catch and release

Nigel Venters nigelventers at ntlworld.com
Mon Jun 3 10:55:24 EDT 2002


Try using black netting instead of White...you may not think so...but it's
much easier to see the butterfly inside the net...which means you can handle
the butterfly much more carefully.
Nigel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Bailey" <cmbb at sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <monarch at saber.net>
Cc: "Lepslist" <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: catch and release


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> From: "Paul Cherubini" <monarch at saber.net>
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> > 1) Capture and hold:
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> > Sew your own net (cheap sewing machines at WalMart if
> > you don't know anyone that has one) out of a soft drapery
> > material or cheese cloth.  Hold lep by thorax but be careful not
> > to hurt the legs
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> I do hand sew my own net using nylon net from the local drapery store.
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> "neat" part of the net is that I use the shaft from a golf wood as my
handle
> (compliments of some unknown irate golfer who probably stormed into the
pro
> shop).   Terrific grip with a long light shaft that is made to take
vigorous
> swinging.  The hoop is iron rod purchased at the scrap yard.
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> Martin Bailey,
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> greetings from:  Weyburn, SK., Canada.
>                          49.39N  103.51W
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> p.s.  golf shafts are always readily available and free of charge.
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