Finished my cricket box

[RUGER]

Finally got it finished this afternoon.
Spent a little more time on it than I did my fish cleaning table.

So far so good.

It is 24" X 18"

 

[dmonty]

Good job,see your putting that new shop to use.

 

[RUGER]

Yep

 

[AllOutdoors]

Reckon that latch will hold them in? maybe you should have put one on each side!

 

[Dbllunger]

Impressive. Your skills have improved since the fish table.

 

[RUGER]

AllOutdoors,
Hey, you use what ya got.

 

[mike243]

If the crickets can climb the sides you may have a hard time keeping them in there, if they do put some hard plastic around the sides & on the lid,I don't think that gives any thing they can grip

 

[TNLynn]

Gloss finish paint the last few inches usually works.

 

[easy45]

Looks good

 

[RUGER]

If the crickets can climb the sides you may have a hard time keeping them in there, if they do put some hard plastic around the sides & on the lid,I don't think that gives any thing they can grip

In doing my research before I started I read where you can also use tape.
I had some real good thick 2" wide packing tape (without the cords) and that is what I used.

Works too !! I was amazed.

 

[KENBOB10]

If the fish will cooperate you is set.

 

[DaveB]

You mean the shiny packing tape stuff-brown? They really cannot climb on it? That is one nice piece of information.

How you gonna pick it up? I only got one eye still but I can't see a set of handles.

 

[RUGER]

It is actually clear and no they can't climb on it.

The pieces of wood I put on the sides to hold the screen down act as pretty good handles.

 

[AllOutdoors]

AllOutdoors,
Hey, you use what ya got.

That's right! Looks good!

 

[AllOutdoors]

AllOutdoors,
Hey, you use what ya got.

No dought! Looks good.

 

[Spurhunter]

Looks good. I'm about to do the same thing. Ruger, what about clean out, smell, keeping them warm? What precautions are neccesary?

 

[RUGER]

The clean out I am still working on.
I just "shoo" them to one side and use the vacuum cleaner.

They must be kept warm. I was going to put them in the shop with a heat lamp but decided it was easier to just put them in the utility room in the house for now.

No smell issue.
I think the stink is their poop and not the crickets themselves.
Keep it cleaned out and I don't think there will be a problem.

 

[diamond hunter]

All you need is a lightbulb in there for the heat.A screen on the bottom big enough for the crap to drop out of will fix the cleanliness issue.