breeding-cage

Gingerly Mr. Flint picked him up between thumb and fore-finger, and as gingerly dropped him back into the breeding-cage.

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905

Gather some eggs and watch the development of the insects in a breeding-cage.

Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902

Last night I left them in a breeding-cage on my desk.

Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899

"I don't believe you ever had anything in your breeding-cage except a few clothes moths and cockroaches!"

Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899

So first he sneaked in here and put an ichneumon fly in my breeding-cage.

Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899

"It's my belief," shouted Quint, "that you want that medal yourself, and that you put an ichneumon fly in my breeding-cage in hopes it would sting the eggs of the Silver Moon."

Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899

We must employ the breeding-cage, which will permit of assiduous visits, continuous enquiry and a variety of artifices.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The rest were probably sterile, a suspicion corroborated by the lack of pairing in the breeding-cage.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Blister-beetles, reared in a breeding-cage, have left a few lines of notes in my records.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

When a bright sun shines into the breeding-cage, it is not long before the insects form couples on the bunch of everlastings.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869