Patent ID: 7464664

Claim:
An insect habitat and point of sale package comprising: a housing having opaque walls that define an interior habitat space for insects, said housing is a rectangular box formed of a paperboard material including a top wall, a front wall and end walls, said window formed in the top wall and front wall; a window in a wall of the housing, said window comprised of an opening cut out of a wall of the housing and a transparent material covering the opening; a habitat insert located in the habitat space of the housing, said insert comprised as a multisided structure partitioning the habitat space into subspaces with passages between subspaces, with at least one subspace shielded from direct light from said window to allow insects to hide from other insects and from view through the window, said habitat insert including at least one flat partition panel extending from one interior corner of said housing to a diagonally opposite interior corner; a camouflage design on the partition panel located on the panel so as to be viewable through the window; said habitat insert made of a moisture absorbent material; and an item of insect food located in the habitat space.