4-H CLUB INSECT MANUAL 9 
MAKE SPREADING BOARD. SPREAD BUTTERFLIES OR MOTHS 
[Fifth meeting—June ] 
Equipment : 
1. Two strips, %4 by 2 inches, of softwood 1 foot long. 
2. One strip of cork or similar material, 4 
by 2 by 12 inches. 
3. Two blocks, % by 2 by 5 inches. 
4. Small nails, hammer, pins. 
Procedure : 
1. Nail wooden strips on blocks, leaving them 
about one-fourth of an inch apart. 
2. Nail cork strip flatwise to slats, beneath 
crack between slats. 
3. Pin butterfly before it is dry. 
4. Insert pin through cork so that body rests 
on cork between slats. 
5. With point of another pin move wings 
forward. 
6. When wings are spread, place strip of 
paper across them. Fasten down with 
pins. 
. Allow butterfly to remain on spreader a 
few days, or until dry. 
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FIGurRE 18.—Butterfly, spread. 
COLLECT AND IDENTIFY INSECTS 
[Sixth meeting—July] 
Equipment : 
. Killing jar or bottle. 
. Collecting net. 
. Extra bottle or box for young or soft- 
bodied forms. 
. State or Government farmers’ bulletin 
on insects. 
. Textbook on insects. 
. Small labels % by 1 inch, cut from stiff 
paper. 
Procedure: 
1. Collect economic insects from gardens, 
orchards, or field crops. FIGURE 20.— 
Figure 19.—Insect 2. Observe plant on which each insect is Insect, pinned 
in killing jar. feeding. and labeled. 
3. Kill adult forms only in killing jars. 
. Keep lid tight on killing jar except when inserting or removing insects. 
. Immature insects may be pickled in alcohol or formaldehyde. 
. Compare insects with pictures and descriptions in bulletins and books. 
Prepare labels (to be placed on pin with insect). 
On one or more labels have: 
a. Name of insect. 
b. Place where collected. 
ce. Date collected. 
d. Name of collector. 
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COLLECTING TRIP. MAKE BUTTERFLY MOUNTS 
[Seventh meeting—August] 
Equipment: 
1. Collecting material. 
2. Piece of window glass 4 by 4 inches. 
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