Dried Specimens

1_iron 1_iron at msn.com
Sat Jul 21 11:08:23 EDT 2001


Hi, Xi!

I live in the humid South. I could leave my specimens on the boards for
months - and within a few days of taking them off the wings are droopy. I
suggest you do as I do; enjoy the warm weather and let the wings sag.

Jim Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "gwang" <gwang at mb.sympatico.ca>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:24 PM
Subject: Dried Specimens


> 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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