Southern Research Station

Title: A Disposable Cage for Obtaining Individual Eggs of the Elm Spanworm

Author: Drooz, A.T.

Date: 1969

Source: Res. Note SE-127. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.

Station ID: RN-SE-127

Description: A waxed paper cage in the shape of a paper coffee creamer (tetrahedron) is easy to make, inexpensive, and ideal for collecting individual eggs or small groups of eggs from the egg-mass depositing elm spanworm. The moths and eggs can be readily observed through the translucent waxed paper.

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Drooz, A.T.  1969.  A Disposable Cage for Obtaining Individual Eggs of the Elm Spanworm.   Res. Note SE-127. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.