Beating Net
A beating net, also known as beating sheet, beat sheet or beating tray, is a device used to collect insects. It consists of a white cloth stretched out on a circular or rectangular frame which may be dismantled for transport. The beating tray is held under a tree or shrub and the foliage is then shaken or beaten with a stick. Insects fall from the plant and land on the cloth. They can then be examined or collected using a pooter. The insect beating net was devised by George Carter Bignell. ReferencesInventory Methods for Terrestrial Arthropods: Standards for Components of British Columbia's Biodiversity No. 40. 1998 Entomology equipment Environmental Sampling Equipment ...
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Steinau Fg02
Steinau can refer to: *Steinau an der Straße, a town in Hesse, Germany *Steinau, Lower Saxony, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany *Steinau an der Oder, the German name for Ścinawa, a town in southwestern Poland *Steinau, the German name for Stonava, a village in the Czech Republic *Two tributaries of the Sieber in Osterode am Harz district in Germany: **Große Steinau **Kleine Steinau * The Silesian Duchy of Steinau A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

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Steinau can refer to: *Steinau an der Straße, a town in Hesse, Germany *Steinau, Lower Saxony, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany *Steinau an der Oder, the German name for Ścinawa, a town in southwestern Poland *Steinau, the German name for Stonava, a village in the Czech Republic *Two tributaries of the Sieber in Osterode am Harz district in Germany: **Große Steinau **Kleine Steinau * The Silesian Duchy of Steinau A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

Insect Collecting
Insect collecting refers to the collection of insects and other arthropods for scientific study or as a hobby. Most insects are small and the majority cannot be identified without the examination of minute morphological characters, so entomologists often make and maintain insect collections. Very large collections are conserved in natural history museums or universities where they are maintained and studied by specialists. Many college courses require students to form small collections. There are also amateur entomologists and collectors who keep collections. Historically, insect collecting has been widespread and was in the Victorian age a very popular educational hobby. Insect collecting has left traces in European cultural history, literature and songs (e.g., Georges Brassens's ''La chasse aux papillons'' (''The Hunt for Butterflies'')). The practice is particularly common among Japanese youths. Collecting techniques Insects are passively caught using funnels, pitfall tra ...
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Pooter
In entomology, an aspirator, also known as a pooter, is a device used in the collection of insects, crustaceans or other small, fragile organisms, usually for scientific purposes.Tóth F. An improved version of the ’aspirator gun’ – a device for collecting arthropods. European Arachnology 2000. (S. Toft & N. Scharff eds.), pp. 299-300.

Design and use

Such devices are most commonly used by entomologists for field and lab work. One of the most common designs consists of a small resealable jar or vial, the lid or stopper of which is penetrated by two tubes. On ...
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George Carter Bignell
George Carter Bignell (1 March 1826 – 1 March 1910) was an English entomologist. He was born in Exeter and left school at the age of 12 to become a bookings clerk but joined the Royal Marines when he was 16. He joined HMS ''Superb'', one of the last all-wooden, all-sailing, ships-of-the-line to serve in the Royal Navy. He saw action in the Portuguese " Little Civil War" in 1847, as part of a British squadron sent to support Queen Maria II. During his time in the Marines he developed a passion for natural history, especially insects, which he studied whenever he had the chance. He retired after 22 years' service with the rank of Barrack Sergeant. Bignell was then appointed Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Poor Law Officer for Stonehouse in Plymouth, Devon. His spare time was devoted to entomology; he scoured the countryside of Devon and Cornwall looking for specimens and studying them in their habitat. Although he studied and collected a wide range of insects, it was his wo ...
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Entomology Equipment
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use. Like several of the other fields that are categorized within zoology, entomology is a taxon-based category; any form of scientific study in which there is a focus on insect-related inquiries is, by definition, entomology. Entomology therefore overlaps with a cross-section of topics as diverse as molecular genetics, behavior, neuroscience, biomechanics, biochemistry, systematics, physiology, developmental biology, ecology, morphology, and paleontology. Over 1.3 million insect species have been described, more than two-thirds of all known species. Some insect species date back to around 400 million years ago. They have many kinds of interacti ...
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