{"id":87,"date":"2022-04-10T17:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T21:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/?post_type=chapter&p=87"},"modified":"2022-04-11T19:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:25:10","slug":"whats-in-my-kit-and-what-do-i-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/chapter\/whats-in-my-kit-and-what-do-i-do-with-it\/","title":{"raw":"What's in My Kit (and what do I do with it)?","rendered":"What’s in My Kit (and what do I do with it)?"},"content":{"raw":"What\u2019s in My Kit (and what do I do with it)?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis presentation will give you a tour of the insect collecting kit you have received, including a brief introduction to the uses for the various components.\r\n\r\nOther demonstration videos and links will provide further information about using your kit to collect, prepare and preserve insects for your Insect Collection assignment (worth 20% of your grade for BIOL 322).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhen you receive it, your kit should look something like this.\r\n\r\nMost of the components will be inside the black box, but the spreading board and the three parts of the collecting net will be separate.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe black box itself is called a display box. Notice that the bottom is lined with a high-density foam.\r\n\r\nOnce your insects are mounted on pins, you will be able to push the pins into this foam bottom to organize and display your specimens.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAlso included is a smaller box, called a shipping box, which also has a foam-lined bottom. Note that the lids are often very tight on these boxes, as they are intended for mailing specimens.\r\n\r\nFor your collections, the shipping box may be useful for sorting specimens, for protecting them while they dry, and for various other purposes.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYour insect collecting net comes in three pieces: one with the actual collapsed net, one long tube with a red handle on one end, and one long tube with no handle.\r\n\r\nYou will need to assemble this into a single net.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTo begin with, carefully unwind the net and let it expand.\r\n\r\nThe frame of the net is a springy, metal ring, which collapses when it is twisted (more on this later).\r\n\r\nWhen you are expanding the net, please do it carefully, and don\u2019t let the net frame hit anything (especially your face!) as it expands.\r\n\r\nThere is an excellent video on YouTube, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=axaZAlXA0u0<\/a>, (and a rather less excellent one in the lab materials!) that explains how to expand and collapse the net.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNext, you can assemble the net handle. The pieces fit together much like the pieces of a vacuum cleaner tube.\r\n\r\nThe piece without the red handle attaches to the net frame, and the piece with the red handle is attached to the end of that assembly.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou should end up with a net that looks more or less like this, with a long handle and an expanded bag.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou may disassemble and collapse the net for easy storage and transportation, but please always make sure that it is clean, empty, and dry before you do so.\r\n\r\nInstructions for folding your collapsible net are included in your kit.\r\n\r\nI will also post a short video clip of me doing this.\r\n\r\nMy tips:\r\n