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
>