Collecting Insects
Collecting insect material has been and continues to be a fundament of entomological research. Such collections represent important data about the distribution of an insect species and provide information about its biology. The collected material allows a detailed study of the insect anatomy and makes an exact determination possible, also the decription of unknown species.
 
 
Collecting insect specimens: catching, killing, transporting.
Processing the collected material: pinning, setting, humidifying.
Storing and protecting the insect collection.
The Data from an Insect Collection.

 
 

 
©Dimitre Staykov