Wow, what a month July was - the postal side of my business went crazy, Ginny’s Jungle saw real progress and we had some super, scorching hot weather! I am off on a cruise with my mother in-law next week, it is just a week but as always there is so much to do in preparation for being away. All the bugs need to be fed, cleaned and housed for a week on their own. Obviously, they are not actually alone, the rest of the family will be here but they will just be following my instructions and doing basic maintenance, such as opening the doors when it’s hot and spraying the cages, plus feeding bramble where necessary. I have quite a few ‘special’ bugs that I care for daily so I will have to sort them out properly, among them are my collection of praying mantids that I am very fond of. I have a plan in place to add an appropriately sized maggot per day before I go and these should then hatch each day, that’s the plan! I had a large number of new bugs come in at the beginning of July and also b...