Practical taxidermy, and home decoration : together with general information for sportsmen (1880)
Batty, Joseph H., d. 1906 · New York : Orange Judd Company · leaf 148
ew females confined in a screen, orheld captive by thread wound around their bodies. Themales will enter the windows of a lighted dwelling, tofind the females, and can be captured with a hand-net constructed of gauze or other light material. Foryears, I have made a practice of taking moths in this… … SMALL NET. moist leaves, will hatch, and if constantly fed with theirproper food, will mature, and spin their cocoons. A collecting-box is indispensable for shielding insects.A thin pine box, four inches deep, lined with cork, andmade to open in the middle on hinges, is the most con-venient.…
Taxidermy · Interior decoration
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