The insects cages are built – based on a simple square design inspired by the plastic ones Angelos has.
My objective with these was to create something that was not excessively complicated, because I’m not excessively good at woodworking.
As it turns out, the latter part was definitely true. It’s easy enough to get a proficiency in the woodshop, however finding manageable pieces of wood and then actually purchasing them from the woodshop turned out to be quite the endeavor, and it certainly has taken me a few days to be cutting everything to exactly the same size. I used a fine mesh window netting provided by Angelos for the walls, and although it doesn’t let as 
much light as I’d like through compared to a white mesh, it does the job fine.
I still need to attach one of the door on the cage I’m going to use for the wax moths, and possibly make one more depending on how I want to separate adults and larvae.
The lacewing eggs have arrived, however the wax moths didn’t, despite me ordering within the correct window. I’ve put them in the fridge to delay the hatching for a few days, however they are just about due now, so I’m going to finish the cages and put them in tomorrow. Additionally, the lowest quantity I could order is a thousand eggs, which is about enough for 1/5 of an acre, significantly more than I can house. I will likely release many of these, I am going to see if Connor is interested in them.
It feels a bit late but it’s good to be getting this rolling rather than digging through textbooks. Certainly there have been challenges. Namely, I am studying entomology, not woodworking, and my skills in that are not significantly developed. Logistically, this is confusing, but it is nice to be in a woodshop again. I feel a lot more comfortable now than I did a few days ago. Also, the shipping challenges are something that is limiting about ordering insects, but there’s not much I can do there. I am considering collecting aphids in the meantime to feed the first instar larvae, who likely would be unable to eat wax moth larvae anyway.
Once I have the wax moths I’m going to look into ordering the nematodes and getting that set up, which shouldn’t be nearly this challenging now that I have the space.