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dry up and get lost in the folds of netting, or, unless 

 special precautions are taken, are eaten up by ants. 



If jars with hollow stoppers cannot be procured, 

 use any form of wide-mouthed jar or bottle, such as 

 a prune jar, preserved fruit bottle, etc., and insert a 

 piece of stout cardboard as before. 



Prepare a saucer by adding a few teaspoonfuls 

 of water and placing on this cork and paper. Invert 

 the jar over the saucer. 



To FEED MOSQUITOES 



Select a bottle in which the mosquitoes (twenty 

 to thirty, or at least a dozen, in each bottle) are ready 

 for feeding, i.e., the second evening after hatching or 

 collecting. Lift the bottle from the stopper,- first 



Fig. 36. Method of Feeding Mosquitoes 



disturbing any mosquitoes which may be resting on the 



stopper, and place it mouth downwards on the table. 



Slip underneath the mouth of the bottle a small 



piece of mosquito netting of a rather fine mesh. Tie 



