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Every single one of them lived and hatched into a ladybug, which really surprised me. When it came time to let them go, they crawled all over my delighted daughter's hands before flying away. My 6-year-old daughter received this as a Christmas present, so we had to wait a long time to send away for our bugs, because we really wanted to set them free afterwards. The whole family was absolutely fascinated by the process. We're going to order more larva. The little house is so cute, she played with it anyway. The bugs came within the timeframe indicated, and we got 11 of them into the house (Mommy might have let a few escape by accident).
And releasing them was an even bigger hit. My kids loved watching the lady bugs go through their stages of development. It's very cool.
After another 5 days as pupas, they crawled out of their outer skin and and looked white. I'd recommend this as a gift. I got this for my 6-year old daughter. After sending in $3 for the laydybug larva, it took 2 weeks for our larva to arrive. We were amazed that all 14 larva actually grew into ladybugs. She as ABSOLUTELY thrilled. After about 2 days, some of the larva became pupa as they cling to the underside of the dome.
The whole family like to sit and look at them. We've never seen pink-spotted ladybugs before.
I gave my daughter the habitat and the bugs at that time. The next day, they were all bright pink with black dots.
We live in Florida. In a matter of hours, they looked a pale yellow.
We're very happy with it. We started our process at the end of May.
We got a total of 14 larva.
Finally got through to someone & they said they would send some more. Like another reviewer, I also received a tube of what looked like dead larvae. So just beware. Nothing yet though.The actual ladybug land is very cheaply made and the children can easily pull the top off & then the ladybugs can escape. Only 1 was alive in the end. I called up Customer Service and was on the phone waiting to talk to a live person for 50 minutes.
All the kids loved it and they still talk about it all the time. Bought this for my son's 4th birthday.
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