CN212138969U - Insect breeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an insect breeding device relates to insect breeding technical field. It mainly comprises a shell, a culture component and a collection component. The shell is mainly used for accommodating the breeding assembly and the collecting assembly and providing breeding space for insects. The cultivation assembly is mainly used for providing places for insects such as pupa breaking, eclosion, mating and the like. The collecting component is mainly used for collecting the eggs laid by the insects after mating and the fallen insect bodies. Breed subassembly and collection subassembly and all be located the casing, the one end that the collection subassembly was kept away from to the casing is provided with the portion of hanging, breeds the unit mount in the portion of hanging, collects the subassembly and is located the subassembly below of breeding, is convenient for collect the subassembly and collects the polypide. The traditional insect breeding device mostly adopts a glass frame structure, has large floor area and high cost, and is inconvenient for users to manage the insect breeding device. The utility model provides an insect breeding device type makes the user more convenient when collecting the polypide and worm's ovum through the setting up of breed subassembly and collection subassembly to realize managing in batches, reduced the breed cost.

Description

Insect breeding device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an insect breeding technical field particularly, relates to an insect breeding device.

Background

The insect is a resource insect widely distributed all over the world, and the larva feeds on animal excrement and rotten organic matters such as rotten meat, rotten fruits, vegetables and plant garbage in the nature and can be used for harmless treatment of the animal excrement. However, the existing insect breeding devices still have the problem of inconvenient management.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an insect breeding device, it can improve breeding efficiency, and the user of being convenient for manages.

The embodiment of the utility model is realized like this:

the utility model provides an insect breeding device, its includes the casing, breeds the subassembly and collects the subassembly, and the one end that the collection subassembly was kept away from to the casing is provided with the portion of hanging, breeds the subassembly and installs in the portion of hanging, collects the subassembly and is located the breed subassembly below.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the farming modules comprise a plurality of farming pots detachably connected.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, collect the subassembly and include worm's ovum collection portion and worm body collection portion, worm body collection portion and casing sliding connection, the casing is provided with the fixed part, and the fixed part is used for bearing worm's ovum collection portion.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the housing is provided with a protective portion, the protective portion including a plastic film.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the housing is provided with an operation window, and the operation window is slidably provided with a screen and a sealing member.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the operation window is rotatably connected to the housing through the rotating portion.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the end of the housing away from the collection assembly is provided with a plurality of spray heads.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the insect breeding device further comprises an emulation green plant, the emulation green plant is located the casing, and the emulation green plant is located above the collection assembly.

In some embodiments of the invention, the one end of the housing near the collection assembly is provided with a pulley.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the insect growth device is 0.5-2m long, 0.5-2m wide, and 0.5-2m high.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an at least, have following advantage or beneficial effect:

the utility model provides an insect breeding device, its simple structure, convenient to use, and be convenient for production and transportation. It mainly comprises a shell, a culture component and a collection component. The shell is mainly used for accommodating the breeding assembly and the collecting assembly and providing breeding space for breeding insects. The cultivation assembly is mainly used for providing places for insects such as pupa breaking, eclosion, mating and the like. The collecting component is mainly used for collecting the eggs laid by the insects after mating and the fallen insect bodies. Breed subassembly and collection subassembly and all be located the casing, the one end that the collection subassembly was kept away from to the casing is provided with the portion of hanging, breeds the unit mount in the portion of hanging, collects the subassembly and is located the subassembly below of breeding, is convenient for collect the subassembly and collects the worm body that drops. The traditional insect breeding device mostly adopts a glass frame structure, has large floor area and high cost, and is inconvenient for users to manage the insect breeding device. The utility model provides an insect breeding device type makes the user more simple and convenient when collecting the polypide and worm's ovum through the setting up of breed subassembly and collection subassembly to realize managing in batches, reduced the breed cost of insect. Compare in traditional insect breeding device, it has advantages such as the cost is lower, convenient management, flexibility ratio height.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an insect breeding device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of an insect breeding device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a showerhead provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic connection diagram of the operating window and the housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the connection between the worm collecting part and the slide rail provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Icon: 100-an insect farming device; 110-a housing; 112-a guard; 114-a suspension; 116-a spray head; 117-draft tube; 118-a first tube segment; 119-a second tube section; 120-an operating window; 122-a screen; 124-a seal; 128-a rotating member; 130-a stationary part; 140-a pulley; 150-a farming component; 152-a culture pot; 170-a collection assembly; 174-egg collection portion; 178-polypide collecting part; 179-slide rail; 190-simulate a green plant.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, if the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or positional relationship which is usually placed when the products of the present invention are used, the description is only for convenience of description, and the description is simplified, but the indication or suggestion that the indicated device or element must have a specific position, be constructed in a specific position, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the term "vertical" when used does not mean that the components are required to be perfectly vertical, but may be slightly inclined. For example, "vertical" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "horizontal", and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly vertical, but may be slightly inclined.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least 2.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of an insect breeding device 100 shown in fig. 1 mainly shows an external structure of the insect breeding device 100. The embodiment provides an insect breeding device 100 which is simple in structure, convenient to use, and convenient to produce and transport. The insects can be any artificially cultivated insects, such as hermetia illucens, tenebrio molitor, barley worms and other self-contained insects which are easy to manage and low in breeding cost. In the present embodiment, for the sake of description uniformity, the cultivation of hermetia illucens is taken as an example for illustration. Most traditional heisui river horsefly breeding devices adopt a glass frame structure, and the device is large in occupied area, high in cost and inconvenient for users to manage. The utility model provides an insect breeding device 100 is convenient for the user to the broken processes such as pupa, eclosion, mating of heisui river horsefly manage in batches when breeding heisui river horsefly, and the cost is lower, and convenient removal and clearance.

