Directions for collecting and preserving insects . upon breed-ing rather than upon field are, however, many speeies ofwhich the early states are still unknown,and these can only betaken by field col-lecting, and by attracting to variouslights or traps. This subject, falls into two categories—(1)the general collecting of the adult, and (2) collecting the early stagesand rearing the perfect insects. Collecting the Adult.—The implements for the general collecting ofbutterflies comprise the collecting net, and in some cases the beatingnet, although the use of t
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . upon breed-ing rather than upon field are, however, many speeies ofwhich the early states are still unknown,and these can only betaken by field col-lecting, and by attracting to variouslights or traps. This subject, falls into two categories—(1)the general collecting of the adult, and (2) collecting the early stagesand rearing the perfect insects. Collecting the Adult.—The implements for the general collecting ofbutterflies comprise the collecting net, and in some cases the beatingnet, although the use of the latter will not often be called for. TheKhopalocera or Diurnals may be taken about flowers, and the bestseason is in the early spring. Most of them are double-brooded, andthe second brood will be in the greatest abundance during .Jnlv andAugust. They are, however, to be found throughout the are also to be looked for in the neighborhood of the food-plants oftheir larva, and in the case of many species, examination of such plants. 7> a FIG. 70.—The Eight-spotted Forester(Alypia octomaculata). a, larva; b, segment of same; c, moth. [51] COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS KILEY.
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