I've picked up quite a few rustica, deltoides, haemastoma type critters and
never gotten 'purpled'. Am I doing something wrong? Sea Hares? That's
another story.
Kurt
>It is easy to get muricid-dyed cloth, if you can visit somewhere with Thais
>or other intertidal muricids. Pick them up and they will exude dye. You
>can easily get royal purple-spotted shirts, hands, etc. in this way.
>
>David Campbell
>