[Illustration: SEAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS * AUG 26th 1818]
_Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois_
NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY DIVISION
George Sprugel, Jr., Chief
Circular 39 Urbana November, 1966
(Eighth Printing)
STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION
BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
John C. Watson, _Chairman_; Thomas Park, Ph.D., _Biology_; L. L.
Sloss, Ph.D., _Geology_; Roger Adams, Ph.D., D.Sc., _Chemistry_; Robert
H. Anderson, B.S.C.E., _Engineering_; Charles E. Olmsted, Ph.D.,
_Forestry_; W. L. Everitt, E.E., Ph.D., _Representing the President of
the University of Illinois_; Delyte W. Morris, Ph.D., _President of
Southern Illinois University_.
NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY DIVISION, Urbana, Illinois
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF
George Sprugel, Jr., Ph.D., _Chief_
Herbert H. Ross, Ph.D., _Assistant Chief_
Robert O. Watson, B.S., _Assistant to the Chief_
Section of Economic Entomology
William H. Luckmann, Ph.D., _Entomologist and Head_
Willis N. Bruce, Ph.D., _Entomologist_
Ronald H. Meyer, Ph.D., _Associate Entomologist_
James E. Appleby, Ph.D., _Associate Entomologist_
Robert D. Pausch, Ph.D., _Assistant Entomologist_
Ralph E. Sechriest, Ph.D., _Assistant Entomologist_
Delmar Broersma, Ph.D., _Assistant Entomologist_
Joseph V. Maddox, Ph.D., _Assistant Entomologist_
Edward J. Armbrust, Ph.D., _Assistant Entomologist_
Dannel McCollum, B.A., _Technical Assistant_
Gregory P. Marsh, B.S., _Technical Assistant_
Sue E. Watkins, _Junior Scientific Assistant_
H. B. Petty, Ph.D., _Entomologist in Extension_[1]
Stevenson Moore, III, Ph.D., _Entomologist in Extension_[1]
Roscoe Randell, M.S., _Technical Assistant in Extension_[1]
Clarence E. White, B.S., _Technical Assistant in Extension_[1]
Stanley Rachesky, M.S., _Technical Assistant in Extension_[1]
D. E. Kuhlman, M.S., _Technical Assistant in Extension_[1]
Amal C. Banerjee, Ph.D., _Research Associate_[1]
Jean G. Wilson, B.A., _Research Associate_[1]
Ranu Banerjee, B.A., _Research Assistant_[1]
Ayten Hatidoglu, B.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Keun S. Park, M.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Keturah Reinbold, M.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification
H. H. Ross, Ph.D., _Assistant Chief and Head_
Milton W. Sanderson, Ph.D., _Taxonomist_
Lewis J. Stannard, Jr., Ph.D., _Taxonomist_
Philip W. Smith, Ph.D., _Taxonomist_
Leonora K. Gloyd, M.S., _Associate Taxonomist_
Wallace E. LaBerge, Ph.D., _Associate Taxonomist_
Robert T. Allen, M.S., _Technical Assistant_
Bernice Sweeney, _Technical Assistant_
Bess White, A.B., _Technical Assistant_
John D. Unzicker, Ph.D., _Research Assistant_[1]
Section of Aquatic Biology
George W. Bennett, Ph.D., _Aquatic Biologist and Head_
William C. Starrett, Ph.D., _Aquatic Biologist_
R. W. Larimore, Ph.D., _Aquatic Biologist_
David H. Buck, Ph.D., _Associate Aquatic Biologist_
Robert C. Hiltibran, Ph.D., _Associate Biochemist_
Donald F. Hansen, Ph.D., _Associate Aquatic Biologist_
William F. Childers, Ph.D., _Assistant Aquatic Biologist_
David L. Thomas, B.S., _Research Assistant_
Maryfran Martin, _Technical Assistant_
Claude Russell Rose, _Field Assistant_
Dennis Dooley, _Field Assistant_
Charles F. Thoits, III, B.A., _Research Associate_[1]
David Krulac, _Project Assistant_[1]
Section of Applied Botany and Plant Pathology
J. Cedric Carter, Ph.D., _Plant Pathologist and Head_
J. L. Forsberg, Ph.D., _Plant Pathologist_
Robert A. Evers, Ph.D., _Botanist_
Robert Dan Neely, Ph.D., _Plant Pathologist_
E. B. Himelick, Ph.D., _Plant Pathologist_
Walter Hartstirn, Ph.D., _Assistant Plant Pathologist_
D. F. Schoeneweiss, Ph.D., _Assistant Plant Pathologist_
David Russell Vance, _Technical Assistant_
Robert J. Slattery, B.S., _Technical Assistant_
Robert S. Perry, B.S., _Technical Assistant_
Betty S. Nelson, _Technical Assistant_
Sylvia P. Brockstein, M.S., _Technical Assistant_
Section of Wildlife Research
Glen C. Sanderson, Ph.D., _Wildlife Specialist and Head_
