I went to the local Dollar store last Friday to look for containers to house some new baby Damon diadema whipscorpions. I found these great polystyrene boxes (baking soda containers) (pics below). They are 5” tall, 4” wide and 2” deep (actually they taper and are 3/8” deeper at the top). The whole top pops off easily and there is a smaller lid that also pops off. The cool thing is that the box is already ventilated via a grid of 3/16” holes in the top, underneath the smaller lid. So for any critter that can’t escape through one of these holes the box is ready to be used. I don’t think my new Damon could get out, but just to be sure I epoxied window screen over the grid. Then all I had to do was add some substrate and bark, and then introduce the whip scorpions.
These boxes are a great size and I think they could be useful for a housing a lot of critters, terrestrial and aquatic. The price was only $2 each!
Funny thing…on Friday the store had a shelf full of them. I bought 6. Yesterday (Sunday), after setting up the Damon I decided to stock up on some more. I went back to the store and they were almost all gone! I bought the last 6 left on the shelf. I can’t help but wonder if another bug enthusiast discovered them too…
Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com
P5180376 plastic container copyright ernie Cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180380 platic container top copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180382 plastic container lid copyright ernie Cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180385 plastic grid covered with window screen copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180389 plastic container with substrate bark copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180390 substrate bark copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
And here is a photo of the new occupant of this fine enclosure. It turned out pretty good considered it was shot through the plastic...
P5180392 whip scorpion in container copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
These boxes are a great size and I think they could be useful for a housing a lot of critters, terrestrial and aquatic. The price was only $2 each!
Funny thing…on Friday the store had a shelf full of them. I bought 6. Yesterday (Sunday), after setting up the Damon I decided to stock up on some more. I went back to the store and they were almost all gone! I bought the last 6 left on the shelf. I can’t help but wonder if another bug enthusiast discovered them too…
Cheers,
EC
www.macrocritters.wordpress.com
P5180376 plastic container copyright ernie Cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180380 platic container top copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180382 plastic container lid copyright ernie Cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180385 plastic grid covered with window screen copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180389 plastic container with substrate bark copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
P5180390 substrate bark copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr
And here is a photo of the new occupant of this fine enclosure. It turned out pretty good considered it was shot through the plastic...
P5180392 whip scorpion in container copyright ernie cooper 2014 by ernie.cooper, on Flickr