Perhaps you’re a gardener and have seen these white little butterflies (Cabbage Moth / Cabbage Butterfly Plutella xylostella, Pieris rapae) that lay eggs on cabbage, then the hatched caterpillars devour your vegetables. It is referred to as both a moth and butterfly. It turns out these little delicate insects are highly territorial and wont go into a garden area where another is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_butterfly
Old remedies were to spray tons of chemicals all over everything, spread egg shells in your garden, or place white paper butterfly decoys - but now we have 3D printing.
So I designed a 3D cabbage butterfly in AutoCAD and used STLOUT or 3DPRINT command to generate a STL file for use by 3D printers. I could also have easily designed the 3D Butterfly and generated an STL 3D Print export using the free Autodesk 123D solid modeling software. I then printed it on my MakerBot Replicator and then affixed it with fishing line to some 1/8” copper wire.
It will now fend off any other cabbage butterflies in the garden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_butterfly
Old remedies were to spray tons of chemicals all over everything, spread egg shells in your garden, or place white paper butterfly decoys - but now we have 3D printing.
So I designed a 3D cabbage butterfly in AutoCAD and used STLOUT or 3DPRINT command to generate a STL file for use by 3D printers. I could also have easily designed the 3D Butterfly and generated an STL 3D Print export using the free Autodesk 123D solid modeling software. I then printed it on my MakerBot Replicator and then affixed it with fishing line to some 1/8” copper wire.
It will now fend off any other cabbage butterflies in the garden.
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A CAD software than can create 3D and then create a 3D solid part in STL format like AutoCAD, Inventor Fusion, or the free Autodesk 123D.
Acetone to smooth the completed ABS plastic or chemically weld the antennae to body of butterfly (optional) You could also use a hot glue gun as an alternative.
Black magic marker to add black dots to the final 3D printed butterfly
3 feet of 1/8 inch copper wire available at Home Depot and other home supply stores.
8 inches of fine fishing line
Acetone to smooth the completed ABS plastic or chemically weld the antennae to body of butterfly (optional) You could also use a hot glue gun as an alternative.
Black magic marker to add black dots to the final 3D printed butterfly
3 feet of 1/8 inch copper wire available at Home Depot and other home supply stores.
8 inches of fine fishing line
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Since I don't own a cool 3D printer, I would mass produce these using paper and scissors, then laminate them. You could make a dozen in the matter of minutes - two sided, in full rendering.
Of course, find a small child (or many of them!) to do the cutting. I am sure it doesn't have to be perfect to fool these guys, but it helps the kids get practice. Not sure if they even need antennae...