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Ramble On

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  • Birthday 05/26/1985

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  1. I have a little bit of experiance in preserving things. The pictures are by far the best way to go for a constantly reliable source. But having a few preserved samlples can be entertaining and enlightening. Ill give you a run down on what i found works. For Preserving Adult insects you will need a kill jar. The jar needs an air tight lid and a piece of cloth or paper towel to put in the bottom. Then splash a couple table spoons of nail polish remover into the jar and put the lid on. The fumes will kill the insect quick. The point of the paper towel is to hold the liquid so that the specimen doesn't get "wet" and ruin the wings. Just cause they arnt moving doesn't mean they are not dead yet. Give them a couple hours in the jar. Then take them out and pin them to foam or card board. You need to pin them fairly soon after you kill them or else they go hard. If you break a leg off...no worries. Clear nail polish works well for sticking them back on...the quick drying stuff if you have a choice. When you are going to store them perminantly make sure you have a moth ball in the box with them or dust mites will eat them. The nymphs i have also pinned but they dry out and desicate a bit. You definalty loose some of the quality. Pictures work best i have found. Here is one I took of a stone. I have also preserved minnows. You need a kill jar with about 50-70% isopropyl alcohol in it. As soo as they are dead get them into a jar of 50% alcohol. Some species with heavy scales don't desicate too much so 50% is good. I have some fine scale dace that need about 40% alchohol. If you can keep them in the fridge it can help a little i found. Kepp an eye on them from time to time to make there isnt any cloudy stuff in the jar. If there is...switch out the alcohol. If your minnow is over about 3cm(1 inch) make a small slin in their belly to help in preservation. Fish stored in alcohol WILL lose their colour...anything stored this way ends up in a strange state of grey-brown. So it may not be what you are looking for. Aquatic insects even loose a bit of colour but hold up a little better then pinning them on a board. Unless they are adults. anyway that's my 2 cents. -ramble
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