Dried Specimens

[Stanley A. Gorodenski]

This response is a bit old, but I just now returned from vacation and
read your message.

I do not have the problem of wings curling in Arizona.  During the
summer my Dodge van gets nice and hot inside.  When I want something to
dry fast I just put them in there for a day or two.  Lacking a hot
summer, I find putting them in my kitchen electric range oven at about
150 degrees or so (I am guessing at the oven setting) for a couple of
days, with the over door jarred slightly open, does just as good as the
hot van.  

Stan

gwang wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Since we all seem to be on the topic of drying/dried specimens these
> days, I was wondering how others out there keep the wings of their
> already dried specimens from warping.  When my specimens come off the
> pinning board their wings are perfectly straight, but invariably, after
> some time, some of the specimens' wings start to warp.  I put hydrates
> in with all of my specimens to adsorb (no that's not a typo, it really
> is the correct term, as opposed to absorb) any moisture in the air, but
> it doesn't seem to be working out as I has anticipated. Perhaps I'm
> taking my specimens off the pinning board a bit to early so that they
> are actually still in the process of drying when I place them in the
> specimen drawers?  Could this have caused the warping?
> 
> Peace,
> Xi Wang
> 
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