THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF INSECTS. 81 



the jar and placed in a suitable position. In the 

 case of a butterfly the side view can be secured at 

 once, and the out-stretched wings at the moment 

 when, under the awakening influence of light, it 

 begins to stretch itself. 



The writer is inclined to deprecate the use of 

 the flash-light in photographing moths in situ. The 

 concentrated brilliancy of the illumination is dan- 

 gerously unnatural. 



If we consider the metamorphoses of the moth 

 or butterfly in order, and first take into consideration 

 the eggs, we find 

 that these objects, 

 although of extreme 

 beauty when viewed 

 through a micro- 

 scope, are too small 

 to admit of being 

 treated photographi- 

 cally with ordinary Lappet Moth. 

 non-magnifying ap- 

 paratus. Caterpillars, however, will provide ample scope 

 for the photographer's ingenuity. As a general rule, if 

 they are seen, they can be taken in situ or be gently re- 

 moved to where they can be taken. It is not a bad 

 plan to break off bodily the portion of the plant or tree on 

 which they happen to be feeding and fix it either in the 

 mouth of a bottle (the kind that holds metol and so 

 forth is usually suitable for plant stems) or in some 

 arrangement of twisted lead like that employed in the 



