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mike_c

(36,281 posts) Wed May 24, 2023, 01:04 AM May 2023

two days of insect specimen prep

I've pinned and repositioned 37 specimens yesterday and today. Most are reasonably clean, too. I still have two specimens in the humidor, one waiting for a spreading board to open up and the other with the most stuck legs ever. It's a little weevil, so I'm scared of breaking it while I torque on its leg joints.

Here they are! Forgive the weird perspective-- this was shot at about 14mm indoors, so lots of distortion.

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two days of insect specimen prep (Original Post) mike_c May 2023 OP

Wow, my dear mike_c, you sure have a lot going on! The photo is great. CaliforniaPeggy May 2023 #1

Great job! Walleye May 2023 #2

Oh gosh, a lot of prep work certainly goes Callalily May 2023 #3

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,614 posts)

1. Wow, my dear mike_c, you sure have a lot going on! The photo is great.

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 01:25 AM

May 2023

I see a lot of tools and of specimens. I can't get over how neat everything is, but I'm sure that it has to be that way for you to get anything done.

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your workspace with all of us.