In order to reduce the manufacturing cost of the insect breeding device 100, reduce the floor space, and save the space and the material, the insect breeding device 100 may be generally selected to have a length of 0.5-2m, a width of 0.5-2m, and a height of 0.5-2 m.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of the insect breeding apparatus 100. The insect farming device 100 generally includes a housing 110, a farming assembly 150, and a collection assembly 170, with the farming assembly 150 and the collection assembly 170 both being located within the housing 110. The housing 110 is mainly used for accommodating the breeding assembly 150 and the collecting assembly 170, and provides breeding space for breeding hermetia illucens. The breeding assembly 150 is mainly used for providing pupa breaking, eclosion, mating and other places for the hermetia illucens. The collection assembly 170 is mainly used for collecting eggs and falling bodies of hermetia illucens laid after mating.

The housing 110 is provided with a protection part 112 (the outer layer of the housing 110 covers one protection part 112), and the protection part 112 is used for preventing the hermetia illucens from escaping from the insect breeding device 100 in the breeding process, which brings unnecessary economic loss to users. In this embodiment, the protection portion 112 is made of a plastic film with low cost and good transparency, and the plastic film reduces the manufacturing cost of the insect breeding device 100 and facilitates the user to observe the survival situation of the hermetia illucens at any time. Of course, in other embodiments, the protective part 112 may be made of other materials, such as glass, wood, cloth, etc. Further, in order to facilitate the user to replace the plastic film, the plastic film is fixed to the housing 110 by nails in this embodiment. When a user needs to use the insect breeding device 100, the plastic film is nailed on the shell 110 through the nails (the shell 110 is mainly of a frame structure, so the plastic film is needed to be covered); if the plastic film is damaged in the using process and needs to be replaced, the nail is taken down, and a new plastic film is replaced. Of course, in other embodiments, the protective part 112 (i.e., plastic film) may be adhered to the housing 110 by adhesive.

The end of the housing 110 remote from the collection assembly 170 is provided with a hanging portion 114, and the hanging portion 114 is used for mounting the cultivation assembly 150. The hanging portion 114 is disposed longitudinally along the end of the housing 110 distal from the collection assembly 170, although other embodiments could be transverse or cross-wise. The hanging part 114 and the cultivation component 150 may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, in this embodiment, the two are detachably connected, and the detachable connection is convenient for a user to replace and clean the cultivation component 150 when in use.

The end of the housing 110 remote from the collection assembly 170 is also provided with a plurality of spray heads 116. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the showerhead 116. The arrangement of the plurality of nozzles 116 facilitates the user to adjust the humidity of the environment in the insect breeding device 100 at any time as required, thereby providing a suitable living environment for the hermetia illucens. The nozzles 116 are spaced along the width direction of the housing 110, and one side of the housing 110 close to the cultivation component 150 is provided with a receiving hole (not shown in the figure) for communicating an external water pipe with the nozzles 116. The accommodating hole is internally provided with internal threads, the nozzle 116 is connected with the flow guide pipe 117, one end of the flow guide pipe 117, which is far away from the nozzle 116, is provided with external threads (not marked in the figure) matched with the internal threads, and a user can fix the nozzle 116 by matching the internal threads with the external threads. Further, in order to increase the spraying range of the nozzle 116, the nozzle 117 includes a first pipe segment 118 and a second pipe segment 119, which are sleeved with each other, the first pipe segment 118 is provided with a positioning hole, and a bolt (not shown) is disposed in the positioning hole and penetrates through the positioning hole to abut against the second pipe segment 119. When a user needs to adjust the length of the guide pipe 117, the bolt is loosened, and then the second pipe section 119 is stretched or contracted along the length direction; after the required length is adjusted, the bolt is tightened, and the guide pipe 117 is fixed at the current length. Of course, in other embodiments, the extension and retraction of the flow guide tube 117 can be achieved in other manners, such as the extension and retraction of the first tube segment 118 and the second tube segment 119 with reference to the umbrella extension and retraction structure.

