Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon
Paul Cherubini
monarch at saber.net
Thu Sep 10 23:10:49 EDT 2009
Used to be that Moth collectors, unlike Butterfly
collectors, could freely and openly collect
without some people protesting their activities
as "barbaric", etc. But that may be changing
in politically liberal regions as evidenced by the fact
the Toronto Entomologists Association already
has a Catch & Release policy in regard to moths.
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[DPLEX-L:37291] Re: glassine envelopes
Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:15 PM
From: "Carolyn King" <cking at yorku.ca>
To: dplex-l at listproc.cc.ku.edu
I think the glassine envelopes are sold because they
are considered the best thing to hold dead specimens.
I don't think that entomology companies expect
anyone to store live specimens. Traditionally,
entomologists killed everything. On the first Moth
Night I went to (many years ago), all the moths
were killed and laid out to be identified. I was
shocked. Today our Moth Nights are strictly
catch-and-release.
Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association
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