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Post by cabintom on Jan 29, 2014 22:30:15 GMT -8
I just bought this live specimen from a local for roughly $4.50... not sure if it was a good deal or not. Anyways, I'm pretty excited about it. lol How do I go about killing and setting it?
Thanks, Tom
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Post by africaone on Jan 29, 2014 22:36:21 GMT -8
be careful, this price is quite high locally as the species is very common (you can have some dozens in one night hunting in good places, I remember a night in Kivu when I stop to count at 150 spécimens and there were many more) the length seems quite good
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Post by cabintom on Jan 29, 2014 23:16:35 GMT -8
be careful, this price is quite high locally as the species is very common (you can have some dozens in one night hunting in good places, I remember a night in Kivu when I stop to count at 150 spécimens and there were many more) the length seems quite good I figured the price was high, but hopefully the guy I bought it from (an artist actually) will stop trying to sell me wooden elephants and will now start bringing more interesting things. Tom
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Post by johnnyboy on Jan 30, 2014 0:37:32 GMT -8
Tom,
You could kill it by putting it in a freezer for a few hours. It would prevent the beetle becoming discoloured and also be a relaively painless death for the beetle. As soon as it is dead it will still be pliable and easy to set. Usually you'd put a pin through the middle of the right wing case, place it on a setting board and set the legs in position using more pins.
Johnny
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Post by cabintom on Jan 30, 2014 4:20:54 GMT -8
Tom, You could kill it by putting it in a freezer for a few hours. It would prevent the beetle becoming discoloured and also be a relaively painless death for the beetle. As soon as it is dead it will still be pliable and easy to set. Usually you'd put a pin through the middle of the right wing case, place it on a setting board and set the legs in position using more pins. Johnny Unfortunately, I don't have stable enough electricity to run a freezer... I've heard something about using boiling water, but that sounds risky. Also just realized that I put this thread in the wrong section. Sorry Clark. Tom
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Post by mygos on Jan 30, 2014 4:48:29 GMT -8
You can inject some lethal substance such as ether !
A+, Michel
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Post by africaone on Jan 30, 2014 4:55:50 GMT -8
for big coleo i inject ammoniac inside the mouth. very quick death !
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Post by johnnyboy on Jan 31, 2014 2:10:06 GMT -8
You can also put beetle in boiling water. A bit cruel and can discolour (black beetles usually OK, others can stain)
Johnny
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Post by africaone on Jan 31, 2014 3:19:48 GMT -8
oh ! do you cook lobster ?
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Post by cabintom on Jan 31, 2014 8:19:55 GMT -8
Well, no need to boil it. I came back home from work today to find it dead... I wonder how long the artist guy had been holding on to it...
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Post by exoticimports on Mar 6, 2014 6:33:54 GMT -8
You can kill large beetles the way you might anything else: 1. inject with poison- vodka, gin, rubbing alcohol 2. put in a container with poison (see above) 3. put in jar in direct sunlight 4. drown
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