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Date: 2019-05-19 09:40 pm (UTC)I went to WalMart and bought a 4' Frabill aluminum landing net for about ten bucks. (This is the net fishing people use to help land the fish they catch.) I also bought a couple of yards of fine-mesh fabric netting like you'd use for, y'know, wedding favors or something. It's in the crafts section of WalMart if you want to one-stop your shopping.
At home, I taped the fine mesh fabric (duct tape) to the aluminum net frame and then hand-sewed a diagonal seam from net frame to a point far away from the net frame. I used ordinary thread for that.
The fine mesh fabric netting is lightweight enough to not damage even very tiny damselflies and it lasts for about two seasons of reasonably careful use. Snag it on a multiflora rose or greenbriar or whatever, though, and you're going to have holes.
When it gets too many holes, I take it off and make a new net using the same frame. Because the netting is not-permanent, duct tape is OK for holding it in place.