Directions for collecting and preserving insects . specimens thus occupying the minimum of space. Specimens secured in this way may be kept without further manipulation indefinitely or until time is found to relax and set them. [75] COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS Fig. 105. Spreading board for Lepidoptera. This is also an excellent method of sending diurnal Lepidoptera andDragon-flies through the mails and is preferable in some respects tomailing spread specimens. Directions for Spreading Insects.—For the proper spreading of insect swith broad and flattened wings, such as butterflies
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . specimens thus occupying the minimum of space. Specimens secured in this way may be kept without further manipulation indefinitely or until time is found to relax and set them. [75] COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS Fig. 105. Spreading board for Lepidoptera. This is also an excellent method of sending diurnal Lepidoptera andDragon-flies through the mails and is preferable in some respects tomailing spread specimens. Directions for Spreading Insects.—For the proper spreading of insect swith broad and flattened wings, such as butterflies and moths, a spread-ing board or stretcher is necessary. One that is simple and answersevery purpose is shown at Fig. 105. It may be made of two piecesof thin whitewood or pine board, fastened together by braces at theends, but left wide enough apart to admitthe bodies of the insects to be spread;strips of cork or pith, in which to fastenthe pins, may then be tacked or gluedbelow so as to cover the interveningspace. The braces must be deep enoughto prevent the pias from touching any-thing the stretcher may be laid on, andby attaching a ring or loop to one of themthe stretcher may be hung against a wall,out of the way. For ordinary-sized specimens I use boards 2 f
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