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Witness one of nature’s most spectacular transformations up close with this reusable, collapsible habitat. Fine, transparent mesh lets you see butterfly metamorphosis up close. Product includes easy-to-use feeder and complete instructions for habitat. Butterfly larvae with food shipped directly to your home. The habitat collapses for storage when not in use. You can adopt and raise a handful of caterpillars, watch them transform into painted lady butterflies, then lift the garden cover to release your beautiful specimens into the wild. This exciting habitat makes a fabulous introduction to the miracles of nature. The larvae and food available round the year.

Experience nature up close with the Live Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore. This enthralling educational kit gives kids the opportunity to observe butterflies through every stage of their lifecycle. Children ages four and up can observe five real caterpillars eat and grow to form their chrysalis and then emerge as Painted Lady butterflies. Children will love feeding the butterflies in their included observation habitat and then releasing them into the wild.

Live Butterfly Garden At a Glance: Age: 4 years and up Requirements: Larvae, which are available with the included mail-in coupon ($5 shipping and handling required; ships to all U.S. states except Hawaii). Warranty: Insect Lore guarantees that at least 3 of the 5 butterfly larvae sent through the mail will metamorphose into adult butterflies.

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12-inch habitat, guide, dropper, and coupon. View larger.

Live Caterpillars Mailed Directly to You
The Butterfly Garden comes with a coupon to send away for five caterpillars. The caterpillars are hatched from eggs in a butterfly nursery and mailed to your home in a special clear container, complete with caterpillar food.

Live caterpillars and food

Keeping the caterpillars out of direct sunlight, children can watch them eat, grow, and after seven to ten days, form their chrysalides and begin their transformation into butterflies. The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly normally takes two to three weeks: seven to ten days in caterpillar stage, and seven to ten days in chrysalis stage. Insect Lore guarantees that at least three of the five caterpillars you receive will grow into adult butterflies.

Observe the Metamorphosis Up Close
The Butterfly Garden comes with a pop-up butterfly observation habitat, which is a cylindrical mesh container measuring 12 inches tall. Once the caterpillars become chrysalides, they can be transferred to the habitat, where they will complete their transformation into adult Painted Lady butterflies. Children will be excited to keep a close eye on the changing chrysalides and watch this seemingly magical metamorphosis.

Your Very Own Butterflies
Once the butterflies emerge, children can have lots of fun feeding them and watching them eat. The kit comes with a dropper for squeezing sugar water into the habitat for the butterflies to drink. It is recommended that flowers be placed in the habitat for the butterflies to rest on while they enjoy their meals. Kids will delight in observing the butterflies unfurl their proboscises to suck up the sugar water.

If you receive your butterflies during warmer weather, when temperatures are above 55 degrees, you can experience the excitement of releasing the butterflies into the wild. Caterpillars are available for delivery year-round, so if yours arrive in a colder month, you can keep your fully-grown butterflies in the mesh habitat for their lifespan, which is about two to four weeks.

Additional mail-in certificates are available for order, so once you’ve released your butterflies, you can reuse the Butterfly Garden and experience the magic of metamorphosis again and again.

What’s in the Box
Mesh butterfly habitat, feeding dropper, activity guide, complete instructions, and mail-in coupon for five caterpillars, and food.

Did you know that painted ladies (the butterflies, that is) taste with their feet and have 10,000eyes? You and your kids will be fascinated by all you learn about these beautiful creatures with the Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore. The kit comes with a relatively easy-to-assemble observation chamber; supplies for feeding the butterflies (you provide only sugar and water); an informative booklet of clear instructions and butterfly facts; and a certificate for three to five free painted lady caterpillars. The metamorphosis from larva to butterfly takes about three weeks from when you receive the caterpillar larvae (which arrive in a small container with all the nutrients they need). Your children can watch the larvae increase dramatically in size, form chrysalides, and finally emerge into full-fledged painted ladies (it’s suggested that they release the butterflies after a few days of observation). This would make a wonderful activity for families with kids of any age, but younger children will need help assembling the observation chamber and reading the instruction booklet. (Note: The manufacturer recommends that butterflies should not be set free in temperatures lower than 55 degrees Fahrenheit.) –Rachel Radway

Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden

Society at large tends to regard drunk driving offenses as dangerous and therefore often insists on harsh penalties for convictions.  Depending on your circumstances and the level of offense, the penalties go from bad to worse.  Recently, punishment for DUI became harsher.  And lobbying groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) push regularly to increase the severity of punishment.

Statistics may be on the lobbyists’ side.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) credits the raising of the legal drinking age to 21 with preventing nearly 1,000 deaths annually.  In another study, researchers found that after blood alcohol limits were lowered, the proportion of night time single vehicle fatal crashes in younger drivers dropped 16 percent.

Potential penalties for drunk driving charges
Following are the penalties for the drunk driving offenses per Tennessee DUI laws:

DUI First Offense

Jail—up to 29 days

Probation—up to 11 months
Fines—up to $1,500
One-year license revocation
Possible community service
Possible DUI school
Possible ignition interlock device
2nd offense (http://www.tn.gov/safety/duioutline.htm#duisecond) (within 10 years)

Jail—up to 11 months

Probation—up to 11 months
Fines—up to $3,500
Two-year license revocation
Possible community service
Treatment program
Ignition interlock device
Possible vehicle forfeiture

DUI Third Offense (within ten years)

Jail—up to 11 months

Probation—up to 11 months
Fines—up to $10,000
Three to ten-year license revocation
Possible community service
Treatment program
Ignition interlock device
Possible vehicle forfeiture

DUI Fourth Offense (within ten years)

Jail—up to six years

Probation—up to six years
Fines—up to $15,000
Five-year minimum license revocation
Possible community service
Treatment program
Ignition interlock device
Possible vehicle forfeiture
Class E felony charge

Additionally, the following charges are felonies in Tennessee:

Vehicular assault—serious injury to another by a DUI driver
Child endangerment—DUI with passenger under age 13
Vehicular homicide
Aggravated vehicular assault while DUI

A conviction in the above felony charges means long prison sentences and a criminal record.

Legal advice for drunk driving offenses
Consult a skilled Memphis DUI law firm to determine your best legal options if you have been charged with drunk driving in Memphis, TN.

Originally published here.