Insects serve as food for wildlife, including many birds and fish. Beating insects from resting perches onto card board, cloth, insides of umbrellas, etc. Avoid moist storage conditions. Dried insects are brittle. Care should be taken to avoid jarring them.
Sunlight causes most insect colors to fade.
The Insects Peter Farb. Life Nature Library, Time, Inc., New York. C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders.