. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. IMPLEMENTS FOK COLLECTING. 17 TO DRY INSECTS. In very wet weather insects may have to be dried artificially, to insure them against mildew. A good article for this purpose is a lio-ht tin or sheet-iron oven with detachable legfs so made as to be set. Oven for J>ryiiig Insects. over a lamp. In this the insects are placed in their papers. This is very useful in tropical count
. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. IMPLEMENTS FOK COLLECTING. 17 TO DRY INSECTS. In very wet weather insects may have to be dried artificially, to insure them against mildew. A good article for this purpose is a lio-ht tin or sheet-iron oven with detachable legfs so made as to be set. Oven for J>ryiiig Insects. over a lamp. In this the insects are placed in their papers. This is very useful in tropical countries where specimens may be taken at the rate of several hundred a day ; but ordinarily one can use the kitchen oven for drying his specimens in wet weather. Lay them loosely on the oven shelf, with the door slightly open and they will dry nicely in an hour or two. Some very large-bodied insects take a good while to dry; and it" a slit is made in the under side of the abdomen with a shar[) knife, the contents taken out and the s[)ace carefully filled with cotton gently crowded in, the body will look better Avhen dr3^ The bodies of many of the large moths, especially the males of the silk-spinning species, are filled with a natural oil Avhich is liable to gradually ooze out and spread over the entire insect, ruining its appearance and perhaps causing the poor collector many a sigh over his lost treasure. This may be remedied by cleaning out the abdo- men of all such insects and stuflfing- with cotton. Another method. 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 Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937; Bayer, Frederick M. , former owner. DSI. Boston : J. B. Millet
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