For the Cat Farmers.

[Commander]

For the cat farmers here... something that can give you ideas of how you can organise your "life history in progress" projects. The DIY handymen can even fashion a similar cage out of discarded boxes and so on. :)



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BugDorm-1, Rearing and Observation Cage
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Sturdy, low-cost cage is suitable both for classroom rearing and observation and for many applications by entomology professionals. Suggested uses for classroom, lab or field include rearing and viewing butterflies and moths, preying mantids, spiders, mosquitoes, agricultural pests, and small vertebrates such as lizards or snakes.

Two or three cages can be stacked together creating a taller unit to accommodate a potted plant or other uses where a cage height of two or three feet is desirable.

The cage is made of plastic-injected white polypropylene, nearly transparent with good visibility on all sides, top and bottom. Three side panels are 16 x 24 mesh plastic screen. The fourth side panel provides easy access from an opening 6-1/8" diameter with nylon sleeve.

The cage is completely collapsible for convenient storage or cleaning. It takes only a few minutes to assemble or dismantle and no tools are required. It is a cube 11-3/4" (300 cm) and weighs only 2 lbs. It can be used in a temperature range of -15? to 85? C.

A replacement nylon mesh sleeve is available.

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[Cigaritis wong]

300cm huh? That means I can go inside and take photo of a hatching butterfly ;-)

[Sky Blue]

for hatching butterfly, you don't need net, they can't fly at least for 30 mins after hatched.

[Cigaritis wong]

for hatching butterfly, you don't need net, they can't fly at least for 30 mins after hatched.

oic...have not got the luck to witness any b4.

[Cigaritis wong]

hey just wondering if any of u who hv the luxury of having a backyard, can build a 5m X 5m enclosure and wait for perhaps a male silverstreak to eclose. then capture the upper wing when it's basking? silly idea?

[Silverstreak]

With most of us staying in flats/apartments, space is always a premium .

Instead having a framed wooden box as a breeder , it is easier to store a foldable contraception when not in use .

This is my DIY holding cage for butterflies, which can be easily put into use by anyone, just buy a SD$3 or MR $2 (if you buy it from the $2 shops at Johore) foldable laundry mess net, an old singlet or T shirt and a few safety pins. Actually intended it for the Harlequin Moving Project but deem it to0 conspicuous carrying it .:bsmile:

If you want it more class can always substitute the singlet with some netting .

[Sky Blue]

Hey Sunny, I got the same one bought from Pasar Malam ;-)