As shown in fig. 1, the housing 110 is provided with an operation window 120, please refer to fig. 4, and fig. 4 is a schematic connection diagram of the operation window 120 and the housing 110. The operating window 120 is provided with a screen 122 and a seal 124. In order to facilitate the ventilation and the sealing of the insect cultivation device 100 by the user through the adjustment of the size of the operation window 120, the number of the gauze 122 is 1, the number of the sealing member 124 is 2, and the widths of the gauze 122 and the sealing member 124 are the same, so as to prevent the black soldier flies from escaping from the insect cultivation device 100 when the user adjusts the size of the operation window 120. The upper end and the lower end of the operation window 120 are both provided with sliding grooves, the longitudinal section of each sliding groove is E-shaped, the gauze 122 and the sealing piece 124 are connected in a sliding mode through the sliding grooves, and the specific structure of the operation window 120 can refer to the structure of an existing three-rail sliding window in the market. Of course, in other embodiments, the screen 122 and the sealing member 124 may be provided in other numbers, such as one each of the screen 122 and the sealing member 124. In this embodiment, there are 3 operation windows 120, each operation window 120 can be adjusted, and the arrangement of the plurality of operation windows 120 enables a user to adjust the ventilation condition of the insect breeding device 100 at will according to needs, and meanwhile, the user can open one or more operation windows 120 according to actual conditions, so as to improve the flexibility of the operation windows 120, for example, when the user needs to replace the breeding assembly 150, the uppermost and middle operation windows 120 in fig. 4 are opened; when the user needs to clean the collection assembly 170, the lowermost operating window 120 shown in fig. 4 is opened. In this embodiment, the sealing member 124 is made of a plastic film (but the structure of the sealing member 124 is still similar to that of ordinary glass (with a frame), and only the main body is replaced with the plastic film), so that a user can observe the growth condition of the hermetia illucens, and of course, in other embodiments, the sealing member 124 may also be made of other materials, such as glass, wood, acrylic plate, and the like.

The uppermost operating window 120 shown in fig. 4 is used as an initial state for detailed description: at this time, through the action of the two sealing parts 124, the operation window 120 is in a closed state, when a user needs to ventilate the insect breeding device 100, any one sealing part 124 is pushed to a required position to stop pushing, then the gauze 122 is pushed to the leftmost/right end of the operation window 120, and at this time, the operation window 120 is in an open state, so that the ventilation of the insect breeding device 100 can be realized; if the user needs to seal the insect breeding device 100, the two sealing members 124 are pushed to be connected with the left end and the right end of the operation window 120.

Further, to facilitate the user's replacement and cleaning of the farming module 150 and the collection module 170, the operating window 120 is rotatably connected to the housing 110 by a rotating member 128. In this embodiment, the rotating member 128 is a hinge, but in other embodiments, other manners may also be adopted to perform the rotating connection, for example, an accommodating hole is formed at the upper and lower connection portions of the casing 110 and the operation window 120, the upper and lower ends of the operation window 120 are both provided with rotating shafts, the rotating shafts are located in the accommodating holes, and the rotation of the operation window 120 is driven by the rotation of the rotating shafts. In this embodiment, the number of the rotating members 128 is 3, but in other embodiments, the number of the rotating members 128 may be other, such as 2, 4, 5, etc. In this embodiment, the operation window 120 is disposed on the left side of the insect cultivation device 100, but in other embodiments, it may be disposed on other surfaces of the insect cultivation device 100, as long as it is convenient for a user to replace and clean the objects in the housing 110.

As shown in fig. 2, the case 110 is provided with a fixing portion 130. In order to prevent the fixing portion 130 from falling to the bottom of the housing 110 during use, the fixing portion 130 and the housing 110 are integrally formed, but in other embodiments, the fixing portion 130 may be connected to the housing 110 by gluing or snapping.

The end of the housing 110 near the collection assembly 170 is provided with a pulley 140, and the pulley 140 facilitates movement of the insect farming device 100 by a user. In this embodiment, in order to increase the stability of the insect breeding device 100 and prevent the user from toppling over during the movement process, 4 pulleys 140 are symmetrically arranged, but in other embodiments, the number of the pulleys 140 may be other, such as 2, 3, 5, etc. Pulley 140 is commercially available directly as model JJ 221.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the farming assembly 150 includes a plurality of removably connected farming pots 152. The breeding basin 152 is used for placing the hermetia illucens, provides pupa breaking and eclosion places for the hermetia illucens, and can also contain nutrients required by eclosion of the pupa breaking hermetia illucens. One end of the cultivating pot 152 close to the hanging part 114 is provided with a hook (not shown), in order to make the connection between the cultivating pot 152 and the hanging part 114 more stable, the hanging part 114 can be provided with a safety hook to prevent the hook from sliding off the hanging part 114, of course, in other embodiments, the hook can also be directly hung on the hanging part 114. Further, one end of the cultivation basin 152, which is far away from the hanging part 114, is connected with a hook hole matched with the hook, and the cultivation basins 152 are detachably connected with the hook hole matched with the hook through the hook. Of course, in other embodiments, the cultivation basins 152 may be detachably connected in other manners, for example, a first connection portion having an external thread is disposed at one end of the cultivation basin 152 close to the hanging portion 114, and a second connection portion having an internal thread matching the external thread is disposed at the other end. When the user needs to connect the two cultivation basins 152, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are connected. After the breeding basin 152 is installed, the hermetia illucens eggs collected in advance in the same batch are placed in the breeding basin 152, the spray head 116 and an external water source are connected, and water is added to the breeding basin 152; after the water is added, an external water source and the spray nozzle 116 are cut off, and after a certain period of time, the hermetia illucens eggs are pupated and incubated into larvae in the culture basin 152, and a user can add nutrients required by the larvae, such as excrement of animals, leftovers, rotten vegetables and fruits, into the culture basin 152 through the operation window 120, so that the environment can be protected, the cost for feeding the larvae can be reduced, and the economic benefit for culturing the hermetia illucens is improved.

Because the hermetia illucens eggs need to be hatched in water, the hatched hermetia illucens larvae live in a humid environment, and the user can appropriately reduce the water used for hatching the hermetia illucens eggs in the breeding basin 152 in the period of the hermetia illucens larvae. The water in the cultivation basin 152 may be drained out of the cultivation basin 152 by: one end of the cultivation basin 152, which is far away from the hook, is provided with a drain hole and a sealing cover, the sealing cover is used for opening or closing the drain hole, and the sealing cover is rotatably connected with the cultivation basin 152 through a vertical rotating shaft. When the user needs to drain the water in the cultivation basin 152 through the drain hole, the sealing cover is rotated, the drain hole is gradually exposed, the water in the cultivation basin 152 flows out from the drain hole, and after the water drainage is finished, the sealing cover is rotated until the drain hole is completely shielded. Further, in order to prevent the black soldier fly larvae from being discharged out of the breeding basin 152 along with the water in the drainage process, a layer of gauze can be arranged between the drainage hole and the sealing cover, and the gauze can prevent the loss of the black soldier fly larvae.

The collection assembly 170 is positioned below the farming assembly 150, and the collection assembly 170 includes an egg collection portion 174 and an insect body collection portion 178. The egg collecting part 174 is used for collecting eggs laid by adult hermetia illucens after mating, and the body collecting part 178 is used for collecting adult bodies.

As shown in fig. 2, the egg collecting part 174 is placed on the fixing part 130. The egg collecting part 174 is formed by stacking wood boards, the wood boards are spaced by strip-shaped rods to form gaps, and adult hermetia illucens can find the gaps among the wood boards to lay eggs; when collecting eggs, the user opens the operation window 120, takes the egg collecting part 174 out, separates the wood plate, and scrapes the eggs on the wood plate with a shovel for the next cultivation. Of course, in other embodiments, the egg collecting portion 174 may be formed by stacking U-shaped plates, so long as a certain gap is formed for the adult hermetia illucens to lay eggs.

The worm collecting part 178 and the housing 110 are slidably connected by a slide rail 179, please refer to fig. 5, and fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection between the worm collecting part 178 and the slide rail 179. Two slide rails 179 are disposed at an end of the worm body collecting part 178 far away from the worm egg collecting part 174, and the two slide rails 179 are slidably connected to the left and right ends of the worm body collecting part 178, respectively. When a user needs to take the insect body collecting part 178 out of the shell 110, the operating window 120 is opened, and a pulling force is applied to the insect body collecting part 178, so that the insect body collecting part 178 can slide relative to the slide rail 179 to the outside of the insect breeding device 100, and can be drawn out when sliding to the extreme end of the slide rail 179; after the user cleans the adult corpse in the insect body collecting part 178, the insect body collecting part 178 is reinstalled into the slide rail 179 and pushed into the insect breeding device 100. Of course, in other embodiments, the worm body collecting part 178 may be disposed in other manners, such as disposing the slide rail 179 on the side of the fixing part 130 away from the egg collecting part 174 or disposing a plurality of support rods along the length direction at the bottom of the housing 110, and disposing the worm body collecting part 178 directly on the plurality of support rods. Further, in order to facilitate the cleaning of adult hermetia illucens in the insect collecting part 178 by the user, the insect collecting part 178 may be made of five detachably connected baffle plates. When a user needs to clean the adult corpse, the operation window 120 is opened, only part of the insect collecting part 178 needs to be drawn out, the baffle close to the operation window 120 is detached, and the corpse is swept out by a brush; after the cleaning is finished, the taken-down baffle is installed.

In order to provide a more suitable living environment for the hermetia illucens, the insect farming device 100 is further provided with a simulated green plant 190. The simulated green plant 190 is located within the housing 110, and the simulated green plant 190 is located above the collection assembly 170. The dummy green 190 is suspended from the suspending portion 114, but may be suspended from the suspending portion 114 by a hook in other embodiments. The green setting of planting 190 of emulation can induce more black soldier fly imagoes to carry out the mating action to shorten the adult mating of same batch eclosion and the time of laying eggs, improved insect breeding device 100's breed efficiency. Meanwhile, the user can spray water to the blades of the simulated green plants 190 by using the spray head 116 for the adult hermetia illucens to eat. In this embodiment, the number of the simulated green devices 190 is 2, but in other embodiments, the number of the simulated green devices 190 may be other, for example, 1, 3, 5, etc. The simulated green plant 190 comprises simulated grapevine, simulated scindapsus aureus, simulated ivy and the like.

In other embodiments, the insect cultivation device 100 may further include a temperature and humidity sensor, and the temperature and humidity sensor is installed inside the housing 110, so that the user can adjust the humidity and the temperature inside the insect cultivation device 100 according to the cultivation requirement. The temperature and humidity sensor is purchased from Shenzhen Shenxiang, is a measurement and control technology Limited company, has the model of XW-210 temperature and humidity sensor (RJ45), and is designed by adopting a semiconductor sensitive device of the latest precise technology and is used for measuring an integrated intelligent monitoring module of the temperature and the humidity of an indoor environment. The display device has the characteristics of visual display, high precision, low cost, attractive appearance, convenience in installation and the like. The user can adjust the temperature and humidity inside the insect breeding device 100 through the menu keys on the temperature and humidity sensor.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides an insect breeding device, its characterized in that, includes casing, breed subassembly and collection subassembly, breed the subassembly with the collection subassembly all is located the casing, the casing is kept away from the one end of collecting the subassembly is provided with the portion of hanging, breed the subassembly install in the portion of hanging, the collection subassembly is located breed the subassembly below.

2. Insect farming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the farming assembly comprises a plurality of detachably connected farming pots.

3. Insect farming device according to claim 2, wherein the collecting assembly comprises an egg collecting portion and an insect body collecting portion, the insect body collecting portion being slidably connected to the housing, the housing being provided with a fixing portion for carrying the egg collecting portion.

4. Insect farming device according to claim 3, wherein the housing is provided with a protective portion comprising a plastic film.

5. Insect farming device according to claim 4, wherein the housing is provided with an operating window, which is slidingly provided with a screen and a seal.

6. Insect farming device according to claim 5, wherein the operating window is rotatably connected to the housing by a rotating portion.

7. Insect farming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the end of the housing remote from the collection assembly is provided with a plurality of spray heads.

8. The insect farming device of claim 7, further comprising an artificial green plant positioned within the housing and above the collection assembly.

9. An insect farming device according to claim 8, wherein the housing is provided with a pulley at an end thereof adjacent the collection assembly.

10. Insect farming device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the insect farming device has dimensions of 0.5 to 2m in length, 0.5 to 2m in width and 0.5 to 2m in height.

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