Watching him pull them out the freezer with just paper towels and seeing the powered discoloration and the wing pinning just all gives me anxiety, please use baking/wax paper to prevent that…. I’ve not even started insect taxidermy but I know a lot of info from research for future purposes, I recommend to any beginners wanting to do this stuff pls do more research! Love you! :)
When you do research on groups of small sized but very diverse insects, the numbers you collect from a field trip or expedition are so large you don't have the luxury or option to put the all in wax paper envelopes, folding the wings of tiny moths back to put them in glassine envelopes is too tedious at this scale, only if you practiced it yourself will you understand. Just not happening when you collect 1000 or more bugs in a night... Sheets like in the video or "field pinning" (pinning without preparation) are the method of choice...
Well now my ocd doesnt agree with the placement nor the small punctures through the wings. Very common misconception to use the venation as pin spot. You can use the venation as anchor when moving the wing either with forcep or the pin but holes in them, imo is unacceptable. To think they are going in a museum lol
I just saw a video from a small RU-vidr and I was confused how different and less careful this seemed, not horrible I'm sure as a beginner in my class I'll do much worse.
Using 0 or 00 won’t leave a visible hole in the wing once removed if left for a very temporary amount of time if you need them to stay put while you reach for some glassine paper or something. Wouldn’t recommend using anything larger than 0 or 00 though as they will leave a very large hole.
I personally am going to try and get into Entomology and Zoology, and Taxidermy on normal animals would hurt my heart, but this would be not nearly as bad, but I will get these if it's like a common species or a friend got it for me, but, good job!
I have a question, The moths in the video...do they have dried wings? Because whenever I put mine in the freezer, they sort of get 'freeze dried' so to speak and even after a long time in a relaxing chamber, their wings are impossible to spread(and I only have them in there for a night).They go crunch crunch when I go to spread. Please can I have a explaination for what's happening?😵
please never ever put holes through the butterfly or moth!! second dont use wax paper cause you can take the scales of the butterfly/moth! please use tracing paper.
@@saturniidmoff He's putting the pins directly through the wings, something you don't need to do at all and it helps destroy the wings. There are flat forceps that you can grab the large veins with to move the wings. They do less damage.
OCD does not equal having an eye for perfection or having a specific routine. being a perfectionist doesnt mean you have OCD. i dont know if you have a diagnosis or not, but the stereotype that people that have OCD are perfectionists is just kinda rude.
How can you call them specimens they were alive its wrong to do that and put them in a glass case. And also, are you saying these moths were all already dead when you found them or did you kill them.
Did you know when moth larvae turn to moths they only live up to a week or less with they’re only propose is being to breed then die? :) just a friendly reminder
@@retr0galaxy647 Depends which moth genius- house moths can live up to four months. Doesnt change the fact that the moths were almost certainly killed before they died naturally.
Fun fact months of the same species of butterfly just not so beautiful so you’re clearly hurting butterflies that makes me feel sad please don’t kill any more butterflies imagine you being a freeze and then someone stabs needle do your arm yeah that’s with that but if they were through I meant mouth
why don't you go say that to those who kill (and eat) cows and chickens and pigs for the burgers ???? I'm a vegetarian and I do understand this beautiful education and art about pinning insects (eevn if I don't agree on killing them for that) so if they died on insect farms or in the wild why don't expose their beauty to the world ???
I'm not sure about this guy, but most people in this field collect already dead bugs, so nothing was harmed or killed for the express purpose of display
