[NHCOLL-L:3599] Butterflies without bodies

[Gegick, Patricia, DCA]

We have a 25 year-old collection of butterflies still in glassine envelopes that suffered a dermestid infestation resulting in many with no bodies.  The wings are in perfectly good condition and there is good collection data on most of them.  I want to keep them, but am unsure how to store them, since they can't be pinned in the traditional method.  Has anyone come upon this problem?  I was wondering if the wings could be spread between two pieces of Mylar?  Thanks for your help.
Patti

Patricia Gegick
Bioscience Collections Manager
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM  87104-1375
Phone:  505.841.2867
Fax:  505.841.2866
Email:  patricia.gegick at state.nm.us
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New Mexico Territorial Governor Lew Wallace, 1878-1881


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