Monarch and Painted Lady Caterpillar Kits;
Other Species Available
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Please place your order as soon as possible. During certain weeks of the year, we often sell out of kits. During those weeks, we grow enough to fill orders and cannot add more orders AT THE LAST MINUTE. |
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Vanessa cardui Caterpillar Larvae Kit for teachers, students, and more. Food included. |
Danaus plexippus Caterpillar Larvae Kit for teachers, students, and more. Food not included. |
Papilio polyxenes Caterpillar Larvae Kit for teachers, students, and more. Food not included. |
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Food is included ONLY with the Painted Lady kit. All other kits are shipped without food. Please contact us for more information about the food your chosen species will need. Please be sure to have SAFE sufficient food on hand BEFORE larvae are shipped to you. More about this below ... Shady Oak Butterfly Farm recommends releasing your adult butterflies a day after they emerge. Although they can be kept alive for their short natural life-span in the screened cages, the primary purpose of raising these beauties is to set them free! Painted Lady Butterfly Vanessa cardui caterpillar (larvae) kit for classroom and home rearing. Kit includes 6 caterpillars, artificial diet, lifecycle poster, small (4" x 6") pop-up screened 'home', full instructions, and seed to plant Painted Lady butterfly host plants in the garden. |
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View Florida species; no restrictions. NOT ALL SPECIES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. |
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Do not place your larvae in a rearing container that has been used before if it has not been disinfected. Any pathogens from your last batch of caterpillars could contaminate this batch. |
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Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening at www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening at www.forbutterflies.org