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Post by corradocancemi on Sept 12, 2012 16:17:13 GMT -8
Hi friends, last night i found under the light a male of Zeuzera pyrina. Searching on the net, i discovered that this species, when dies, loses a lot of grease, in fact a lot of mounted specimens on the collections are damaged and change their white color. Do you know how to prevent this damage? At the moment, the specimen is alive in a box Attachments:
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Post by saturniidave on Sept 12, 2012 17:54:41 GMT -8
What some here do is remove the abdomen and degrease it separately, then glue it back on once the moth is spread.
Alternatively you can degrease the whole moth before you spread it.
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Post by corradocancemi on Sept 13, 2012 7:25:36 GMT -8
Are you sure the abdomen is the only source of the grease? Can the torax be another source?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 8:20:33 GMT -8
I have a pair of these from the 1880's with no greasing at all.
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