Insect Mounting and Preserving

States that nature has preserved some insects through fossils for millions of years but man has learned to preserve many different forms by various preservation techniques. Illustrates the following methods of preservation: directly in alcohol, boiling and preserving in alcohol, field preservation of winged forms, spreading, pinning, pinning on points, and preparing as microscopic slides. Reveals that transitory forms may best be preserved by drawing or photography. Stresses proper identification and concludes that only the imagination of the collector limits the methods of adding to one's insects collection. , States that nature has preserved some insects through fossils for millions of years but man has learned to preserve many different forms by various preservation techniques. Illustrates the following methods of preservation: directly in alcohol, boiling and preserving in alcohol, field preservation of winged forms, spreading, pinning, pinning on points, and preparing as microscopic slides. Reveals that transitory forms may best be preserved by drawing or photography. Stresses proper identification and concludes that only the imagination of the collector limits the methods of adding to one's insects collection.