. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. but the average collector can make his own net with the exercise of alittle ingenuity and the expenditure of a few cents for material. Thenet should be made of some gray or green material, as white is morelikely to startle the insects and to cause them to fly when the collectoris ready to throw it over them. A heavier and a stronger form of net is required sometimes when itis desired to capture aquatic insects, or for beating low-growing shrubs,or grass
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. but the average collector can make his own net with the exercise of alittle ingenuity and the expenditure of a few cents for material. Thenet should be made of some gray or green material, as white is morelikely to startle the insects and to cause them to fly when the collectoris ready to throw it over them. A heavier and a stronger form of net is required sometimes when itis desired to capture aquatic insects, or for beating low-growing shrubs,or grass. This is represented in Fig. 3. The net must be swung swiftly to be successful. Insects have manyeyes, are very wide awake, and have no desire to be caught; therefore,the collector must be very active if he gets anything. One method ofusing the net is called sweeping ; to do this, take the handle about afoot and a half above the ring and pass the net quickly back and forth,striking it against the grass in front of you as you walk through openfields; the net must be turned at each stroke and kept in rapid motion,. Fig. 2. Framework of Net. Fig. 3. Scoop Net. or the insects will escape. After a time the net should be examined andthe insects put in the killing bottle. Another method of using the net is called beating. This methodis used in collecting insects from bushes, and consists of lifting the net,mouth upward, and striking it sharply against the branches or leaves,thus jarring the insects into it. To use the net in water, sweep the water plants as quickly as running streams, overturn stones, holding the net just below them,with the mouth up stream. An old dipper, made into a sieve by per-forating the bottom with an awl, is a good utensil for collecting waterinsects. Killing Bottle.—Any ordinary wide-mouthed bottle will answer forkilling the captured insects. (Figs. 4 and 5.) An empty morphine bottlewill do for ordinary insects; but for large butterflies and mo
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