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How Do You Start A Butterfly Collection?

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How Do You Start A Butterfly Collection?

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We’ve all seen the stereotype: an earnest-looking fellow in shorts leaping across a field with huge net on a stick over his shoulder. This is the butterfly collector. So he catches an interesting specimen and takes it home–then what? The process that follows, called “setting,” takes a lot of time, patience and a fair amount of special equipment. But to the lepidopterist, adding one more winged wonder to his collection is worth it. Start by setting aside a workplace, such as a section of your garage or basement. You will need a fairly large table, a chair of the right height for the table and an adjustable light, preferably fluorescent so that it doesn’t give off heat. Explore websites such as The Insect Company for detailed lists of the equipment you will need. Be prepared to find a place in your workspace for a number of boxes including those used to manipulate the butterfly and those for storing your needles, syringes, tweezers, pins, scissors, glue and so forth (see Resources below

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