Life Science

Take Ant Observation to new heights with Ant Mountain!

Learn all about ants and how they live with our, escape-proof ant-tunneling kit. Our Ant Mountain has a fascinating inside/outside design which allows kids to watch their busy ants work cooperatively to tunnel, explore and forage throughout their rugged environment. Now anyone can become a myrmecologist (a person who studies ants) with Ant Mountain!

Your ants will love tiny bites of celery, carrot or apple (about the size of a popcorn kernel) every three days. They also need a couple of drops of water every third or fourth day.

Ant Mountain Includes:

• Two-sided viewing habitat with safe and escape-proof, locking lid
• Special “easy dig' sand
• Sand rod to get the tunneling started
• Certificate to redeem your supply of 25 harvester ants by mail. An additional $4 fee ($5.00 Canadian) for shipping and handling your vial of ants is required when you redeem your certificate. Your ants are guaranteed to arrive alive.
• Or, you may choose to redeem your certificate for a Super Supply of 50 harvester ants. An additional $6 fee ($7.00 Canadian) for shipping and handling of your vial of ants is required when you redeem your certificate.
• Ant Mountain Instructions and Activity Guide

If temperatures are extremely cold or hot (below 32 degress Fahrenheit or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit), please allow extra time for delivery.

Harvester Ants will live 2 to 4 weeks in Ant Mountain.

Did you know ants use their chemical scent trails to find their way back to their nests?

Recommended for ages 6 and up with adult supervision.

Please note: Due to shipping restrictions, live ants cannot be shipped to Oregon or Hawaii.

To celebrate 50 years, Insect Lore has a created a NEW limited-edition Butterfly Farm!

Insect Lore has been successfully providing children and adults alike the wonder of metamorphosis for 50 years! Our newest butterfly kit includes a one-of-a-kind Butterfly Farm habitat, everything you need to raise your own caterpillars, and a voucher to redeem for your free cup of caterpillars at any time! There is no redemption fee and shipping is included. The voucher never expires.

Butterfly Farm includes:

• Pop-up habitat with ultra-clear panel ideal for viewing Painted Lady butterflies
• Tuck away panel on habitat showing all 4 stages of metamorphosis
• Read Me voucher to redeem for your cup of five baby caterpillars with all the food they need at no additional fee. Shipping is included.
• Deluxe Chrysalis Station Log.This item comes with your Cup of Caterpillars when your voucher is redeemed.
• Feeding dropper
• Caterpillar Quick Guide

Please note: this kit does not contain live insects.

We cannot ship to Hawaii, Mexico, Canada or Puerto Rico.

Your butterfly experience begins with Insect Lore's award-winning Butterfly Garden. This version of our most popular kit includes a voucher which can be redeemed online for one cup of five live caterpillars. Just pay $7.95 for shipping and your caterpillars will arrive at your door within two to three days!

Please note: this item does not contain live insects.

Butterfly Garden with Voucher Includes:

• A voucher to redeem at your convenience for 5 baby caterpillars and nutritious food. Just pay $7.95 for shipping.
• Pop-up, reusable 11.5 inch mesh habitat
• Deluxe Chrysalis Station Log- this item arrives with your live caterpillars when you redeem your voucher
• Feeding dropper
• Caterpillar Quick Guide
• READ ME insert with helpful caterpillar-raising tips

Insect Lore guarantees that 3 out of 5 caterpillars will become butterflies.

Please monitor the weather in your area before beginning your project. Temperatures must be above 55 degrees and below 90 degrees Fahrenheit when you release your butterflies.

We cannot ship live insects to Hawaii or outside the United States.

When redeeming your voucher, it is important to monitor weather conditions in your area. Daytime temperatures should be over 55 degrees Fahrenheit to safely release your butterflies.

Watch in awe as baby caterpillars transform first to chrysalides and then to Painted Lady Butterflies. A truly one-of-a-kind opportunity, this gives students, families, and children alike a glimpse into the amazing power of nature.

The Butterfly Pavilion with Voucher Includes:

• 2-foot tall mesh, pop-up habitat perfect for butterfly viewing
• Feeding Pipette
• Complete Caterpillars to Butterflies Instruction Guide
• Voucher to redeem online at InsectLore.com for two cups of 10 live caterpillars (5 caterpillars in each cup). Please note that an additional $9.95 shipping fee is required when you redeem your certificate voucher.

2 cups will arrive at your door, each containing 5 caterpillars and just the right amount of nutritious food.

The Butterfly Pavilion is a convenient, pop-up habitat. Its super sheer mesh makes it very easy to view your butterflies.

6 of the 10 caterpillars are guaranteed to develop into perfect specimens. The entire transformation takes about 3 weeks.

Please note: This kit does NOT contain live insects.

Shipping: Live caterpillars are shipped to destinations within the Continental USA and Alaska. We cannot ship live caterpillars to Hawaii.

• Features realistic illustrations of a developing chick in eggs 1–20, plastic 3-D chick inside the final egg
• Invites children to make hands-on connections to life science and life cycles
• Reinforces concepts and related vocabulary with multilingual Activity Guide that includes definitions, chicken facts and a blackline master to label
• Allows for self-checking and easy organization with numbered label on each egg and numbered places in storage tray
• Durable plastic eggs measure 2.75"L each; plastic tray measures 15"L x 8.5"W
• Grades K+