Insect Lore Live Butterfly Pavillion
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Toys and Games Reviews of Insect Lore Live Butterfly Pavillion
Customer Review: Unfulfilled expectations
Summary: 1 Stars
We purchased the Butterfly Pavillion this summer and my boys were really excited to watch the metamorphosis. There is a great instruction and fact booklet with the kit. We ordered our caterpillars through the mail so that they would arrive in plenty of time to become butterflies and be released before our vacation. The caterpillars arrived in 3 weeks instead of 1 and only lived for a couple of days. We followed the instructions to the letter. I purchased this kit because of it's size and the opportunity to see at least 10 butterflies. In all fairness to the manufacturer, we haven't tried to obtain replacement caterpillars and will probably try again this spring. All in all this was very disappointing.Customer Review: Wonderful "hands-off, eyes-on" nature learning at home!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best "toys" we've ever had. We had 10 for 10 caterpillars emerge as butterflies. Both my 4 yr. old and my 2 yr old delighted in the "hungry caterpillars" getting bigger by the day, then morphing into chrysalids, then getting transferred into the pavillion, then each one emerging as a butterfly. THEN they got to witness mating, seeing tiny butterfly eggs, and lo! one morning we had HUNDREDS of teeny-tiny hungry caterpillars! NOTE: you need to let the adult butterflies FREE before they lay eggs, otherwise you break the "circle of life" and have to deal with basically killing hundreds of caterpillars. Nevertheless, I've since bought this kit for other families to enjoy.Customer Review: Kids love it
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this butterfly pavilion for my birthday. It's awesome! I really enjoyed watching the larvae form their chrysalides. It was very exciting to see the painted lady butterflys emerge from their chrysalides! As they dry and harden their wings you can see the beautiful colors on thier backs. The underside of their wings looked almost like camaflouge with eyes in it. They like sugar water and fresh slices of oranges. Nine out of the ten larvae emerged as butterfly's. They were beautiful. I had fun watching them. We released them outside (since it is summer). We are hoping to see them and their families around our yard. I asked my mom to order more larvae so we can see it again.Customer Review: Amazing Miracle of Nature
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Butterfly Pavilion for my grandchildren so we could watch butterfly metamorphosis together. It was very easy. We mailed the free certificate and about a week later we got our caterpillars with their special food. We watched our critters every day grow and eat. After they formed their chrysalids (or cocoons) we put them into the Butterfly Pavilion and waited for them to hatch. About 8 days later, they started coming out one-by-one. My youngest grandson (5 yrs.) was the first to witness the birth. "Nana, Nana, come see our 'butterfrys'". It was the most amazing experience. We let them go later and all had a good cry. I'd recommend this fine product to anyone!Customer Review: Wonderful for child and parent
Summary: 4 Stars
My two daughters, ages 5 and 8, each received one of these as a Christmas present. We sent away for the caterpillars and they arrived in one week. I have to admit that even I, as an adult, really enjoyed watching the progress of the caterpillars as they transformed into beautiful butterflies. My only compaint is that we weren't prepared when two of the butterflies became entangled in the webbing surrounding the cocoon. There was nothing in the instructions about what to do so we had to watch the butterflies suffer until they finally died from exhaustion. We told the kids that it was simply part of nature. Other than that, what a great experience!