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This Marking Cage is a gentle way of holding insects for marking and examination. It consists of a plastic tube with mesh at one end and a soft, foam-padded plunger at the other. This allows the insect to be pushed gently up the tube on the foam until the thorax rests against the plastic mesh. In this way insects can be held safely without any damage to delicate wings.
Specification
- Length: 75mm
- Diameter: 40mm
Customer Reviews (1)
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Needed improvement
By
Angela
22 Jul 2019
The plunger element was several millimetres smaller in diameter than the plastic tube and felt rather flimsy until I added some foam around the edge of the wooden disc to reduce the gap, which also reduced the risk of trapping wings or other appendages between the plunger and the side of the tube. It now works better, though alas it wasn't really suitable for examining bumblebees which I'd also hoped to do.
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