Kits & Minibeasts Shop — Butterflies Minibeasts & More

Butterfly lifecycle kit with enclosure, eggs, food and spray bottle

Butterfly Lifecycle Kit $160

•3 Butterfly Eggs, 3 Caterpillars & 1 Chrysalis

•1 Large reusable pop-up enclosure & base

•Plant holder

•Misting spray bottle

•Caterpillar & Butterfly food

•Stage-by-stage Guide

•Full Care Instructions

•Official Butterfly Gardian Certificate

Experience the full transformation up close—from tiny egg to fluttering butterfly! Includes everything you need to raise and release your own butterflies. Avalible all year round.

Monarch butterfly and caterpillar on milkweed

Butterfly Re-order Kit $100

•3 Butterfly Eggs, 3 Caterpillars & 1 Chrysalis

•Caterpillar & Butterfly food

•Full Care Instructions

•Official Butterfly Gardian Certificate

Already have the enclosure? Restock the magic for a new season or another classroom term! Avalible all year round.

Chrysalis Jar $45 / $60

•Choice of 1 chrysalis ($45) or 2 chrysalides ($60)

•Beautiful decorative glass jar or pot styled with live succulents

•Full Care Instructions

•Available all year round

A gorgeous, unforgettable gift that transforms into a living butterfly. Perfect for inspiring curious young minds, celebrating a special milestone, or simply bringing a quiet smile to someone’s face.

More Little Friends

Minibeasts & Supplies

Spiny Stick Insects$20

Gentle, fascinating, and low-maintenance beginner pets. Incredibly easy to care for—just add fresh gum leaves and daily misting.

Crowned Stick Insect$15

Beautiful and slender. Known for their unique spiky crowns. Incredibly easy to care for—just add fresh gum leaves and daily misting.

Stick Insect Kit$100

The ultimate complete phasmid kit! Includes 2 live stick insects (species chosen from current stock), plus 5 spiny stick insect eggs to hatch. Comes with a 40 x 40 x 60 cm mesh enclosure, base, plant holder, and step-by-step care guide.

Common Garden Mantid$30

The garden’s most elegant hunter. Highly alert, captivating to watch, and a fascinating predatory insect. Feed on live insects like flies or crickets. Includes complete care instructions.

Antlion Kit$60

Watch nature’s ingenious trap-builders in action! Comes with 8 live antlions in a clear viewing container filled with fine sand. Easy and thrilling to feed with live ants—watch them construct their famous cone traps. Includes full care instructions and lifecycle information.

Mealworm Kit$50

A brilliant beginner’s life cycle to observe from start to finish! Watch the fascinating transformation from larva to pupa and adult darkling beetle. Includes 35 live mealworms, clear viewing container, nutrient-rich bedding, and simple care instructions.

Silkworm Eggs$35

The perfect companion to our Butterfly Kits! Compare the fascinating differences between moths and butterflies side by side. Includes 50 eggs (tigers, normals & zebras) that hatch in about 1–2 weeks. Feed on fresh mulberry leaves or artificial diet. Complete guide included. Available all year round!

Springtails$20

Nature’s ultimate bioactive clean-up crew! A strong, healthy starter colony that breaks down mould and waste in terrariums, reptile setups, and insect enclosures. Also doubles as the ideal live micro-food for baby mantids and small spiders. Includes care and culturing instructions.

Orange Isopods (Porcellio scaber)$25

A bright orange morph of the classic woodlouse. Active day and night, making them fantastic for bioactive terrarium clean-up crews or fun, low-maintenance pets. Extremely hardy and easy to feed. Starter culture of 12 comes with care sheet.

White Isopods (Porcellio scaber)$25

A unique white morph of the classic woodlouse with subtle, pale orange highlights. Active day and night, making them fantastic for bioactive terrarium clean-up crews or fun, low-maintenance pets. Extremely hardy and easy to feed. Starter culture of 12 comes with care sheet.

Reusable Pop-up Enclosure$45

The ideal home for your minibeasts. Roomy 40x40x60cm habitat featuring a clear front viewing window, and escape-proof mesh. Reusable, washable, and pops open or folds flat in seconds.

How ordering works

Place your order — use the form below, or call or email us. Pop in the date you’d like your order; we’ll do our very best.

Get your confirmation — we’ll email a confirmation of order with your invoice, plus your earliest collection or delivery date and the collection address.

Collect or receive — collection is from Wattle Grove, or we can deliver for a fee. Orders are prepared once payment is made in full.

Good to know

✦ Local Pick-up & Delivery: No postal shipping. Collect from Wattle Grove or choose delivery for a fee—orders are prepared once payment is made in full.

✦ Healthy, Hand-Selected Stock: Every insect and egg pack is carefully checked before collection to ensure you receive active and healthy critters, ready to thrive in their new habitats.

✦ Complete Care Guides Included: Every kit, starter culture, and egg pack comes with simple instructions and life cycle details to get you started.

✦ Here to Help: If something ever goes wrong with your order, please take clear photos and let us know as soon as you can so we can help!