Directions for collecting and preserving insects . IKJ. 56.—Pimiing tnrrrps. tweezers or the brush. The former is a small, light pair of forceps, madeof steel or brass. It should be as pliable as possible, and the tip shouldbe narrow and rounded off and not pointed. It may be either straightor curved at tip, according to individual preference. Suitable tweezers may be obtained at the larger hardware stores orof watchmakers. Excellent tweezers made of steel (see Fig. 55) are. Fiu. 57.—Pinning forceps. sold for about 40 cents a pair by Codman, Shurtlett & Co., Treinontstreet, Boston, Mass. Aside
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . IKJ. 56.—Pimiing tnrrrps. tweezers or the brush. The former is a small, light pair of forceps, madeof steel or brass. It should be as pliable as possible, and the tip shouldbe narrow and rounded off and not pointed. It may be either straightor curved at tip, according to individual preference. Suitable tweezers may be obtained at the larger hardware stores orof watchmakers. Excellent tweezers made of steel (see Fig. 55) are. Fiu. 57.—Pinning forceps. sold for about 40 cents a pair by Codman, Shurtlett & Co., Treinontstreet, Boston, Mass. Aside from tlieir utility in picking up speci-mens from the collect-ing cloth or the um-brella, the tweezersare indispensable forextracting insectsfrom cracks, or holesin timber, or fromtheir burro w s inbranches and stemsof plants, or fromplaces whence it isimpossible to dislodge !• Hi. ;>8.—Pinning forceps lor Li-pidoptera. them by hand. The larger collecting forceps, sold by various dealers, do good service incertain emergencies, as when large scorpions or other very large andferocious insects are to be secured. For the handling of mounted insects various special forceps are cm-ployed, a number of styles of which are shown at Figs. 50-8. The Brush.—A common camels hair brush, of smaller or larger sizeaccording to individual preference, is useful for picking up very smallor soft-bodied insects. For this purpose the brush is slightly moistenedwith saliva,
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