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Post by trehopr1 on Aug 29, 2021 17:02:00 GMT -8
A quarter of my collection is housed "unit tray" fashion. I have always liked the "compartment" look of specimens neatly segregated apart -- and yet gathered together. There is a certain appeal about it. Many collectors prefer to group (like) material in the same drawer; methodically separating species or breaking others down into respective subspecies. All very scientific and admirable if you specialize. However, in my "interpretation" of this manner of storage it is more-so an exercise in displaying insect diversity. As an aesthetic collector of varied tastes I have acquired a fair number of things which I simply cannot devote an entire drawer too. So, this portion of my collection houses a lot of singular finds, special personal captures, sentimental gifts, trades, some bred stock, a few aberrations, and lastly things which are deemed odds + ends. For me, each time I pull a drawer from a cabinet or stack of drawers (which I have on tables); it is much like surveying a box of chocolates -- you never know what you'll find inside ! Here, are some of my examples...
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Post by 58chevy on Aug 30, 2021 11:36:52 GMT -8
Nice displays. I've never seen a polyphemus with so much pink. The S. cynthia looks unusually large.
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 30, 2021 11:58:51 GMT -8
That looks so presentable. I’m moving in the other direction to pack more into Cornell drawers. As well as tiling. Wish my reference collection looked like yours.
Chuck
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Post by trehopr1 on Sept 23, 2021 10:52:05 GMT -8
Here is yet another drawer of my "varied" goods which I recently pulled together.
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Post by Paul K on Sept 23, 2021 14:14:24 GMT -8
How small is your mini Monarch? I collected one mini this late summer which has only 72mm wing span and is a size of L.archippus.
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Post by mothman55 on Sept 23, 2021 16:55:57 GMT -8
Immaculate specimens, I have a few drawers with unit trays, especially for the small hairstreaks, coppers, blues, elfins. Yours are really interesting.
Paul, I also got got a mini monarch, down by the waterfront, Leslie Spit. Just a tad larger than your mini, mine is 74mm.
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Post by jshuey on Sept 23, 2021 17:22:22 GMT -8
The specimens are great. And more importantly, you've shown me how those crazy "three-across" unit trays can work! It never occurred to me to use them like that!
John
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Post by Paul K on Sept 23, 2021 18:15:45 GMT -8
Immaculate specimens, I have a few drawers with unit trays, especially for the small hairstreaks, coppers, blues, elfins. Yours are really interesting. Paul, I also got got a mini monarch, down by the waterfront, Leslie Spit. Just a tad larger than your mini, mine is 74mm. Is yours also less orange more brownish?
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Post by gaspipe on Sept 24, 2021 2:44:46 GMT -8
To put it simply ; love your displays.
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 24, 2021 4:26:43 GMT -8
Don’t you protect the trays from moving? I could see where a slip and tilt would cause a tray to slide and damage specimens.
I don’t see what Jshuey means by three across. ??
Chuck
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Post by trehopr1 on Sept 24, 2021 5:41:42 GMT -8
Hi Chuck, indeed you are correct and that could happen and the thought came to mind a couple months ago; so I recently ordered two sizes of the smallest unit trays which I can use to fill spaces.
I am also working on some small wood spacers to help me where small size trays won't work.
What John is referring to is the (super size unit tray) that you see in my photograph holding the Catocala. One can only fit 3 of those across the width of a standard size drawer.
By situating a couple of my specimens sideways in the unit tray (when they won't fit side by side); I am utilizing the full space of the unit tray without having to "shingle" the specimens.
This provides optimum viewing enjoyment when you are an aesthetic collector like myself.
Thank you for the suggestion !
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 24, 2021 5:48:56 GMT -8
Ah thanks. If I de-shingled my reference collection I’d double the drawer count.
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Post by mothman55 on Sept 24, 2021 7:12:51 GMT -8
Immaculate specimens, I have a few drawers with unit trays, especially for the small hairstreaks, coppers, blues, elfins. Yours are really interesting. Paul, I also got got a mini monarch, down by the waterfront, Leslie Spit. Just a tad larger than your mini, mine is 74mm. Is yours also less orange more brownish? Actually my mini monarch is a bright orange male. I find the brownish monarchs are generally females.
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Post by freedom on Sept 25, 2021 2:22:07 GMT -8
Wow! artwork
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Post by jshuey on Sept 25, 2021 16:18:21 GMT -8
Hi Chuck, indeed you are correct and that could happen and the thought came to mind a couple months ago; so I recently ordered two sizes of the smallest unit trays which I can use to fill spaces. I am also working on some small wood spacers to help me where small size trays won't work. What John is referring to is the (super size unit tray) that you see in my photograph holding the Catocala. One can only fit 3 of those across the width of a standard size drawer. By situating a couple of my specimens sideways in the unit tray (when they won't fit side by side); I am utilizing the full space of the unit tray without having to "shingle" the specimens. This provides optimum viewing enjoyment when you are an aesthetic collector like myself. Thank you for the suggestion ! Exactly. Cornell unit trays have always worked in in multiples of 2 for the number or rows that fit in the drawer. Typically 4 unit tray rows per drawer. I got crazy one day, and ordered 10 of these 3-across trays (6 total fill the drawer). They simply don't play well with all my other unit trays. But now I see I can spin the trays and make them work a little better. john
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