Spring will be here before we know it - and that means it’s time to order Butterfly Raising Kits at Education Station. This fun, at-home experience is a wonderful way for kids to experience the life cycle of butterflies, before releasing the butterflies into the wild.

Butterfly Raising Kits pick up in Edmonton begin the first week of May at Education Station. For $34.99 you’ll receive a Painted Lady Butterfly Raising Kit, to raise at home, and release early into the summer. It’s a fun way to observe the life cycle of butterflies, create science programming, at-home, and find magic.

Education Station Butterfly Raising Kits

• 8-10 larvae

• Artificial Diet in an 8 oz. group raising container

• a feeding vial

• paint brush

• complete instructions

• tips for teachers & butterfly facts

What do you need that isn’t included in the butterfly raising kit in Edmonton?

At first, the caterpillars will arrive in a group raising container. When they’ve created their chrysalis, it’s time for them to move the group to a mesh container habitat, where the butterflies will emerge. The mesh habitats are not included in the butterfly raising kits, but can find these at Education station for sale (and re-use them every time you buy a butterfly raising kit in Edmonton). In the past, we’ve successfully used a mesh hamper from the dollar store as a habitat for the butterflies.