[NHCOLL-L:5273] Alcohol gel preservative

[Sharon Reid]

Apologies if I have missed a discussion on this previously, I don't remember seeing one. What to people think to using this method for storing insect specimens to be used in field ID training?

http://www.slideshare.net/sdroege/how-preserve-insect-specimens-in-hand-sanitizer
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Sharon Reid
Entomologist and Invertebrate Collections Curator

Plant Pests and Diseases Programme
The Food and Environment Research Agency
Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ

Email: sharon.reid at fera.gsi.gov.uk
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Tel: 01904 462000 ext: 3015


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