. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. â if Collecting and Preserving Insects fragments of old decayed trees and smaller when sifting ants nests and ordinary earth. Chad and Troucl.âA small stout chisel for securing insects which hide under the bark of dead or dying trees is a useful in- strument. A stout pocket knife will sometimes do the work but something stronger and better adapted
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. â if Collecting and Preserving Insects fragments of old decayed trees and smaller when sifting ants nests and ordinary earth. Chad and Troucl.âA small stout chisel for securing insects which hide under the bark of dead or dying trees is a useful in- strument. A stout pocket knife will sometimes do the work but something stronger and better adapted to the purpose is desirable. When one is studying underground insects a small trowel is a necessity. Collecting Forceps.âThe entomologist skilled in the use of his fingers and who does not mind an occasion;<l sting or bite does not need forceps, yet a small delicate pair made of steel or brass, very pliable and with rounded tips, is useful in picking up specimens and transferring them into vials and boxes. A little dodge which is used by many entomologists in picking up small msects is to slightly moisten the fore finger and touch it to the insect which will adhere long enough so that it can be dropped into the cyanide bottle, vial or pill box. A camel's-hair brush is sometimes used for the same purpose. Fumigator.âThis is a bit of apparatus used by European collectors and to some extent by those in this country. It is used for smoking out specimens which hide in cracks in the ground or holes in hard wood, etc. The accompanying figure shows the common form. A smoking-pipe mouth-piece {a) with flexible rubber-joint (b) is attached to the cover (i) of a very large smnkint; pipe head (./). To the mouth (t') of the latter a rubber hose (/') is at- tached, which has a convenient discharge at its end {g). The pipe is filled with tobacco, the latter ignited, the cover screwed nn and the smoke blown through the mouth-piece in any desired direction. ,A puff of tobacco smok- blown
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