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

This butterfly hit is so awesome.. love it

Its a pretty encampment and easy to put together but there are NO Catepillars that come with this kit and thats my fault for not reading more into it. My kids are dissapointed they have to wait a few weeks for the catepillars to come. It came with a freee catepillar code that you have to purchase separatley from their site. so we are still waiting. wish it came together but i understand why it doesnt as well.

Got this for the little boy next door....he shared with me the progress of the butterfly....watched them fly away in the spring.

I bought this for my 4 year old granddaughter who loves butterflies and we have used it a lot, a little hard to assemble though,however I would but again,they also included a card for free caterpillars ,I ordered them and she got to see them make their cocoon and transform into butterflies,she was so excited,love this product.

No me gusto

I didn't bother opening it and showing the kids tell the caterpillars came in, so my pictures are with the caterpillars lol. It's very cute and easy to assemble. The cup is nice to be able to show the kids without actually bothering the caterpillars by opening the lid. I got more caterpillars than I was comfortable fitting in a single container, so I have the second cup at the bottom. I ordered caterpillars from Clearwater butterfly, so idk about the voucher butterflys, but I definitely recommend this butterfly house and Clearwater for caterpillars. Me and the kids are super happy with both of these orders.

The habitat was decent. I like that it can be hung up high because our cat liked them a little too much and may have eaten a butterfly and a half... but after hanging them in the spare bathroom and keeping the door shut, we resolved that problem... the problem with the habitat that made it lose stars, was the mesh cover. It fits horribly and takes at least 7 hands to get it in place. I ended up supergluing the bottom band to the plastic lip around the habitat. We will just have to access it from the top from now on... the mesh also tears very easily. It had some small tears when we got it that have become bigger tears... but overall the habitat is decent. Over priced for the quality but it is effective.

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.

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