sandra J. (5/5)

Second batch for me, just

"Second batch for me, just waiting for them to emerge into the world. Two of the chrysalides are much smaller than the other three so it will be interesting to see how they emerge."

— Keith H. (5/5)

"We are at our third stage now where children are eagerly waiting for the butterflies to emerge from their cocoons. The experience for the children has been wonderful so far. Cant wait to witness them experience the next stage 🦋"

— Andrea (5/5)

Amazing, so easy to set

"Amazing, so easy to set up and then watch them develop ! We love this so much"

— Amy H. (5/5)

You don't have to be a youngster!!

"I'm almost 75 years old & always look forward to the arrival of my skinny little caterpillars. Watching them turn into chrysalis & then beautiful Painted Ladies & finally watching them flutter around my garden is such a joy. It would be lovely to have a different species sometimes but regardless the whole process is wonderful 😊"

— Jan W. (5/5)

Simple instructions, great fun, beautiful

"Simple instructions, great fun, beautiful results! A brilliant family activity that also makes a great gift."

— Dinah R. (5/5)

Q&A

Hi there! I’m just wondering about next year’s order. I’m a Reception teacher and our topic for this half term has been all about spring. The children have loved watching the caterpillars grow and they were delivered on 6th March, but they did not pupate before the start of the Easter holidays (today). I’m looking ahead to next year to see if I can order the caterpillars any earlier so that the children can hopefully see them pupate before the Easter break. I know they are only available between March and September, but will I be able to preorder caterpillars to be dispatched or delivered on 1st March 2027? Sorry for the long question! Thank you in advance.: Hello Hannah, Because Easter was so early this year, we were advising people to order after Easter this year. Apologies, if you did not receive this message! With Easter being even earlier this year, even if you order for our first dispatch you will still not have enough time as the process can take 5 weeks in March! We would advise next year, doing the project after the Easter Holidays.

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