Insectlore Review and Giveaway CLOSED

Many of you may remember earlier this spring when i posted about the Insectlore Butterfly Garden. We love to raise butterflies, and had the chance to raise and release painted lady butterflies with the Insectlore Butterfly Garden Kit.

The Insectlore Butterfly Garden comes with everything you need to raise and release your butterflies. It includes this colorful pop-up habitat suitable for hanging or free-standing on a countertop, one cup containing 3 to 5 butterfly larvae with special food, feeding kit and complete instructions. Our also came with an Insectlore catalog, and both of my kids have started a wishlist of bug habitats and other cool and educational toys.


We received 5 healthy caterpillars. They are totally maintenance free, the cup contains all the food they will need. The clear cup makes for easy observation. The caterpillars grow quickly.


They form their chrysalis on the paper at the top of the lid. This is then hung inside the butterfly garden. Once they are in this form the will emerge in about 10- 14 days.


All 5 of our caterpillars survived, and transformed into butterflies. We kept them to observe for a few hours and then released them. Painted Ladies are indigenous to all of the lower 48 states, so they can safely be released into the environment after they emerge.

We also just recently won an incredible frog kit from Cookies and Clogs and Insectlore. The kit included a grow-your-own lily pad, a package of frog lifecycle stages figurines, a Frog Lifecycle Floor puzzle and an eco-aquarium with two Dwarf African frogs. We received the puzzle, figures and lily pad kit first and our eco-aquarium with frog were delivered separately a few weeks later. These are really great tool to help teach kids about metamorphosis and the life cycle of a frog. This would be such a great set for home-schoolers and classrooms. i think it would go great with the frog bog. So kids could watch the tadpoles transform while learning about the process. Insect Lore also sells a Butterfly Bundle,which includes the butterfly garden, a butterfly feeder, butterfly life cycles puzzle and butterfly life cycle stages figurines. Perfect for teaching the butterfly life cycle.

i was really impressed with the life cycles puzzle. It's made from a thick foam, and shows the life cycle of a frog. The frog figurines are also pretty neat. They are made from very hard durable plastic, much nicer than i was expecting. The kids put the puzzle together and took it apart many times. Sage likes to match the figures with the images on the puzzle.

The floor puzzles are 20” by 30”. i also really like the Butterfly lifecycle floor puzzle, the image is just gorgeous!!

Both of my kids were really excited when our frogs came! The Eco-Aquarium is a complete aquatic ecosystem environment that requires no chemicals, filters, or aeration. Change the water only once every 3 months. You do have to use natural spring water, but that is the only real requirement. Special “living gravel” acts as a natural filtration system for the aquarium. The frogs are fed twice weekly, making this a really low maintenance pet.

The Eco-aquarium kit includes aquarium with lid, overnight delivery for two African dwarf frogs, 1 year supply of frog food, cleaning care kit, bamboo plant, large rock and a decorative tip-proof base.

My boy was able to put the aquarium together himself. He placed the 'living' gravel in the bottom. Then he added the decorative gravel, and placed the bamboo and decorative rock in place. We filled the aquarium with room temperature spring water and then i added the frogs.

The frogs are really fun to watch, and are very active. The aquarium is quite small, and the perfect size to keep on your desk, or tv console.

i really love the products that Insectlore sells. We are a family of nature nuts, and bug fanatics. The products that Insectlore sells are fun and educational, and really appeal to kids and adults! Both of children have items from Insectlore on their holiday wish lists. My boy would love the Carnivorous Creations plant growing kit and a Buzzerk Mantis mask, while my girl has her heart set on the Kids K'nex lifecycles set and the tree frog puppet. i admit, i've spent as much time looking through the catalog as they have! So many cool things!

Now for the GIVEAWAY!!

InsectLore has offered one reader a Butterfly Garden of their very own.

*please read directions carefully!

MANDATORY ENTRY

Head over to Insectlore and look around, comeback and let me know what is on your wish list!! This is your first entry!

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*Disclaimer* I was not paid to try out these products, i won them in other blog giveaways and recieved a product to review ffrom Insectlore. Opinions posted on this blog are 100% mine. We Love insectlore!
**Rules**

• Giveaway ends Oct, 27, 2010 at 11:59pm EST
• Winner will be chosen via Random.Org., and contacted by email, and posted on the blog.
• Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email or another winner will be chosen
• This giveaway is open to US addresses only