These five gallon paint strainers are Ideal for rearing caterpillars on potted host plants and fit snug over a five gallon potted plant. Ideal for rearing:

• Eastern Black Swallowtails on potted parsley, dill, rue, or fennel
• Monarchs on potted milkweed
• Satyrids and Skippers on potted tall grasses
• Viceroys and Red Spotted Purples on potted willow shrubs.

The dimensions of these paint strainers are as follows:

• Elastic opening unstretched is 9 inches/23 cm
• Elastic opening fully expanded is 19 inches/48 cm
• Maximum width is 18 inches/46cm
• Length of the strainer is 22 inches/56cm

Note: Wholesale Pricing Available for Resellers! Contact info@raisingbutterflies.org for details.

The new one gallon potted plant enclosure combines the convenience of a paint strainer with the structure of a cylindrical popup. Its zippered top facilitates placing caterpillars on host. Fits snug over a standard 1 gallon pot with a 6 1/2" diameter.  Ideal for:

• Rearing younger caterpillars on smaller/starter host plants
• Protecting caterpillars from predation
• Protecting plants from herbivores
• Obtaining eggs from gravid female butterflies

Note: Wholesale Pricing Available for Resellers! Contact info@raisingbutterflies.org for details.

The tall one gallon potted plant enclosure is 10" taller than the standard 1" potted plant enclosure; facilitating raising caterpillars on host plants that are both slender and tall.  It also combines the convenience of a paint strainer with the structure of a cylindrical popup. Zippered top facilitates placing caterpillars on host. Fits snug over a standard 1 gallon pot with a 6 1/2" diameter. Ideal for:

• Rearing younger caterpillars on smaller/starter host plants
• Protecting caterpillars from predation
• Protecting plants from herbivores
• Obtaining eggs from gravid female butterflies

Note: Wholesale Pricing Available for Resellers! Contact info@raisingbutterflies.org for details.

The three gallon potted plant enclosure fits snug over a 3 gallon pot with a dimension 11" wide and 9 1/2" tall. It combines the convenience of a paint strainer with the structure of a cylindrical popup. Its zippered top facilitates placing caterpillars on host. Ideal for:

• Rearing younger caterpillars on smaller/starter host plants
• Protecting caterpillars from predation
• Protecting plants from herbivores
• Obtaining eggs from gravid female butterflies; including swallowtails.

Note: Wholesale Pricing Available for Resellers! Contact info@raisingbutterflies.org for details.

The five gallon potted plant enclosure fits snug over a 5 gallon pot with a dimension 12" wide and 11 " tall and is designed specifically to assist those rearing on potted plants.

• Rearing younger caterpillars on smaller/starter host plants
• Protecting caterpillars from predation
• Protecting plants from herbivores
• Obtaining eggs from gravid female butterflies; including swallowtails.

Note: Wholesale Pricing Available for Resellers! Contact info@raisingbutterflies.org for details.

The contents of a five gallon potted plant enclosure are easier to see than the white.  The five gallon potted plant enclosure fits snug over a 5 gallon pot with a dimension 12" wide and 11 " tall and is designed specifically to assist those rearing on potted plants.

• Rearing younger caterpillars on smaller/starter host plants
• Protecting caterpillars from predation
• Protecting plants from herbivores
• Obtaining eggs from gravid female butterflies; including swallowtails.