Fascinations GreenEarth Butterfly Kit
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: FascinationsBrand: Fascinations
Release Date: 2009-01-01
Model: GE201
Product features:
- Fascinations designs product to illustrate many magical aspects of our world
- Learn about the life cycle, biology and care of insects
- Nature kits created to hatch and grow live insects
- Learn all about life cycles and biology while discovering the fascinating miniature world of live insects
- Interactive, educational, and non-violent
Toys and Games Reviews of Fascinations GreenEarth Butterfly Kit
Customer Review: Beware: The little guys have to EAT and food is a problem.
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm an adult and I'm struggling. I can't imagine what this would be like for a kid. I had over 200 hatchlings. I'm down to about 60 at first molt. They eat wingless fruit flies. These may/may not be sent with the mantises and there may/may not be an extra charge. Whether you get them or buy them, the supply is woefully inadequate. I started buying them at PetCo where 20 live flies are $[...]. The mantises can eat three flies a day each. I then paid $[...] for stock, growth medium, and breeding chambers to grow the flies - which take up to a month to produce a new generation of flies, and that's turned out to be another worthless, expensive nightmare. Fruit flies can eat fruit - but only when it's rotten. Rotten fruit stinks and gets moldy. Both flies and mantises can die from that. The mantises need to be indoors where it's warm, as do the flies so you can't just put the parts that stink outdoors. The live food that these guys need, and the food that the food needs, is a whole level of complexity and expense you may not be ready for. Finally, it is suggested that you separate the mantises into their own little mantis condos since they eat each other - especially if you don't have and abundance of other food for them to eat. I was fortunate to find small plastic jars. That still leaves me cleaning, adding a water source, and adding flies to dozens of containers. I spent nearly four hours Friday night cleaning everybody up and swapping out the fruit I've been using for the flies. A horse would be less work! You can treat this casually and basically kill all your mantises, and I suppose that would be a learning experience. If you want to come out of this with happy, healthy, full grown mantises, even a couple, you're going to pay a lot of money and do a lot of work. You may want to try the butterflies!
Description of Fascinations GreenEarth Butterfly Kit
Green Earth Butterfly Kit by Fascinations Watch and learn all about the amazing life cycle of a butterfly as you raise your own Live Butterflies! Experience the complete metamorphosis of Painted Lady butterflies from larvae to beautiful adult. Learn about the life-cycle, biology and care of living beings. Learn all about life cycles and biology while discovering the fascinating miniature world of live insects. Once the butterflies are raised to maturity, release them into nature! This Set Includes: Net Habitat Activity book/instructions Feeding Pipette Magnifier Padded Tip Tweezers Ordering information for purchasing larvae The Larvae are not included, you will be provided the information on how to order those with this kit.Science Toys
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