Sudbury Butterfly Experience

Sudbury Butterfly Experience Bringing the butterfly life cycle experience to Sudbury area parents and educators

If you have questions, we're happy to answer them!Feel free to either message us, OR post a question below and we will r...
05/13/2026

If you have questions, we're happy to answer them!

Feel free to either message us, OR post a question below and we will reply! No question is silly!

If you post a question below, we can answer and quite possibly provide an answer for someone else who was too shy to ask!

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05/12/2026

Check out this fantastic website, "The Teacher's Guide" which has a number of free downloadable work sheets, projects, crafts and more which can be used alongside your kit to help deepen children's understanding of the butterfly life cycle!

www.theteachersguide.com/butterflies.htm

05/11/2026

With the final pickups of Round 1 kits being arranged, we are now looking towards what's next.

We hadn't planned on a second round for the year as we will be too busy for the rest of May to commit to caterpillar rearing. BUT- we still have enough supplies remaining for a small second round.

Who would be interested in a preorder for second round kits? Eggs would ship the week of June 1, kits would be ready for June 12-14. **Note for educators- the cycle will NOT complete in time for the end of school for the second round kits

IF we have enough people interested in a June preorder to justify shipping an egg order, we will run a small second round.

Please reply below to indicate whether you would be interested, how many kits you would want, and we will decide from there!

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With the majority of the first round kits now homed into their new families and classrooms, here is a handy photo illust...
05/11/2026

With the majority of the first round kits now homed into their new families and classrooms, here is a handy photo illustrating the developmental stages/instars of our larvae! 🐛

The vast majority of everyone's kits should be in their third instar now!

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We had an amazing day at Jetty's today! Their kid's planter workshop was amazing, we met so many new people and returnin...
05/10/2026

We had an amazing day at Jetty's today! Their kid's planter workshop was amazing, we met so many new people and returning customers, my kiddo got to practice her glitter tattoos, and we SOLD OUT of our prepared kits!

We have a very limited amount of late hatching babies growing out that should be ready for packaging up tomorrow. If anyone is looking to grab a kit, message us ASAP as we will be completely out of caterpillars/kits within days. Pickup in Chelmsford, or possibly Copper Cliff/West end tomorrow (Monday) evening.

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Today at Jetty's in McCrea Heights!We will be there with kits available for purchase from 11-2Bring the little ones and ...
05/10/2026

Today at Jetty's in McCrea Heights!

We will be there with kits available for purchase from 11-2

Bring the little ones and make a Mother's Day planter in Jetty's planter workshop too! $7.50, and no need to register.

Happy Mother's Day!!

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Looking for something to do on Mother's Day with the littles?Jetty's in McCrea Heights is holding their annual Mother's ...
05/09/2026

Looking for something to do on Mother's Day with the littles?

Jetty's in McCrea Heights is holding their annual Mother's Day planter workshops for kids from 10-3! Bring the kids out to make a super cute little planter for the Mom in their life!

And... we will also be there! If you still need to grab your first round kits come see us in the greenhouse from 11am until 2ish!

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Day 6This morning we checked our nurseries to find the first of our 3rd instar babies! 🎉 With this stage of development...
05/06/2026

Day 6

This morning we checked our nurseries to find the first of our 3rd instar babies! 🎉

With this stage of development underway, we will post our first sale date for the weekend, in the south end/Algonquin area.

Preorders will be contacted with pickup options likely starting tomorrow evening as we make the first of the kits.

Stay tuned for more info soon!

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Our friends at Ward's Science have developed these worksheets for tracking the number of days of each stage of the life ...
05/04/2026

Our friends at Ward's Science have developed these worksheets for tracking the number of days of each stage of the life cycle, and for identifying the parts of a butterfly.

If anyone would like these as PDFs for printing, shoot us a message and we can provide via Messenger! (Note- unfortunately they do not provide it in French 😮‍💨)

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Day 4The babies continue to grow and fatten up, with more 2nd Instar larvae in the nurseries. The largest are about 4mm...
05/04/2026

Day 4

The babies continue to grow and fatten up, with more 2nd Instar larvae in the nurseries. The largest are about 4mm long now- meaning I can thankfully see the little guys without having to put my glasses on, which is handy since they're all trying to escape their nurseries today 😆

More updates coming soon!

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Day 3The larvae continue to hatch and grow, with about 90% of the eggs now hatched and many of the babies nearing their ...
05/03/2026

Day 3

The larvae continue to hatch and grow, with about 90% of the eggs now hatched and many of the babies nearing their second instar.

We will announce our pickup and sale times and locations soon, as we are able to get a better handle on numbers. We are tentatively looking at a south end/Algonquin area sale Saturday afternoon (May 9) and a possible second location between New Sudbury and the Valley on May 10. Of course, in addition to pickups in Chelmsford.

Stay tuned for more info coming soon!

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