RESTCLOUD Insect and Butterfly Habitat Cage Terrarium Pop-up 23.6 Inches Tall

This habitat has been a lifesaver. I used it to safely protect monarchs I found while covering my butterfly garden in Florida during a recent cold snap. It’s lightweight, well made, and provides great airflow while keeping them protected. Easy to use and exactly what I needed for temporary shelter. Highly recommend for anyone helping butterflies through unexpected weather.

I started a vicious cycle of caring for Monarch caterpillars. Started with a few in my garden and I wanted to house them inside so they would stay safe and my young son could learn about them. Bought a few milkweed plants that apparently had more eggs and now I’m in over my head feeding an additional 16 mouths. However this enclosure has been perfect. The viewing window makes it easy to watch them. They are able to secure themselves at the top of the mesh. It’s easy to open and clean with the huge zippered side. Handles at the top for easy carrying and large enough for a gallon pot or larger to fit inside.

I Purchased this product to have at a nursing home where my Mother resides. I thought this would be something nice for the residence to experience. I never realized how this would impact the people there in such a positive way! Everyone checks it daily to see if we have a new caterpillar sighting or a new cocoon or a butterfly has emerged. The releasing of the butterflies is always an exciting event that they all love to watch. This is such a great project for all ages. Once you purchase the cage, there basically is no cost involved. Milk weed grows everywhere and it is very easy to clip off a branch or two every now and then to feed your hungry caterpillars. If you see a white dot on the back of the leaf, then you will most likely have a caterpillar emerge within the next 3 to 4 days which will start your whole process over again. It comes with a very cute booklet that explains what happens and how long each individual stage takes, along with exactly what to do, starting from finding leaves with tiny eggs, all the way through the butterfly emerging. I leave it out by the cage for all the residents to look at. This has been such a great little project. This cage is high-quality and I would recommend it. One of the sides is plastic for easier viewing, which is absolutely a genius idea. It makes it very easy for the residence to come up and look inside. This is extremely easy and an A+ in my book!

My son wanted to raise a batch of painted lady butterflies. I didn’t plan it well and we are headed for the beach tomorrow! Luckily, they will be on day 3 of their chrysalis stage. I moved them into this net which is perfect size for travel! It’s sturdy, high quality and compact. Zipper is legit. Looks like we are having us some Beach Butterflies! It is NOT ideal to travel with chrysalises but the alternative isn’t an option. My son is so excited to watch them hatch! It’s going to be very fun for him and his cousin! I laid the lid down flat to prevent major jostling. I’ll report back on how they did! UPDATE: We traveled 4 hours to the beach. Stayed a week and drove back home 4 hours with these chrysalises in this net. The morning after we got home- they emerged! Now, we have 2 healthy beautiful painted lady butterflies!! Of course I do not recommend traveling with pupas but I was afraid they would hatch while we were gone and not get the attention and care they needed. All in all- it was a big success!! Highly recommend this net cage!

I bought this pop up enclosure after finding Eastern Black Swallowtail eggs on some dill back in June. After raising our first round of swallowtails, we ended up with our second round, then our third. We now have nearly 90 eggs that we’re waiting on. This enclosure works well enough that we bought a second one for housing chrysalises to keep them separate from growing caterpillars and I expect that we will likely buy a third soon. We found that folding and unfolding the pop up is very similar to our circular reflectors used in photography, so they are easy to transport, quick to set up and compact when not in use. I’ve included a few photos with this review showing this pop up enclosure in use, for reference. I found that this enclosure is sturdy enough for our purposes, but can lean a bit as you’re opening and closing the zippers and the first one that we purchased is just a little warped. IMHO, it’s helpful to make sure that you have it on a level surface, as this minimizes rocking while opening and closing the door. As for clean up, stains can be removed fairly easy with a mild 95:5 water to bleach solution and this also helps prevent illness and diseases from spreading. I don’t know what impact a mild bleaching would have on the black version of the enclosure, but it works fine on the white versions. We have the white model with the green trim and also white with blue trim. For anyone looking to raise butterflies and/or moths, this is easier to use than pop up hampers and has a tighter mesh to help keep other insects out and small caterpillars in. You can see the tight weave of the mesh in the last of the photos I have attached to this review. Definitely recommended.

I absolutely love this habitat cage for my Painted Lady Butterflies. I had 12 caterpillars in my care this time and the habitat I had been using for my butterflies was simply too small & had other other issues I really began to dislike. So, I decided to search for a better habitat this time around & decided on this particular one. VERY PLEASED WITH THIS HABITAT!! Absolutely everything I wanted and more. The two zippers on the side are absolutely awesome. Makes everything so much easier to do without disturbing the chrysalises. I really like having the vinyl side for a better view, plus it gives the option to have the vinyl side down for easier cleaning of any frass and meconium. Easily will fit a good amount of potted plants unlike the last habitat I had, which is just awesome. Easier to see through the mesh on this habitat as well compared to my previous habitat. Very well made and easy to fold back up when not in use. I really like the overall look of the habitat as well. I plan to buy again from this company again to get the 12x12x12 cube looking habitat next. I am very pleased with my purchase. The price and quality is absolutely amazing for this habitat. Myself and my butterflies are very satisfied with this purchase. Highly recommend buying from this company. I even liked they included a quick start guide for caring for your butterflies from eggs to butterfly phase. They also emailed me to let me know that if I had any questions or issues to please let them know and they would be glad to help. Always a good sign of a good company!

This habitat is lightweight, easy to set up, and works well for observing butterflies or insects up close. The mesh allows good airflow and visibility, and the zipper functions smoothly. It folds down easily for storage when not in use. This is a great educational and nature-friendly item, especially for anyone interested in caring for or observing insects safely.

Just what I needed! Where were these when I was homeschooling my kids?! We made a homemade one when the kids were young, but this one is so much better! I really like the clear side that allows for better observation of the caterpillars! It has handles on the top to make the rearing cage easy to transport or hang up, when releasing the butterflies. The tightly woven mesh fabric sides allow air flow, but keep tiny caterpillars in and predators out. No escapees! I like that it can be folded flat and easily stored. It is a great product at a very affordable price. So glad I found this product! I bought the medium size one, 15” x 15”.