Staining of Pierid Wings

[Mark Walker]

This is fascinating.  So - you actually hold them submerged in the boiling
water?  Using forceps?  I imagine that this relaxes them in an instant.

I'll have to try this.  It would be particularly nice for preparing onezy
twozies.

Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX [mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:53 AM
> To: 'Leptraps at aol.com'; LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Staining of Pierid Wings
> 
> 
> I completely avoid this problem by doing most of my relaxing 
> by holding the
> antennae, head and thorax in boiling water on the kitchen stove. Only
> downside for finicky folks is that the body hairs end up 
> matted rather than
> their natural fluffy selves. Only thing to watch for is to 
> not soak them so
> long that the water wicks up onto the wings.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leptraps at aol.com [mailto:Leptraps at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:48 AM
> To: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Staining of Pierid Wings
> 
> 
> Listers: 
> 
> I have tried about everything, including distilled water, 
> pure from the
> spring water and Several acids mixed with water. The blue 
> stain is a problem
> whenever I relax pierids. I am currently relax material that 
> has been in my
> freezer and I am relaxing them with distilled water for 24 hours. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Leroy C. Koehn 
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> Georgetown, Kentucky 
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