. Practical taxidermy, and home decoration; together with general information for sportsmen. Taxidermy. COLLECTING AND HATCHING CHKTSALIDS. 143 and caught, with a few females confined in a screen, or held captive by thread wound around their bodies. The males will enter the windows of a lighted dwelling, to find the females, and can be captured with a hand- net constructed of gauze or other light material. For years, I have made a practice of taking moths in this manner, capturing in three hours' time one evening during the past season, sixty-six of the large Cecropia species. ,,. Pregnant mot
. Practical taxidermy, and home decoration; together with general information for sportsmen. Taxidermy. COLLECTING AND HATCHING CHKTSALIDS. 143 and caught, with a few females confined in a screen, or held captive by thread wound around their bodies. The males will enter the windows of a lighted dwelling, to find the females, and can be captured with a hand- net constructed of gauze or other light material. For years, I have made a practice of taking moths in this manner, capturing in three hours' time one evening during the past season, sixty-six of the large Cecropia species. ,,. Pregnant moths may K^^Ni1 <'' i'ivL k° ^p* nnt^ t'ie"' es»s SKElJHfffiwIfflL are deposited, which lat- ter, if placed on fresh,. SMALL NET. moist leaves, will hatch, and if constantly fed with their proper food, will mature, and spin their cocoons. A collecting-box is indispensable for shielding insects. A thin pine box, four inches deep, lined with cork, and made to open in the middle on hinges, is the most con- Tenient. Wide-mouthed bottles with rubber stoppers, are the best for beetles. When the collecting-box is full, in- sects with closed wings can be placed in triangular envel- opes made of writing, or any stiff paper. Nets are neces- sary in catching the Lepidoptera and other insects. Two. 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 Batty, Joseph H. , d. 1906. New York, Orange Judd company
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