Use of ethyl acetate to kill beetle specimens collected in the field.
Author of the article:LIANG Hong-Bin
Author's Workplace：(Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words：Coleoptera; insect collection; poisoning method; ethy l acetate
Abstract：Soft paper soaked with ethyl acetate and kept in a bottl e provides a convenient and effective way of killing beetle specimens collected in the field. Live beetles are placed in the bottle. Once dead, the beetles are transferred to another bottle contai