Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FlG. 83. A tail (Deyeerialanuginota).. FIG. 84.—A Mallophagan (Trichodecteslatits). (AfterDenny.; [59] COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS KILEY. renders their collection an easy matter. Effort, however, should bemade to discover the different forms, the females and soldiers as well asthe workers. The former may be found in rot-ten tree trunks, but are very rarely met the tropics many species occur and constructcurious nests, either attaching them to theboughs of trees or building1 them in the form ofpyramids on the ground. The Dragon-fl
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FlG. 83. A tail (Deyeerialanuginota).. FIG. 84.—A Mallophagan (Trichodecteslatits). (AfterDenny.; [59] COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS KILEY. renders their collection an easy matter. Effort, however, should bemade to discover the different forms, the females and soldiers as well asthe workers. The former may be found in rot-ten tree trunks, but are very rarely met the tropics many species occur and constructcurious nests, either attaching them to theboughs of trees or building1 them in the form ofpyramids on the ground. The Dragon-flies (Li-bellulitlaj) are collected in the same way as theDiurnal Lepidoptera. They are very swiftflyers, and are practically always on the collection requires some degree of skillin the use of the net. A good method consistsin visiting, in the early morning, water coursesin which the larval and pupal states are passed,and capturing the adults just as they issue fromtheir pupal skins at the edges of the pond orstream. In cold weather they are less activeand may frequently
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