Directions for collecting and preserving insects . Fig. 61.—An Ichneumon (Oplii>ii. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [42]. FIG. 62.—The Little Ketl Ant (Monomorium pharaonix). a, femaleb, worker enlarged. the extremely quick flight of these insects, the removing of Hyrnen-optera from the net is not always an easy task, and in many cases rarespecimens escape. One method of avoiding the danger of being stungis to have the collecting net constructed with an opening at the bottomwhich, during the sweeping, is tied with a string. When a sufficientquantity of insects is obtained they a
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . Fig. 61.—An Ichneumon (Oplii>ii. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [42]. FIG. 62.—The Little Ketl Ant (Monomorium pharaonix). a, femaleb, worker enlarged. the extremely quick flight of these insects, the removing of Hyrnen-optera from the net is not always an easy task, and in many cases rarespecimens escape. One method of avoiding the danger of being stungis to have the collecting net constructed with an opening at the bottomwhich, during the sweeping, is tied with a string. When a sufficientquantity of insects is obtained they are, by a few quick motions, driven to the bottom of thenet, and the net isthen seized just abovethe insects with thehand, the folds ofcloth preventing theinsects from gettingto the hand, so thatthere is little dangerof being stimg. Thelower end is then care-fully untied and in-serted into a wide-mouthed bottle, andthe contents of the net shaken out into the bottle. After the catch isstupefied the vial may be turned out and the undesirable material dis-carded. A second method consists in the use of an ordinary sweeping-net of lig
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