Insect Collection Guide
Unfortunately, 644R Insect Collection Guide is not yet ready for publication. In the meantime, these resources will help.
From Exploring Our Insect World
Our previous insect books had great basic collecting information. Prefer to keep using those? Here are the pages about collecting:
- Exploring Our Insect World I–Collecting Insects Includes sections on where to look for insects, making and using a collection net, and making and using a killing jar (6 pages)
- Exploring Our Insect World I–Displaying Insects Includes sections on pinning, making and using a pinning block, pointing small insects, making a using a spreading board, labeling insects, making a collection box, identifying insects, making a glass top display case, and labels (16 pages)
- Exploring Our insect World II–Key for Determining Order of Insects Once you understand this key, identifying insects is easy, or at least easier! (4 pages)
- Exploring Our Insect World II–Relaxing Dry Specimens If your specimens are fragile because they are dried out, you can moisten them so they are easier to mount. (1 page)
- Exploring Our Insect World II–Preserving Immature Insects and Other Arthropods Small or soft insects cannot be mounted, but they can be preserved. See how with these instructions. (1 page)
- They also have videos on how to do many activities.
Do you know that they have a site filled with information?
Visit Insect Adventure!!!