Paint can house

[meaganelise9]

Sometimes I like to go to the craft store or random places and see what I can turn into a mantis house. Today I found some storage containers that look like paint cans and some circular cross-stitching dealies.

I trimmed the circles to fit and glued the tag to the side of the can as a hinge.

Added some side ventilation and a climbing surface (and a twist tie to close)

Finishing touches- textured flowers for grabbing onto. We'll see how those work in practice.

 

[CoolMantid]

What is it for?

 

[gripen]

What is it for?

Mantids of course!

 

[meaganelise9]

Heheh yeah, whoever does well in it I guess. It's getting to be a mantis party in this place..

 

[hibiscusmile]

I have used those, lookie in the Bugatorium post, they should show up there, and u r gonna need some of my plastic small hole screen for that!

 

[meaganelise9]

Yeah, that stuff is very handy.

 

[sporeworld]

Nice.

 

[itzjustjeff]

neat!

 

[hibiscusmile]

I like the way u did it, let us know how the mantis does in it!

 

[Chivalry]

Very pretty! How thick is the plastic, and what did you cut it with?

 

[meaganelise9]

it's very rigid, but I was able to cut it with scissors.

 

[Mvalenz]

Nice enclosure. Creative. Where did you find the paint-can-looking container?

 

[meaganelise9]

craft store

 

[Mvalenz]

It has a handle so in the summer time you can take your mantids for a walk.

 

[meaganelise9]

hahaha