F. C. Bellrose, B.S., _Wildlife Specialist_
H. C. Hanson, Ph.D., _Wildlife Specialist_
Richard R. Graber, Ph.D., _Wildlife Specialist_
Ronald F. Labisky, M.S., _Associate Wildlife Specialist_
William R. Edwards, M.S., _Associate Wildlife Specialist_
William W. Cochran, JR., _Assistant Wildlife Specialist_
Robert E. Greenberg, M.S., _Research Assistant_
Helen C. Schultz, M.A., _Technical Assistant_
Lucinda Janis, _Technical Assistant_
Robert D. Crompton, _Field Assistant_
Ronald Duzan, _Laboratory Assistant_
Mary Ann Johnson, _Laboratory Assistant_
William J. Francis, Ph.D., _Research Associate_[1]
Jack A. Ellis, M.S., _Research Associate_[1]
James A. Bailey, Ph.D., _Research Associate_[1]
Gerald G. Montgomery, M.S., _Research Associate_[1]
William L. Anderson, M.A., _Research Associate_[1]
George B. Joselyn, M.S., _Research Associate_[1]
Gerald L. Storm, M.S., _Field Ecologist_[1]
Ronald L. Westemeier, B.S., _Research Associate_[1]
Stanley L. Etter, M.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Robert E. Hawkins, B.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Jeffrey C. Hanson, M.S., _Research Assistant_[1]
Keith T. Dauphin, _Project Assistant_[1]
Section of Publications and Public Relations
Owen F. Glissendorf, M.S., _Technical Editor and Head_
Robert M. Zewadski, M.S., _Associate Technical Editor_
Nancy K. Ginzel, B.S., _Assistant Technical Editor_
Wilmer D. Zehr, _Technical Photographer_
William L. Taylor, _Technical Assistant_
Technical Library
Doris F. Dodds, B.A., M.S.L.S., _Technical Librarian_
Patricia F. Stenstrom, B.A., M.S.L.S., _Assistant Technical Librarian_
CONSULTANTS: Herpetology, Hobart M. Smith, Ph.D., _Professor of Zoology,
University of Illinois_; Parasitology, Norman D. Levine, Ph.D.,
_Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Veterinary Research,
University of Illinois_; Wildlife Research, Willard D. Klimstra, Ph.D.,
_Professor of Zoology and Director of Cooperative Wildlife Research,
Southern Illinois University_; Statistics, Horace W. Norton, Ph.D.,
_Professor of Statistical Design and Analysis, University of Illinois_.
[1]Employed on cooperative projects with one of several agencies:
University of Illinois, Illinois Agricultural Extension Service,
Illinois Department of Conservation, National Science Foundation,
United States Department of Agriculture, United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, United States Public Health Service, and others.
_This paper is a contribution from the Section of Faunistic Surveys
and Insect Identification._
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Where to Collect 1
What to Use 2
Nets 3
Killing Bottles 6
Aspirators or Suckers 9
Sifter 12
Berlese Funnel 12
Equipment for Collecting Aquatic Insects 16
How to Handle Unmounted Specimens 17
Temporary Cases 17
Relaxing Boxes and Jars 19
How to Mount and Preserve Specimens 20
Preservation by Pinning 20
Spreading Board for Moths and Butterflies 24
Preservation in Fluid 26
How to Label the Specimens 26
Housing the Collection Permanently 27
Insect Boxes 27
Precaution Against Pests 27
The Insect World 28
How to Identify Specimens 34
Synopsis of Illinois Insect Orders 35
Primitive Wingless Insects 35
Diplura 36
Protura 36
Collembola 36
Microcoryphia 36
Thysanura 38
Primitive Winged Insects 38
Ephemeroptera 38
Odonata 38
Folding-Wing Insects 40
Cursoria 42
Isoptera 43
Orthoptera 43
Dermaptera 44
Plecoptera 45
Zoraptera 45
Corrodentia 45
Phthiraptera 45
Mallophaga 47
Anoplura 47
Thysanoptera 47
Hemiptera 48
Megaloptera 52
Neuroptera 52
Coleoptera 53
Hymenoptera 54
Mecoptera 55
Trichoptera 57
Lepidoptera 58
Diptera 60
Siphonaptera 61
Relatives of Insects 62
Isopoda 62
Amphipoda 62
Scorpionida 64
Pseudoscorpionida 64
Phalangida 64
Araneida 65
Acarina 65
Diplopoda 66
Chilopoda 67
The State Insect Collection 67
Reports on Illinois Insects 69
Useful Books 70
How to Ship Specimens 70
Where to Buy Supplies 71
_Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois, Ch. 127. IRS, Par.
58.22._
[Illustration: Illinois streams are a source of many insects of
interest to the amateur collector. Shown here is the Salt Fork
River, south of Oakwood.]