Insect tray with cover, rack for said tray, use of an assembly of said rack with at least one tray

A bottle for incubating insect pupae and/or insect prepupae, comprising:

• a plurality of walls comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, a fourth side wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall opposite the top wall, wherein the plurality of walls defining a space for housing insect prepupae and pupae;
• wherein each of the plurality of walls is impenetrable by an insect;
• wherein the top wall is at least partly permeable for gases, wherein the top wall comprises a plurality of openings selected from a group consisting of:
• a screen, a mesh, a gauze, a web, a net, a plate with perforations, a sieve, and a filter;
• wherein the plurality of openings each has a form selected from the group consisting of:
• a circular form with a diameter of between 0.7 mm and 3.8 mm,
• an ellipse form with a minor axis with a length of between 0.7 mm and 3.8 mm and with a major axis of between 0.7 mm and 3.8 mm, or
• a slit form having a minor axis of between 0.7 mm and 3.8 mm;
• and
• wherein one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth side walls comprises a bottle neck which is openable and closeable, and wherein the others of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth side walls are closed.