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User Submitted Insect Lore Ladybug Land Reviews (cont...)Date: 2005-12-13 No Ladybugs in the Land I bought this for my niece, Alex, in 2004 when she was three. She had just dressed up as a ladybug for Halloween and I thought it would make a fun project to work on in the afternoons with her grandparents. The day the toy arrived, Alex was ecstatic, however, first the larvae would have to be ordered. Her ecstasy subsided over the period of SIX WEEKS that it took for the larvae to arrive. Once the larvae arrived, Alex's grandparents followed the directions perfectly. No matter. The larvae sprouted, stumbled around Ladybug Land for a couple of days, then died. The habitat was adorable. The bugs just didn't want to live there. It was a disappointment for everyone, though, at times like this, we should look to the wisdom of children. Alex: "All of them died but at least we still have their house." Date: 2005-11-30 Fabulous fun I got this for my 3 yr old's birthday after our tremendous luck with the butterflies. (another 5 stars). well the lady bugs came out of their cocoons four days ago and are munching raisens and runnning around the pavillion. she LOVES them. we only ended up with 6 live ladybugs but that's plenty for her. she runs to check them every morning and sit and watches them for long periods of time (for a 3-yr-old). i am very happy with this product and will certainly get more ladies. Date: 2005-11-29 Very disappointing! We were so excited to try this out with our little boy, but it was not what we expected. The only exciting day of insect watching came the day that the shipment arrived from Insect Lore - the ladybug larvae moved around a lot for about a day, then hid for almost 5 days while they turned into ladybugs. Once they were ladybugs, they just sat around and didn't do anything (they only seemed to move when we weren't looking at them). Then they died. Wow, what a letdown. Next time, we'll go with an old-fashioned ant farm! Date: 2005-08-23 Ladybugs are a big hit Bought this for my son's 5th birthday since he loves Ladybugs. Sent of for the larvae two weeks before his birthday and it arrived on his birthday. All the larvae arrived alive. They changed to pupa in two days and are now ladybugs. He is constantly watching his ladybugs. He has a little brother (1 1/2) who also likes the ladybug land and has dropped it many times. It has no cracks and the bugs do not seemed fazed so I would say it is very durable. Date: 2005-05-29 Ladybug mausoleum Larvae arrived with all but one dead. After a little while, it died too. Contacted the company and they responded very quickly. They also sent a new batch of ladybug larvae very quickly. The only problem is that these arrived dead too. All of them. Emailed the company several times back and forth and finally came to a resolution. They sent Painted Lady "butterfly culture" aka tiny caterpillars. As of June 12, 2005, the five sent are all alive. Hopefully, we will finally get to watch nature at work. All we've seen so far is the grim reaper. So, in order, it's dead ladybug larvae; dead ladybug larvae; help from customer service;live caterpillars. Now,all we have to do is figure out what to do with our empty ladybug land.
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