. Nature study and life. Nature study. PLAN FOR INSECT STUDY 51 secure for him such an inexhaustible supply of material for study, and every boy and girl should have one of his own. To preserve your insect, you must first kill it without injury, and this is best done with a cyanide bottle. Get a wide-mouthed bottle and a good cork to fit it tightly. In the bottom put an ounce of potassium cyanide broken into. Fig. 15. Making the Insect Net lumps not larger than a filbert; add sawdust a little more than enough to cover the largest lumps and pour in plaster of Paris, mixed to the consistency of
. Nature study and life. Nature study. PLAN FOR INSECT STUDY 51 secure for him such an inexhaustible supply of material for study, and every boy and girl should have one of his own. To preserve your insect, you must first kill it without injury, and this is best done with a cyanide bottle. Get a wide-mouthed bottle and a good cork to fit it tightly. In the bottom put an ounce of potassium cyanide broken into. Fig. 15. Making the Insect Net lumps not larger than a filbert; add sawdust a little more than enough to cover the largest lumps and pour in plaster of Paris, mixed to the consistency of thick cream, to form a layer a quarter of an inch thick. The plaster will harden in a few minutes, and an insect dropped in and corked up will die almost instantly and without injury or apparent suffering. What kills the insect is the fumes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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