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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 
