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Post by livingplanet3 on May 20, 2021 17:18:34 GMT -8
Storage boxes with a UV filter film applied to the glass top are available here in Japan. The film filters 99 per cent of the ultraviolet light. It is about 10 dollars more expensive than the one without the film, but it's worth it if it helps to prevent fading of important specimens. Such films are also commercially available. You can put it on the glass yourself if you are good with your hands. Many thanks - I'm sure I can find a source for UV-blocking film here in the US. There seem to be a lot of ineffective ones on the market unfortunately, so I will need to carefully check around to make sure that I'm getting one that genuinely blocks UV. |
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Post by 58chevy on May 20, 2021 17:31:10 GMT -8
benihikage92,
Several years ago I was given 5 very nice Japanese boxes that are similar to the ones in your photograph above. I like them and would like to get more, but I don't know who the manufacturer is. If you know, please provide a link to their website.
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Post by benihikage92 on May 21, 2021 6:52:55 GMT -8
benihikage92, Several years ago I was given 5 very nice Japanese boxes that are similar to the ones in your photograph above. I like them and would like to get more, but I don't know who the manufacturer is. If you know, please provide a link to their website. The followings are the web sites of two of the most popular storage box producers here. T-Wood t-wood.ocnk.net/Birdwing ww31.tiki.ne.jp/~birdwing/index.htmlI use T-Wood's boxes. The humidity is extremely high from early June to late August in most of Japan. We need air tight storage boxes to keep specimens in good condition. So the lid of those boxes should be very tight. You might find Japanese boxes difficult to open. |
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Post by 58chevy on May 21, 2021 7:45:00 GMT -8
Thanks for the links, benihikage92. The boxes I have are the Birdwing boxes, and I highly recommend them. They are very lightweight and are so airtight that after 5 years no pests have gotten into them, despite the fact that I haven't used any type of repellent. And yes, they are difficult to open. I noticed that they sell a tool for opening the boxes. I think they are much better than Cornell drawers.
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Post by benihikage92 on May 21, 2021 8:03:38 GMT -8
Yes, they have lid openers, too. They look like a scraper. Maybe you can use a scraper to open them.
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Post by benihikage92 on May 22, 2021 4:21:54 GMT -8
left box, 1st row, center: Junonia lemonias (underside) At first I thought it was one of the Satyrids. But the shape of the wings is not that of Satyrids.
left box, 1st row, right of center: Symbrenthia sp. (lilaea?)
left box, 2nd row, center: Junonia lemonias (upperside)
left box, 2nd row, right of center: Pontia daplidice (underside)
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