Insect Toys

Painted Lady Butterfly Lifecycle Dominoes

These happy little dominoes like to play - and teach! Play along to learn shape and color recognition, as well as the stages in a painted lady's lifecycle. Each domino features numbers and spots to help little learners count. Instructions included. Contains 28 sturdy cardstock butterfly dominoes and complete instructions. Ages 3 and up.

Rainbow Ants - Ant Farm

Introducing the Rainbow Ant Farm by Fascinations!
Pour the five different colored sands (included) into your habitat using your own artistic design. Then add your ants and see them transform your design into their own creative patterns. Watch as your ants create fascinating color mosaics!

Includes:
7.75"L x 5.5"W x 0.75"D clear acrylic habitat.
A package of special building sand in 5 assorted colors.
A set of instructions
An interesting ant facts booklet
A Space Scope Extreme Zoom Lens
A mail-in certificate for free ants.

Ants are not shipped with the ant farm. You must mail in the certificate to receive ants for your farm.

Mini Ant Factory

It's easy for kids to set up and maintain their own ant habitats! Mini Ant Factory, measuring 8" high by 8.5" wide, provides great lessons in responsibility, basic ecology, and much more! Each habitat includes 24-page guide book with ant care and colony observation hints, water dropper, unique Sugarcement sand, canal starting tool, and certificate to obtain ants by mail.

$2.00 fee required for shipping, handling, and insurance. Ants are NOT included in the package you will receive from us.

Note - the picture shows one GeoSafari Ant Factory and one GeoSafari Mini Ant Factory.

Insect Old Maid Card Game

Here's a new twist on favorite first card game featuring 17 of the silliest, most playful bugs ever! Meet Fuego Fire Ant, Phillippe Fly, Lola Ladybug, Penelope Painted Lady and the Old Maid Black Widow. The whimsical designs will bring smiles to kids of all ages. Includes 33 playing cards and instructions. For 2 to 4 players. Ages 3 and up.

Butterfly Bingo Game

You've not seen bingo like this before! Insect Lori brings her magical buggy touch to this classroom classic with super-cute butterfly lifecycle characters. Includes everything you need to play at school or home: 36 playing cards, super-sized answer mat, 150 caller's chips, 600 cover chips, easy instructions. Ages 3 and up.

Butterfly Count And Sort Cards

20 two-sided activity cards for use with the Butterfly Count & Sort Set (sold separately) help develop color and shape recognition, sequencing and patterning. Two skill levels involving 40 challenges for home or classroom. Activity ideas and answers card included.

Ages 4 & up.

Backyard Bunch Manny Mantis Gardening Set

Everything to get the gardener going! Each set contains kneeling pad, kid's gloves, hand shovel and hand cultivator in a wonderful praying mantis character design. Makes a great gift!

Ages 4 & up

Backyard Bunch Webster Spider Gardening Set

Everything to get the gardener going! Each set contains kneeling pad, kid's gloves, hand shovel and hand cultivator in a wonderful Spider character design. Makes a great gift!

Ages 4 & up

Butterfly Activity Book

Here's the best way to make the most of your live-butterfly experience when playing with our Butterfly Pavilion or Butterfly Garden toys!

The Butterfly Activity Book is full of activities, resources, and ideas to enhance your live Painted Lady butterfly kit fun. Suitable for pre-K through grade 8, these activities are built on the frameworks of the Head Start Program Performance Standards and the National Science Education Standards.

With tips for activities such as feeding and handling, the Butterfly Activity Book is an excellent resource for individuals and classrooms alike.

Magnetic Butterfly Puzzle

Challenge your friends! Magnetic Butterfly Puzzle combines the beauty of butterflies and moths with the challenge of a puzzle, and the mysterious delight of magnets. This winning combination will fascinate and educate everyone in the family.

Did you know... Butterflies and moths are probably the best loved of all insects. Their range of shape, size and color are fascinating: there are about 15,000 species of butterfly, and around 150,000 species of moths! Moths and Butterflies been around for a long long time: the oldest known moth dates from as much as 190 million years ago.

Contents

• 17 non-toxic colorful magnets
• Huge butterfly poster
• 12" square colorful playing surface
• information on each butterfly and moth

Garden Spider Web Frame

This all-wood garden conversation piece is the perfect spider condo! Just place the spider web frame in any natural setting, and watch spiders spin intricate and interesting webs through the frame's window. Features a special spider-friendly hideaway to keep your spider safe. Instruction guide comes with lots of educational information on spiders and webs. For ages 4 and up.

Backyard Safari Critter Projector

Create an insect show and watch bugs dance on walls with the Bug-jector!

Lightweight and easy to carry, this handheld projector comes with a removable, 4-chambered rotating disc and a focusing lens for clear imagery! Project your bug silhouettes on the wall, ceiling or any flat surface for a creeping, crawling good time!

Anthill Ant Farm

The world's first living ant habitat designed like a real ant's home. Just mail the certificate in the kit and soon you'll receive a generous supply of live ants, ready to dig in. Watch as these hard-working critters burrow underground to create an amazing network of subterranean tunnels, walkways and secret chambers. The AntHill's unique "cross-cut" design features an oversized tunneling chamber for easy observation and a wide base that makes tipping over virtually impossible. Includes fun ant activities and complete instructions.

A $2 shipping and handling fee is required when you mail in the certificate. Ants are NOT included in the package you will receive from us.

