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Project: Wooden insect cage Page 1 of 28 Insect cage Did you ever wanted to have a pet, but you simply don’t have the time for a cat or a dog? Well, you could try to build this insect cage, fill it with some beautiful insects and learn they habits, watch them eat, sleep, breed, etc. It will bring a piece of wild nature into your home. This insect cage (insectarium = vivarium) is designed for insect care and breeding. It can be installed at your home, but in schools and laboratory also, as a educational kit. During its manufacture you should pay attention to the edges. They should be firmly overlapping. Before the insect settling, you should cover the bottom of cage with some kind of paper, so you could easily clean its interior. On the side walls and the top of the cage you should mount a fine net (for example the mosquito net, the net used by beekeepers for the face protection, or even the pieces of curtain). This net should be so fine, that even the smallest insect can’t get through it. This is very important, not only to prevent your insects getting out of the cage, but also to keep out the spiders or unwanted insects like wasps or other predators from getting into the cage that could cause disease or death of your insects. This kind of cage is suitable for the caterpillars (before they turn into the butterflies), some other larvae and for all the other slow insects. These cages are not suitable for the fast insects, or very small ones, because the whole side of one wall has the door function, so they could easily escape. Always keep in mind that cage should be large enough, so the insects would have enough space to stretch after their moulting. Project from WWW.CRAFTSMANSPACE.COM

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Insect cage

Did you ever wanted to have a pet, but you simply don’t have the time for a cat or a dog? Well, you could try to build this insect cage, fill it with some beautiful insects and learn they habits, watch them eat, sleep, breed, etc. It will bring a piece of wild nature into your home. This insect cage (insectarium = vivarium) is designed for insect care and breeding. It can be installed at your home, but in schools and laboratory also, as a educational kit.

During its manufacture you should pay attention to the edges. They should be firmly overlapping.

Before the insect settling, you should cover the bottom of cage with some kind of paper, so you could easily clean its interior. On the side walls and the top of the cage you should mount a fine net (for example the mosquito net, the net used by beekeepers for the face protection, or even the pieces of curtain). This net should be so fine, that even the smallest insect can’t get through it. This is very important, not only to prevent your insects getting out of the cage, but also to keep out the spiders or unwanted insects like wasps or other predators from getting into the cage that could cause disease or death of your insects.

This kind of cage is suitable for the caterpillars (before they turn into the butterflies), some other larvae and for all the other slow insects.

These cages are not suitable for the fast insects, or very small ones, because the whole side of one wall has the door function, so they could easily escape. Always keep in mind that cage should be large enough, so the insects would have enough space to stretch after their moulting.

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IMPORTANT: You can not use any insecticides in the room, where the insect cage is, because that action will cause the death of your pet insects too. If you have a problem with some insects like files or mosquitoes, we are recommending you to use various insect glue traps and boards, or to take out the insect cage, spray the room, and take the insect cage on its place after a couple hours.

In some countries, the mosquitoes extermination is doing by aircrafts. So, if you are familiar, that these kind of action is going to be in your area, it is necessary to keep the windows where the insect cage is closed at least one day after that.

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Insect cage subassembly list

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Insect cage assembly 2D drawing

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Insect cage standard parts

1. Hinge nail

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2. Door with hinge subassembly parts list

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Door with hinge subassembly 2D drawing

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Door with hinge subassembly standard parts

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3. Cage subassembly parts list

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Cage subassembly 2D drawing

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Cage subassembly standard parts

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1. Join the Door rails (parts 2.02) and the Door stiles (parts 2.03) together with glue.

2. Fasten the Hinges (Parts 2.01) to the subassembly made in previous step using Hinge nails (Parts

2.08).

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3. Put the Door net (Part 2.07) over the subassembly made in previous step, then line the Door fronts (Parts 2.04) and Door front hinge (Part 2.05) on top and hammer them with nails (Part 2.06). We used decorative (Rounded) head nails, because this way the assembly looks beautiful.

Cage subassembly assemblage instructions

1. Join the Door post (part 3.03), Post (part 3.01) and Rails (Parts 3.02) together with glue.

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2. Now join Posts (Parts 3.01) and Rails (Parts 3.02) together with glue.

3. Put the Rails (Part 3.02) between the subassemblies made in step 1 and step 2 and join them

together with glue.

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4. Put the Floor board (Part 3.04) on the bottom of subassembly from the previous step and hammer it with Nails (Part 3.07).

5. Now put the Window net (Part 3.08) on one side of the assembly, line the Slats (Parts 3.05) over

the net and hammer it with the Nails (Part 3.07). We used decorative(Rounded) head nails, because this way the assembly looks beautiful.

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6. Repeat this procedure to put Window nets and Slats on remaining assembly sides and the top.

Final insect cage assemblage

1. Pull Hinges into the slot on the Door post (Part 3.03), carefully measure and mark the spots where you should hammer the Hinge nails (Part 1), and then hammer them in.

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2. Screw the Lock Screw in (Part 3.06).

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