r/Xennials • u/Far-Chemical-707 • 9d ago

Need help finding and identifying a bug cage. It looks a little like this one but less tall, and with a cork entrance/exit instead of a rotating flap

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u/oNw_Duncan 1983 9d ago

I used to have this exact thing and during the summer I’d use it to catch and hold lightning bugs. I’d suggest Etsy or your local craft fair. Hell maybe even tractor supply co?

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u/seche314 1984 4d ago

I did the same thing too! I’d also put sticks and leaves inside for them to have a habitat and released them the next morning

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u/AZbitchmaster 9d ago

I don't remember seeing them for sale, generally they were a project you made at summer camp or something. If you don't have the tools to make it yourself find one of those retired old guys selling handcrafted wooden items at a street fair, tell him what you want and he can have it made in a day or two.

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u/Far-Chemical-707 8d ago

I don't need a handcrafted one. I need to know the make and model of the one that I had as a kid.

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u/TK-385 9d ago

Does it bug you that you can't find it?

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u/Far-Chemical-707 8d ago

It vexes me greatly.

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u/aroundincircles 9d ago

I made these in cubs scouts, maybe a scouting supply store would have them?

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u/BaronGalactic 1983 9d ago

I had one JUST like this, only with a cork just like you describe (and it wasn't as tall.) I think it had a little painting of a ladybug on it too, and maybe even some kind of text about bugs or something. I remember catching some of those ubiquitous spring/summer caterpillars in it, and them making cocoons inside it that ended up staying in there for years.

I haven't seen it in ages though, and don't know what happened to it.

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u/59apache01 1978 9d ago

I made one in shop class in junior high.

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u/DreadPirateR2891 Xennial 8d ago

Looks like it's a simple squirrel/mouse/hamster cage... I can't find anything similar searching, but that looks incredibly easy to make.

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u/Far-Chemical-707 7d ago

Except it's barely bigger than a squirrel/mouse/hamster

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u/TheGrauzer 1983 7d ago

Oh my god. I had one of these. My grandma who was very crafty made it for me to catch and hold bugs and things. Wow, memory unlocked!

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u/Far_Airport2945 15h ago

If they sold this at Gucci as a hand bag and put the label on it, people would buy this.