Beetle Barn

Look what's growing on the farm! Follow the lifecycle of the mealworm with this easy-to-raise easy-to-do kit. Certificate for 25-35 mealworm larvae included.

Features

• Fun and function tri-chambered "Barn" habitat
• Super magnifier for Insect observation
• Great for the classroom for home school
• Detailed instructions with acres of insect information

Ages 8 & up.

Bug Lifecycle Fun Book

Tons of fun, brain builders and lifecycle information featuring lots of happy bugs! Enjoy coloring, puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dot, cut-outs and more! Includes four oversized crayons and 60 high-quality paper pages.

Ages 3 and up.

Bugs Floor Puzzle

Great graphics, great quality, the Melissa & Doug Bugs Floor Puzzle is a great buy! The colorful, detailed pieces are made of heavy-duty cardboard with an easy-clean surface that helps keep the puzzle looking new. Shows a colorful assortment of insects like butterflies, dragonflies, ants, ladybugs and many more frolicking among the pretty flowers.

Ages 3+
46.5" x 18.5"
24 pcs

Insects Chunky Puzzle

Melissa & Doug Chunky Puzzles are innovative puzzles that feature thick, chunky pieces that fit neatly into the puzzle board, and can also stand up to be used for pretend play! The Insects Chunky Puzzle will capture your child's fancy with it's colorful pieces and illustrations! There is a full-color picture under every piece.

12" x 9"
7 pcs
Ages 2+

Butterfly Count & Sort Set

What could be more fun than counting and sorting these cute new Painted Lady Butterfly figures? Our unique designs make learning exciting. Constructed of soft plastic, the colorful pieces are easy to handle. Characters include leaf, egg, flower, caterpillar, chrysalid and butterfly. 72 pieces. Instructions included. Ages 4 and up.

World of Bugs 60-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Best quality cardboard jigsaw puzzles at the lowest prices! The thick, durable pieces of this 60 piece puzzle features a gorgeous variety of realistic, appealing images and stunning original artwork. The bright, sturdy packaging will withstand many uses! Made in the USA. Ages 3 to adult.

Antworks Illuminated Ant Farm

AS FEATURED IN TIME MAGAZINE'S DECEMBER ISSUE OF BEST INVENTIONS OF 2005!

Learn how NASA took ants to space! Ant Farms have been a favorite toy for decades, and now they've gone space age. AntWorks uses a translucent gel as a tunneling medium for ants as well as their food and water source. Observe and record the habits of ants, up close and personal, with the included magnifying glass and zoom lens. Antworks is based on an actual 2003 NASA Space Shuttle experiment on how ants tunnel in microgravity. AntWorks kit includes a send-away certificate for live ants and informational booklet. Ants need no food or water as the gel contains all the nutrients they need.

Packaging includes

• Nutrient Gel
• Magnifying Glass
• Ant Catching / Tunnel Starter Tool
• Instructions / Interesting Facts About Ants
• Bright Blue LEDs to Highlight Tunnels
• 110v or 220v Power Adapter
• Ants NOT Included

Size: 6.5"L x 5.5"W x 1.25"D

Insect Lore Butterfly Feeder

With this colorful Butterfly Feeder, butterflies on the go can get the same sweet treatment as their hummingbird friends! Mix together some nectar (easy recipe included), pour it into the Feeder's reservoir, hang your feeder from a limb or set it on a flat surface, and wait for wild butterflies to arrive to drink from the colorful flowery wicks. Entomologist approved, this beautiful feeder will provide hours of enjoyment for the whole family. Complete instructions included.

Ages 4 and up.

Gel Colony Ant Farm

The unique Gel Colony Ant Farm from Uncle Milton, the maker of the original ant farm, features clean, contemporary lines and clear, green-tinted agar gel where the ants can dig, eat, and live. Your ants will create amazing tunnels through the green gel, providing a unique viewing experience unlike traditional sand-based ant farms. The agar also serves as both food and drink for the ants, so this is an easy, care-free ant farm that's easy to keep, even for the youngest children. And parents - you don't have to open it to feed the ants, so there's no risk of escapees making a more permanent home in your kitchen!

The Uncle Milton Gel Colony Ant Farm includes a mail-in coupon for live harvester ants, which are large, safe ants with body parts that are easily viewed. The ant farm is 9 inches by 3 inches by 6.5 inches high. Designed for children ages 6 and up.

Please note: Ants are not included in the package you will receive from us. We do not ship the ants ourselves, so we can't fill the coupon when you order. When you receive your ant farm, you should fill out the coupon and mail it to Uncle Milton Industries to receive your ants.

Magnetic Bug Catching Game

Net a bug!

The Melissa & Doug Magnetic Bug Catching Game includes a special piece that magnetically captures the wood puzzle pieces on the game board. Redesigned artwork brings new life to this much-loved, creative magnetic game! This interactive game is great for developing dexterity and improving hand-eye coordination, visual perception and fine motor skills.

12" x 9"
10 pieces
Ages 3+

Bug Tumble Floor Puzzle

These are not your average floor puzzles. These beautiful high-resolution puzzles contain many secrets. Hunt for answers and clues to riddles.

These Gigantic scavenger-hunt floor puzzles, with better than life pictures, are made with durable and chunky pieces. After assembly the puzzle will still provide hours of entertainment. When assembled, the Bug Tumble Floor Puzzle is 36 " wide x 24 " high.

Contents

• 48 large puzzle pieces
• Poster containing, riddles, guides and facts on the creatures within