Big Cube Clear Mesh Caterpillar Cage w/ Drawbridge Door 24"x24"x24"
The big cube is awesome because it has lost of room for growing cats. The drawbridge door makes for easy cleaning and feeding except when they decide the zipper is a good place to make their J.
Adding two big cubes plus tubes etc. has made life so much easier and has increased our capacity to help monarchs and black swallowtails.
Like the size easy to maneuver things in and out but not happy with the zipper. IT does.not zip and unzip smooth at all. Have to be very careful as it catches like some teeth are not straight. No way of opening and closing without shaking the enclosure àlot.
The see-through mesh of the new enclosures is great, and is indeed much more see-through than the previous models, and that part is great. However, I'm disappointed in the construction. The zipper opening makes a rather squared arch, rather than the nice rounded arch of the previous drawbridge model, so you have to be EXTREMELY careful when using it or you jostle the enclosure way too much. Overall, the construction seems less sturdy.
Having used three models of Big Cube now to raise hundreds of butterflies, I recommend the regular (NOT this clear mesh) drawbridge model. I wish the construction on the clear mesh version were as good as that one, because I don't care about having a window and believe the caterpillars would benefit from the extra ventilation.
I raise hundreds of monarchs every year along with other butterflies. This is the best cage, and I prefer not having the window!!