Take Ant Observation to new heights with Ant Mountain!

Learn all about ants and how they live with our, escape-proof ant-tunneling kit. Our Ant Mountain has a fascinating inside/outside design which allows kids to watch their busy ants work cooperatively to tunnel, explore and forage throughout their rugged environment. Now anyone can become a myrmecologist (a person who studies ants) with Ant Mountain!

Your ants will love tiny bites of celery, carrot or apple (about the size of a popcorn kernel) every three days. They also need a couple of drops of water every third or fourth day.

Ant Mountain Includes:

• Two-sided viewing habitat with safe and escape-proof, locking lid
• Special “easy dig' sand
• Sand rod to get the tunneling started
• Certificate to redeem your supply of 25 harvester ants by mail. An additional $4 fee ($5.00 Canadian) for shipping and handling your vial of ants is required when you redeem your certificate. Your ants are guaranteed to arrive alive.
• Or, you may choose to redeem your certificate for a Super Supply of 50 harvester ants. An additional $6 fee ($7.00 Canadian) for shipping and handling of your vial of ants is required when you redeem your certificate.
• Ant Mountain Instructions and Activity Guide

If temperatures are extremely cold or hot (below 32 degress Fahrenheit or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit), please allow extra time for delivery.

Harvester Ants will live 2 to 4 weeks in Ant Mountain.

Did you know ants use their chemical scent trails to find their way back to their nests?

Recommended for ages 6 and up with adult supervision.

Please note: Due to shipping restrictions, live ants cannot be shipped to Oregon or Hawaii.

Your butterfly experience begins with Insect Lore's award-winning Butterfly Garden. This version of our most popular kit includes a voucher which can be redeemed online for one cup of five live caterpillars. Just pay $7.95 for shipping and your caterpillars will arrive at your door within two to three days!

Please note: this item does not contain live insects.

Butterfly Garden with Voucher Includes:

• A voucher to redeem at your convenience for 5 baby caterpillars and nutritious food. Just pay $7.95 for shipping.
• Pop-up, reusable 11.5 inch mesh habitat
• Deluxe Chrysalis Station Log- this item arrives with your live caterpillars when you redeem your voucher
• Feeding dropper
• Caterpillar Quick Guide
• READ ME insert with helpful caterpillar-raising tips

Insect Lore guarantees that 3 out of 5 caterpillars will become butterflies.

Please monitor the weather in your area before beginning your project. Temperatures must be above 55 degrees and below 90 degrees Fahrenheit when you release your butterflies.

We cannot ship live insects to Hawaii or outside the United States.

When redeeming your voucher, it is important to monitor weather conditions in your area. Daytime temperatures should be over 55 degrees Fahrenheit to safely release your butterflies.

Watch in awe as baby caterpillars transform first to chrysalides and then to Painted Lady Butterflies. A truly one-of-a-kind opportunity, this gives students, families, and children alike a glimpse into the amazing power of nature.

The Butterfly Pavilion with Voucher Includes:

• 2-foot tall mesh, pop-up habitat perfect for butterfly viewing
• Feeding Pipette
• Complete Caterpillars to Butterflies Instruction Guide
• Voucher to redeem online at InsectLore.com for two cups of 10 live caterpillars (5 caterpillars in each cup). Please note that an additional $9.95 shipping fee is required when you redeem your certificate voucher.

2 cups will arrive at your door, each containing 5 caterpillars and just the right amount of nutritious food.

The Butterfly Pavilion is a convenient, pop-up habitat. Its super sheer mesh makes it very easy to view your butterflies.

6 of the 10 caterpillars are guaranteed to develop into perfect specimens. The entire transformation takes about 3 weeks.

Please note: This kit does NOT contain live insects.

Shipping: Live caterpillars are shipped to destinations within the Continental USA and Alaska. We cannot ship live caterpillars to Hawaii.

• Features realistic illustrations of a developing chick in eggs 1–20, plastic 3-D chick inside the final egg
• Invites children to make hands-on connections to life science and life cycles
• Reinforces concepts and related vocabulary with multilingual Activity Guide that includes definitions, chicken facts and a blackline master to label
• Allows for self-checking and easy organization with numbered label on each egg and numbered places in storage tray
• Durable plastic eggs measure 2.75"L each; plastic tray measures 15"L x 8.5"W
• Grades K+

There are 6 titles in this Series.

Whether you're watching a sunflower seed sprout or a butterfly's wings unfold for the first time, every stage in a plant or animal's life cycle is important. This series gives an introduction to the life cycles of both plants and animals. Beginning readers will learn how new life begins, develops, and reproduces.

• Ideal tool for young entomologists and explorers
• Encourages outdoor exploration and hands-on scientific discovery
• Perfect for STEM learning

• Kids can safely get an up-close view of bugs, flowers, leaves, and more with this transparent, lightweight, breathable container
• Includes soft, rubber-grip handles and snap-lock lid with air holes
• 2 Comfortable 3x magnification eyepieces on lid
• 2 Additional 2x magnification lenses on the side of the container

Enjoy this giant–sized version of Insect Lore's popular Butterfly Garden® With Voucher. Children and adults alike will be transfixed by the transformation of 5 caterpillars into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies! Watch the amazing changes for approximately three weeks, then release your adult butterflies into the wild! This kit also includes Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Stages - the perfect educational complement to your butterfly-raising project.

What's in the Giant Butterfly Garden® With Voucher?

• Collapsible and reusable 18-inch tall Deluxe Habitat
• Pipette for butterfly feeding
• Extensive Caterpillars to Butterflies Instruction Guide
• A voucher to redeem 5 caterpillars online at InsectLore.com when you are ready to begin your project. Please note that an additional $7.95 fee is required when you redeem your certificate. This fee covers the cost of shipping and handling your Cups of Caterpillars.
• Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Figures

Easy to Maintain and Care For

Once you have redeemed your voucher, 5 caterpillars (butterfly larvae) will arrive with all of the nutritious food they need to form into healthy adult butterflies. Just place the cup in a safe place away from sunlight or drafts and watch your caterpillars become little eating machines that grow to TEN times their original size!

Your Giant Butterfly Garden® With Voucher also includes a set of Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Stages. These meticulously detailed figures are the perfect educational accessory for this kit. Oversized for little hands, the egg, larva, chrysalis and adult butterfly are made of durable plastic. They encourage up-close examination of the Miracle of Metamorphosis.

See the Birth of Your Very Own Butterflies

The caterpillars grow so quickly kids will want to check on them several times throughout the day! After about seven days, the caterpillars will crawl to the top of the cup, hang upside down and change into chrysalides. After two or three days it's time to move the chrysalides into the Giant Butterfly Habitat. Keep an eye on your jewel-like chrysalides; your butterflies will emerge approximately five to seven days later!

Children love feeding their hungry butterflies. Lay some fresh flowers in the habitat for your butterflies to rest on and then place a few drops of sugar water on the flowers with the feeding pipette provided. Butterflies also love to feast on slices of watermelon or oranges! A cinch to maintain and use, the handy zippered habitat allows for easy feeding and releasing of your butterflies.

Let Your Butterflies Go!

Your loveable butterflies are a joy to observe, but it is important to release them outdoors within a week of their emergence from the chrysalides. The release of your butterflies offers children yet another valuable lesson about the necessity to allow their butterflies to continue their important life cycle. Happily, butterflies often remain in your garden for a few days after release!

Please Note: This kit does NOT contain live insects.

Shipping: Live caterpillars are shipped to destinations within the Continental USA and Alaska. We cannot ship live caterpillars to Hawaii.