No. 20 The Little Dark Spinner
This is the perfect, or Imago, state of the turkey brown (No. 19) just described. It is as fragile as it is beautiful, and can hardly be touched without maiming or killing it.
Imitation.
Body.—Light reddish-brown floss silk, ribbed with purple.
Tail.—Three whisks of a light dun hackle.
Wings.—From a feather of the robin’s wing, or the under feather of a young grouse’s wing.
Legs.—A light dun hackle.