[NHCOLL-L:831] Re: thread for herp tags

[Ross MacCulloch]

We've always used linen thread for alcohol specimens.  The brand that we use is Barbour, made in Northern Ireland.


Ross D. MacCulloch
Assistant Curator, Herpetology
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C6

>>> Jessica Rosales <rosales at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> 10-Jan-01 11:49:52 am >>>
Hello,

Any recommendations for cotton thread used for tying tags onto herps?  I've 
tried unsuccessfully to get samples from Coats American several times.   We 
tried using DMC Cebelia but found it to unravel too much.  Any other 
suggestions?

Thank you,

-Jess


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