The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
From Judge, Copyright 1903.
COLLECTIONS OF BUTTERFLIES
The Proper Way Capture and Mount the Brilliantly
Beauties he

The Proper Way Capture and Mount the Brilliantly COL
ored Beauties of the Field.
Butterflies consp1cuousness and beauty
and their almost everywhere furnish attractive and
ready for studying the curious in which
nature provides for her creatures.
Collecting butterflies pursuit especially
for boys in the besides become
profitable pasti1-e The most ordinary collections often
fair prices while those more elaborate especially
they follow scheme, collection to indicate sleep
ing feeding habits representing the varying daily
seasonal pecuiares of the insects will very valuable
often running in the thousands of dollars
The apparatus necessary for collecting and arranging
winged beauties simple
capturing
Capturing is done by of net which can be made
from small hoop attached to the end an
The of mosquito netting and should
be about two feet deep the hoop foot in diameter
With little practice become sHlfu in handling
the catch butterflies rapidly and without in way
inuring their delicate wings In approaching the insect
is well wait until it has alghted and to bring the net
close to slowly possible and keep the ground
ana out OF sghI "hen very close 20 Tue prey %. 41
stroke followed by quick backward movement will bag the
butterfly and fold the net that it cannot
Never touch the wings with the fingers removing
insect Carefully insert the killing bottle and allow the but
utter bottle the insertion of the cork
will hold it prisoner.
The killing bottle should be widemouthed bottle into
butterfly pass the wings In
bottom placed securely by of shelac
small cotton which is wet with benzne common
gasolene.
The from these substances produce an easy and
painless supor ending not be hasty in removing
the butterfly after it has Sleep the fresh air
often revives it. E.5gg ,.S-v
After the insects captured killed they ready
pinned pnning always use insect pins
which thinner than pins and will not rust
They five cents hundred.
A butterfly should be pinned thru the middle of the
that the body is at right angles
pin between the head and the point
wings join the body.
the is properly pinned it ready for set
ting this setting board is The
setting plain, board with numbers Of holes
large enough to take the head Of the pin
The insect is laid the board back down, with the
the the hole The wings then spread and
pinned the board in such to show all that
: possible of their surface
should pulled forward far that their
hind edges in the straight line, and the hind
brought position leave about the
body front wings. pulling these
wings inserting it behind
strong rib which plain and thus avoiding danger
of tearing.
wings pinned the proper position
it is good plan to lay strips them
and after these strips
the in wings for if the pins left in the wings
til they holes they will be easily
After little practice this work readily
little and skill be in wings
display the full beauty the specimen After wings
thoroly dry, which days
A serviceabe storage be made from
plan to write the date and locality of capture
The Doctors Title.
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