Dried Specimens

[gwang]

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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