Insect Lore Live Butterfly Pavilion Shipped with Live Caterpillars NOW Insect Lore - The Original Butterflies-By-Mail Company Since 1969. Healthy Caterpillars Shipped Safely From our Butterfly Farm to You! Insect Lore has Shipped over 50 Million Butterflies Since 1969. Reusable 2-foot tall mesh habitat, two cups of 10 live caterpillars (5 caterpillars in each cup), feeding pippette and complete instructions. Live caterpillars are shipped to destinations within the Continental USA. We cannot ship caterpillars to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada.