RU219658U1 - Large wax moth insectarium - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to agriculture, namely to devices for breeding large wax moths in order to obtain biologically useful material. The essence of the utility model: the device contains two containers: a cage for butterflies and a main cage. The main cage serves as a container to support the optimal growth of the large wax moth colony due to the design features. The butterfly cage serves as a temporary container for luring wax moth butterflies to lay eggs, equipped with bait and brass knuckles for laying eggs.

Description

The utility model relates to agricultural devices and can be used to breed large wax moths.

Devices for breeding large wax moths are known, in particular, a cage for breeding insects (PM No. 103442), a Petri dish for growing wax moth larvae (PM No. 182017), a device for separating caterpillars of a large wax moth by age (SU 1165333), a cage for insects (SU 1082355).

The disadvantage of these solutions is the absence of a compartment for separating adults from larvae, the absence of a compartment for collecting waste products, and the absence of replaceable blocks for food.

The technical result, which the present model is aimed at, is to obtain a larger number of insects with high vital indicators with minimal labor and energy costs.

This task is achieved due to the design features of the insectarium. The large wax moth insectarium consists of a main cage and a butterfly cage. The main cage can act as a habitat for the entire family of the great wax moth, but its main role is to maintain comfortable conditions for the productive growth of larvae to a mature state. Butterfly cage serves as a temporary place for laying eggs or trapping adults. This happens with the help of a bait (pathogen) for adults.

The large wax moth insectarium has: nutrient modules installed in the main cage of the insectarium as the main food source for the large wax moth, allowing it to hold a large amount of food, leaving room for ventilation; a tray for collecting waste products and larvae, which allows you to remove it from the cage without interrupting the life processes of insects; a cage for catching adults, for installing bait in it and replaceable cassettes for laying eggs; vents and a heating element to maintain a microclimate, with the possibility of creating comfortable conditions for optimal growth of large wax moths.

Figure 1 shows the main cage with a cage for butterflies installed on it.

Figure 2 - the main cage with inlet and outlet vents.

The insectarium includes a butterfly cage 1; module with nutrient filler 2; tray for collecting waste products and larvae 4; heating element 5.

The main cage is a parallelepiped-shaped box 3, containing:

inlet 7 and outlet 8 vent;

bracket for mounting modules with food 6;

a tray for collecting waste products and the larvae themselves 4;

heating element 5;

thermal insulation.

Nutrient modules have the appearance of a honeycomb frame with the necessary nutrient filling. Nutrient modules are mounted on special brackets that hold them in a vertical position.

The inlet and outlet ventilation openings have a metal mesh that can pass air currents, but prevent the migration of larvae and butterflies from the cage. The inlet is located on the side at the base of the structure, the outlet is on top of the cage cover. The difference in the location of the holes in height creates natural ventilation, carried out by gravitational pressure due to the difference in the densities of cold and warm air. The hole area is selected taking into account the speed of air flow, at which mold and harmful bacteria do not appear.

At the bottom of the cage there is a replaceable tray for collecting waste products and larvae.

Claims (1)

An insectarium for breeding large wax moths, which is a parallelepiped-shaped box, characterized in that it has nutrient modules installed in the main cage of the insectarium as the main source of nutrition for large wax moths; a tray for collecting waste products and larvae, which allows you to remove it from the cage without interrupting the life processes of insects; a cage for trapping adults, which allows you to install bait and replaceable cassettes for laying eggs in it; a heating element to maintain the microclimate and ventilation holes located on the cover of the cage and at the base of the structure.