4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL 



MAKE COIXECTTON BOX 



Equipment : 



1. Cigar box, 2 by 6 by 8 inches preferred. 



2. Piece of double-faced, corrugated cardboard or soft fiberboard. 



3. Glue. 



4. Moth ball. 



5. Common pins. 



6. Box or folder of matches. 



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Figure 10. — Cigar box. 



Figure 11.— Cigar box equipped 

 for insect collecting. 



Procedure : 



1. Cut cardboard to fit bottom of box. 



2. Smear glue on bottom of box and insert cardboard. 



3. Box may be lined with white paper. 



4. Heat head of pin from lighted match. 



5. Insert hot head of pin into moth ball and cool. 



6. Stick moth ball, on pin, into corner of box. 



MAKE COLLECTING NET 



[Third meeting — April] 

 Equipment : 



1. Small wooden handle about 3 feet long (broom handle). 



2. Five feet of heavy, stiff wire (barrel hoops or telephone wire), 



Wood handle Wire C/otn pattern 



Figure 12. — Wooden handle, wire, and cloth pattern for making collecting net. 



3. Piece of cloth 3 by 5 feet (mosquito netting or better grade material). 



4. Pattern from which to cut cloth. 



5. Saw, hammer, brace, small bit, narrow 

 wood chisel. 



6. Cord. for wrapping wire onto handle. 

 Procedure : 



1. Bend wire into shape. 



2. Bore hole and cut grooves in broom 

 handle. 



3. Cut cloth and sew it together. 



4. Slip bag on wire. 



5. Attach wire to handle. 



6. Reference: Collection and Preserva- 

 tion of Insects. United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture Farmers' 



Figure 13. — Collecting net. Bulletin 1601. 



