Bow and Arrow to Trap Insects

Title (Dublin Core): Bow and Arrow to Trap Insects
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Ancient Weapons
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Bow and Arrow to Trap Insects
extracted text (Extract Text): "Shooting" insécts with a bow and arrow suggests an impractical method, especially when some of the game is so small that it can hardly be seen by the unaided eye, but this is the way one of the government scientists obtains specimens for the National museum. The feathers on the arrows are smeared with liquid glue and the shaft is shot into swarms of insects flying over tree tops and in other places difficult to reach. As it passes through the swarm, the insects are trapped on the glue and fall to the ground with the arrow. Although some are shaken off, enough are left to serve the collector's purposes. By this method, species of high-flying insects, rarely collected before, are caught.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1927-11
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, v. 48, n. 5, 1927
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 817
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Alberto Bordignon