Uncle Milton Butterfly Farm Live Habitat - Observe Caterpillars Transform Into Butterflies, STEM Toy, Great Gifts for Boys & Girls Ages 6+

This thing is so neat! I dont know who had more fun, me or my kids! It's easy to put together, easy to mail off and get the caterpillars and easy to do! I love little kits like this!

10 /10 my caterpillars love it. The sponge for the sugar water is an excellent idea. I’ve never seen it in any other butterfly habitat, I would recommend this to anyone looking to get into keeping butterflies or an already experienced butterfly keeper. I Will be buying from this company again

It fits, just below the ring, it snaps together, you dont need glue. You must snap in 2 horizontal on each side of the vertical column. The horizontal pieces snap on each other ends, not on the vertical ittle holes. So you must hold to horizontal on each hand, position it on little gaps located on the vertical piece and push the in two pieces at the same time... You will hear the snap.To fit the net just put the top first, bring it all the way down and tuck in one side then its opposite side across then move to your right and do the same... Its only 4 sides to fit

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my daughter and waited until the weather warmed up this spring to order the caterpillars. Overall, it was a fun and educational experience and a good value for the money. Be aware that the “free” caterpillars cost a few dollars to ship, so if you are giving this as a gift know there’s some expense involved for the recipient. Pros: 1)The habitat net fit the cage 2) All 5 of my caterpillars lived and turned into butterflies 3) The whole process was pretty cool to watch, I might have enjoyed it more than my kid Cons: 1) The habitat was harder to assemble than I expected 2) The net is tight and when you lift the edge to put water in the pool it pops off and yeets your butterflies all over the cage 3) The pool with sugar water becomes a butterfly death trap after day 1. When the sponge gets sticky the poor little critters get stuck to it. I was able to free one but the other got its wings stuck and ripped off and thus was it’s demise. If I order this again I’ll probably try some other method of feeding/watering them. We released the 4 remaining butterflies today and watched them flutter off into nature! Overall I would recommend but deducted one star for the design flaws of the habitat.

I got 5 caterpillars that were all healthy! The instructions for assembly were slightly unclear. There is a particular way that you have to attach the cage together that the instructions weren't exact about. The actually caterpillar instructions were good though. All the caterpillars made their cocoons perfectly fine. I took out the bottom lid and the caterpillar cup just as the instructions said. Two butterflies came out. The other three fell to the floor before their wings fulled dried. They needed something to hang on to. I was traumatized from looking at the crumpled mess of a butterfly left on the floor of the cage. Otherwise, the product was okay. I enjoy having the two butterflies that were alive.

My daughter loves watching grow!

My 4 year old was so excited to get this for his birthday. Now we are all sad and disgusted. Of the 6 caterpillars, 4 turned into crysalids. The other 2 caterpillars were CANNIBALIZED when they ran out of food. (The instructions say there’s enough food that comes with them and have no instructions for giving additional food. Caterpillar body parts were everywhere and the bottom of their container was full of poop. You could tell what poop was from the cannibalized caterpillars because it was darker. So gross. The first two (partial) chrysalids were attacked by remaining caterpillars, so they fell into the poop. Once the other two caterpillars hung from the lid and turned into chrysalids, I scooped the two that were laying in poop and moved them to the bottom of the butterfly enclosure, just in case. To my surprise, both emerged as butterflies…..or tried. One got stuck, half in and half out. Unable to move off its back, and with one wing still stuck in the chrysalis, I placed a piece of fruit next to him so he could at least eat something until his slow, pathetic death arrived. He lasted 2 days like this. It was very sad to see. The other butterfly that had been laying in the poop as a chrysalis emerged with shrunken wings and legs that don’t work well, so he can’t really walk or fly. It’s sad to see. As for the two that had hung properly at the top, they are both deformed too. One is missing eyeballs and doesn’t seem to have full use of its legs. It’s wings are curled in, unable to move/open. He stumbles around blind, often crawling ontop of the other crippled butterflies. The healthiest butterfly can walk around, but it’s wings are also curled and don’t function well. It’s pathetic to watch these butterflies hobble around the cage, and they clearly won’t survive outdoors. I emailed about the cannibals and only 2 hanging crysalids, and Uncle Milton’s said they said new ones. I don’t think we can even handle another set after watching this pathetic crippled farm. We did everything perfect, as the instructions stated. We watched the tracking of the caterpillars and my son sat outside, waiting for the mail person to deliver them, so they were immediately brought inside and into the described correct temperature environment. They still ended up dead or crippled.The butterfly enclosure has also been awful. The net that goes around is kept on by elastic. If you try to get your hand in to add fruit or sugar water, or help a crippled butterfly that’s struggling on its back or glued to the ground, the whole thing starts coming off and slingshots any butterfly that might be on the net. It’s awful. Speaking of glue to the ground…the butterfly enclosure has a shiny photo paper on the bottom to make it look like green grass or plants. When two of the butterflies emerged, their wet meconium was on this photo paper, which their wings touched, and it caused them to get stuck to it, like glue. One butterfly must of tried hard to get off, because i found part of a wing still glue down in the morning after it emerged from its chrysalis. One of the others must have gotten sugar water on its wing and then fell on its back onto that paper, because I found it stuck there. So I grabbed a water dropped and added a few drops of water to his wing until he was able to unstick himself. This whole experience has been awful. These poor butterflies are just hobbling around and it’s so pathetic and sad. DO NOT buy this for you child. You’re better off doing the ladybugs. I wish I could return this and get my money back, but I bought it several months ago for my sons birthday and we waited until temperatures were appropriate around here for caterpillar delivery, so now it is too late to get a refund.