COLLECTING INSECTS
Collecting Equipment
Trapping Equipment
Collecting Techniques
PRESERVING INSECTS
Equipment
Preservation
Becoming a serious collector
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Job opportunities
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Acknowledgements
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References
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APPENDIX
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COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS
by and Iléma Fourie
Insect Collecting for research should be done in such a way that natural resources and human resources are respected. Specimens should be properly collected and preserved so that valuable material is not wasted or lost. It is thought that at least 50% of the worlds insect species are not known, so beginners can, and do, collect rare specimens that could be valuable for research. Once the specimens have been collected and prepared, they should preferably be housed in a national museum so that they can be properly looked after (curated). Insect collections are an international asset, so there is a responsibility on governments to maintain them by creating and maintaining suitable institutions. These pages are intended to provide basic information to collectors that will enable them to collect and preserve specimens in such a way that they can be useful to major collections where they can be studied by research entomologists.
Links
Transvaal Museum's
Invertebrates & General Entomology
Coleoptera 
Lepidoptera