Only 4 Caterpillar survived the trip.
The nets really small. I was expecting bigger.
I also was expecting for the feeding tray and log to be a harder plastic and it's not. It's a plastic cheap material.
They came fast . I think a little pricy for the side of net and cheap product but 4 caterpillars are growing. I'm not going to give it below 4 stars because my daughter loves the journal she's drawing and documenting in daily.

The butterfly kit arrived with 5 caterpillars in a container with their food. One caterpillar was behind the others and ulitmately did not survive into a butterfly. The process was very simple since observation of the caterpillars in their container was all there was to do for about a week. Four of the caterpillars climbed to the bottom of the lid and made what I call a cocoon. Once again, all there was to do for 3 days was to observe the cocoons. They hardened during that time. Once the 3 days passed, I lifted the lid and placed slid it into the slot of the provided plastic piece and place them in the provided habitat.. Observation was all there was to do. Then, after about 5 to 7 days, there were butterflies. One packet of sugar came with the kit, but the instructions said to use two packets of sugar with 1/3 cup of water to make nectar for the butterflies. Once made, a pipette was provided with the kit to draw up the water and to drop the sugar water onto a tiny sponge placed in a colorful plastic "flower" that was with the kit. I made fresh sugar every day, but that's just me. In addition, I put a slice of orange and a slice of apple in the habitat. The butterflies may have smelled the fruit because they began fluttering around with excitement. My husband and I saw them "eating" the orange and apple, but they seemed to like the apple best. We saw two of the butterflies drinking the sugar water. We gave the butterflies an apple and an orange slice each day for three days. On the third day, after I was sure that they had a chance to eat, I took them outside to let them go. Two flew away within a minute or two. One sat on the plastic "flower" and drank and drank for several minutes. It flew away after five minutes or more. The fourth butterfly seems somewhat weak. It gets turned over easily and flaps around on its back. It didn't seem to want to leave. It sat on the plastic "flower" for a good while and drank, then sat on the bottom of the habitat. I waited and waited, but it didn't seem like it wanted to leave yet. I brought it back inside and will try again tomorrow. It's been an interesting experience. I bought one for my sister before I purchased mine. She thoroughly enjoyed the experience as well. All five of her butterflies lived. A friend of mine bought one for her granddaughter, which is where I found out that amazon.com had the kits. Three of her butterflies lived. All of her family found it fascinating.
I would recommend this kit to anyone--young or old. It's not a difficult project, but the process is fascinating and educational.
The kit came from California, and the painted lady butterflies are supposed to be all over America. All the pieces, except maybe one packet of sugar, were in the kit with five live caterpillars. The caterpillars didn't move much the first day, and one seemed dead upon arrival; but all five ate and moved around within a day or so.
Great kit, great project, and wonderful experience.

Was happy to find the kits that you don't have to send away again for the caterpillars. This kit includes everything you need and arrived quickly. Caterpillars were all alive and well. Happy to have found this kit.

I bought this kit when I was stuck inside healing after surgery. Literally every day I was so excited to see how they were doing. I named all of them and then released them in a local nature center. 4 grew to butterflies, though one did not fully form it's wings. I left that one outside with the sugar flower where I'm sure he was happier than being stuck inside. Such a beautiful experience letting them go. I still miss taking care of them and watching them grow. It was so fascinating while they were with me.

It is a nice kit and a great project for kids. It came two days later than expected but everything was ok and alive. The only complain I have is that instead of 10 live caterpillars I only received 8, that's why the 4 stars.