fixing greasy specimens

Tony Thomas mothman at nbnet.nb.ca
Sat Jan 31 09:24:48 EST 2009


Hi All:

Bruce Walsh's Arizona site has an article on degreasing

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zEEB/butterflies/relax.html



At 01:43 AM 1/31/2009, Gary Anweiler wrote:
>I think any good degreaser that does not leave a residue would 
>work.  I use white gas sold for Coleman camp stoves.
>
>One thing that really helps is to blow-dry the bug  (gently!!) once 
>it is degreased as the scales may 'mat' from being degreased or 
>wetted, especially moths which tend to be much thicker or heavier 
>scaled. Practice on something you don't mind losing!
>
>And lest I forget,  the standard caveat - use in well ventilated 
>areas and not near an open flame - or it could get overly exciting!
>
>Gary.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Gorodenski" <stanlep at commspeed.net>
>To: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:21 PM
>Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens
>
>
>>What about Xylene? I have heard about this for many decades and 
>>always thought that was the "standard answer."  This is the first 
>>time I have heard of acetone and knowing about acetone I would be 
>>very reluctant to use it. Can you enlighten me more about it?
>>Stan
>>
>>Hugh McGuinness wrote:
>>
>>>The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) 
>>>completely immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that 
>>>doesn't remove all the oil immerse for longer.
>>>Hugh
>>>
>>>  Hugh McGuinness
>>>The Ross School
>>>18 Goodfriend Drive
>>>East Hampton, NY 11937
>>>hmcguinness at ross.org <mailto:hmcguinness at ross.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos 
>>>>clorinde in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty 
>>>>grease oozed out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right 
>>>>hindwing. Does anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? 
>>>>Thanks.     -- Noah Arthur
>>>
>>
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