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Four Cutters with Matching Tool Caddy
Two Beavertail Bug Body Cutters - Sizes 4 and 6
Two Beavertail Bug Wing Cutters - Sizes 4 and 6
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I didn’t use the cutter yet , will be in autum
Not much, though it's probably my own fault for not researching this set better. These are poor matches for periodical cicada bodies and wings. The beavertail bodies don't resemble the barrel shaped naturals, and are too small and narrow. The wings are too small and mis-shaped based on my records from fishing the Brood X and XIV emergences in 1991, 2004, 2008, and 2021 in a variety of locations. I made a few trial punches and overlaid them on tracings of naturals in my journals and a dried out set of natural wings that I had stuck in a book - yeah, I'm a little obsessed (or possessed?). Sorry.
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