butterflies

Butterflies In Your Bedroom

Kids and nature.

  Kids seem to love most things that nature throws at them. And that includes little bugs running around the house, and flying in the windows. When I was a kid I loved nature. And butterflies were part of that love.

  Back in those days, when I was a kid, we had to actually go out and look for caterpillars and butterflies, the pet shops never stocked them. Now, the modern generation have it so easy, they can buy them on the internet and the postman delivers them.  

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  None of this walking around the park looking for the plants the butterflies like, so you can get the caterpillars. Also we kept our butterflies in a shoebox, with a few holes in the lid and sides to give them some air. Now you can buy a readymade butterfly enclosure, like a big butterfly net that keeps your butterflies safe and sound.

  The internet has changed life as we know it. But kids are still the same. They are still fascinated by what nature can do. And nothing is more fascinating that watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly.

  We’ll now have a look at what the mailman can delivery to your door. All you need these days is an internet connection and a credit card, and the world of nature is yours.  

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  On the market these days are a number of different butterfly habitats. So we’ll have a close up look at some of them.

 Butterfly Pavilion from Insect Lore seems to be one of the bigger of all the most common butterfly nets. And it is a good design. It is built in a spiral so it squashes down fairly flat when not in use. With most mail order critters you first buy the cage then send away for the bugs, and butterflies are no different. Here you order 10 caterpillars and the company guarantees six to be perfect specimens. Most customers got all 10 alive through the post therefore ending up with 10 butterflies.     

                 Butterfly Pavilion by Insect Lore

  The pavilion is around 2 foot high so it is quite large and you can either hang it up or put it on a table or the floor. It is made from quite heavy see through cloth mesh. It is actually an amazingly simple design, wire support in a cylinder shape so it can either hang up or stand up, and it is complete with zippered entry so you can get in and out.

  You also receive a very informative booklet that contains lots of butterfly facts. As well as instructions on how to put it all together and how to keep your caterpillars and butterflies alive.

  After you have set up your butterfly pavilion you order the caterpillars. The caterpillars are pretty hardy so most survive the trip by US mail. They come in two cups complete with food.

  Read the instructions before opening these cups. The caterpillars are supposed to stay in the cups so they can turn into chrysalides by hanging from the top of the cup.

Butterfly Garden

  Everything is supplied but you have to supply your own sugar water, which somehow manages to drip all over the place and cause a mess. But people being people they love to add food so most drop in apple slices or run around outside looking for leaves to feed the caterpillars which grow amazing fast.

  After you receive the caterpillars they take about a week to grow big enough to pupate into chrysalis. Then the waiting game starts again while you wait for the butterflies to hatch. That takes about a week to 10 days.

  You now have a pavilion full of butterflies. The instructions recommend you let them go free as long as the weather is over 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Because of this weather thing some people have kept their butterflies and have ended up with 2 or 3 generations in the one pavilion. So you can keep using the pavilion but you have to find your own food.

  It is amazing what people can dream up nowadays. In my day we were messing around with shoeboxes. And it never occurred to anybody to make up a little butterfly cage like what you can buy nowadays. Nature has come a long way since I was a kid.

  Insect Lore also bring out a smaller version called the Butterfly Garden which is about half the size of the Pavilion and comes with only five caterpillars. This is for the younger insectologist who is just starting out. 

Another product, the Butterfly Bungalow, features carrying handle and large viewing windows. Including a Color-it-yourself habitat, certificate for 5 caterpillars, crayons, feeding kit, fun-filled fact guide and a life-cycle fold-out to color. Ideal for the kids, gives them something to do while they are waiting for mailman to deliver the caterpillars.  

Butterfly Bungalow  

  Nature will always fascinate children. So it is these little educational toys that can make a difference in how we bring up our children and how much they will learn. As the cities have gotten bigger nature usually comes to us on the TV but these new generation nature toys are a welcome addition to our homes.  

Article by © Peter Legrove 2006, at www.animalsdinosaursandbugs.com     

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