How to Pin an Insect

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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Editor, Camera:
Tom McNamara
Theme music:
Michael Aranda
Created By:
Hank Green
Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby
Major thanks to Gracen Brilmyer for all of her help in creating this episode, and Alexandra Westrich for pinning some insects for us!
Additional resources/instructions from Oregon State University: extension.oregonstate.edu/umat...
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Filmed on Location and Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(www.fieldmuseum.org)
Thanks to Caitrin McCullough for letting us bug her to create captions for this episode! And Tony Chu, Barbara Velázquez, Seth Bergenholtz, and Katerina Idrik really pinned down those translations!

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@smartman8699 4 года назад

How to get a girl *cicada style* Step 1: hide in your basement for the first decade and a half of your life Step 2: exit Step 3: scream Step 4: plan the wedding

@arky8974 3 года назад

lmaoo

@jakubmadejski1481 3 года назад

thanks my wife says that my scream was so biutyfull that she couldnt rezist meuh [ jk im a teen and i want to collect dead butterflies and pin them down ina book :D ]

@JoaoPessoa86 10 лет назад

"That's the way to get ladies' attention" What, burst out at age 17 making incredible amounts of unbelievably annoying noise? ....wait...

@jessicabauer9225 4 года назад

Drag queens do that x)

@sirblue5586 2 года назад

No fucking way I'm a periodical cicada

@joe4490 10 лет назад

It might be a bit niche, but I'd love to see more insects being pinned - the process for pinning a butterfly or moth is a bit more involved, so a nice instructional video would be really cool.

@saber1epee0 10 лет назад

Emily: The only person I know of who could confuse "Cicadas stored in ethanol" with "Pancakes and Syrup". Thank you.

@cecasander 9 лет назад

Man, I would really like to try her pancakes now!

@learningftw6559 9 лет назад

cecasander I think they might be cicada-flavored.

@axorozzas 9 лет назад

Learning FTW Or vodka flavoured.

@worldbrand_ 10 лет назад

Wing venation can be pretty key to differentiating species within a genus. That's why sometimes you'd want to avoid damaging the wings, and why it would be worthwhile to spread them apart.

@papersplease 10 лет назад

I do this to live insects and then interrogate them for the location of their Queen.

@madelynnpenn4671 5 лет назад

papersplease lol

@molay3263 5 лет назад

@crumply5959 4 года назад

Watch what you say online because I’ve heard PETA has a swat team now

@mbp7060 3 года назад

You couldn't just follow the trail of ants? You go through all of that just to find the queen. Just say you hate ants and love to torture them.

@SomeRandomGuyNamedJD 3 года назад

*Deep raspy voice* WHERE IS SHE!

@OlleLindestad 10 лет назад

I've had the same experience of being nibbled on the head by a horse while trying to do biology in a field in Sweden! I never realized it was a regional problem.

@nohaijiachii 10 лет назад

Oh no this episode ended too fast! I really wanted to see more pinning with different body types :< can we have more? *puppy eyes*

@thebrainscoop 10 лет назад

Soon :)

@nohaijiachii 10 лет назад

YAY! : DDD

@theincrediblelaserfont7407 7 лет назад

Noha Ijiachi I agree, more!

@oneeyedphotographer 6 лет назад

thebrainscoop and cleaning those dung beetles!

@AuChoco 5 лет назад

That profile pic makes the puppy eyes even more compelling

@Chaosdude341 10 лет назад

I love how many people at the Field Museum have tattoos.

@alicrow 5 лет назад

What a disgusting ugly Hair cut.

@bluebird1422 4 года назад

@@alicrow yep, he looks like man

@EmTheFairy_ 4 года назад

alicrow How mean

@jtktomb8598 4 года назад

@@alicrow Yours is worse

@stirfry3069 4 года назад

alicrow hahaha I was looking for this

@emilymontague2563 10 лет назад

Emily Graslie: queen of braiding. And also dead things. Great combo

@ChrisLeeW00 10 лет назад

Don't freak out, but there a bee on your ear, Emily.

@nimnom-chan4127 4 года назад

Chris LeeWoo where

@nimnom-chan4127 4 года назад

Oh ok lol

@fasfan 10 лет назад

I love how quirky Emily is. Smart and personable, but not too serious. A great role model for young women wanting to get into the science field. Or just a great role model for anyone. Lot of good stuff in this video: the lame joke laugh at 1:20, Pancakes @ 4:05, Bench press @ 4:24, Story @ 6:18, and of course that great smile @ 6:55.

@saber1epee0 10 лет назад

Definitely a great role model for anyone. She's just an inspiring human being, and it's awesome to see anyone who genuinely loves their work.

@cajunking5987 Год назад

Right… “quirky”

@12cbellhms 10 лет назад

I may die in peace now that I know how to pin insects

@LaughingGenius 4 года назад

I'm an entomologist, and I learned something new in this video, thanks! I've only ever heard of pretty gross chemicals being used for relaxing, so I avoid it whenever possible. Knowing that steam will work just fine is super cool!

@nunyabizness9459 10 лет назад

The structure and format of this episode, its title cards and accompanying music, and other such details - polished, professional, and completely charming. Well done, Brain Scoop. Loved this particular topic. PS. Emily, your hair is lovely in that braid. It's a beautiful look for you.

@mrguffaw 10 лет назад

I always have to listen to the end and make sure "...It still has brains on it." hasn't been editorially removed.

@bigdickpornsuperstar 10 лет назад

Where can I get a "Women in Science" badge? Having daughters, it is a cause that I certainly support. I honestly believe that ALL of the problems in the world can be solved with more education.

@CONEHEADDK 2 года назад

Ha - look into how little the most challanged actually can learn, and how mean and egoistic many people are, and you will probably change your mind. About the gender thing, I really don't think, that you need to anything but back them up in "anything" they want to do. I am absolutly not a feminist, but it always makes me happy, when a woman has succes in a field, where we usually would expect a man. The same when I clicked on this video, and I don't think, your daughters believe, that there are "any" doors closed for them, that are open for "all" boys/men. I bet you can get one of your daughters to design that badge, and probably sell a bunch of them too, if she flashed them online. Kids/teens can do "anything", if there's a good reason to do it.

@janemh5866 2 года назад

@@CONEHEADDK wow, yuck and utterly bizarre

@CONEHEADDK 2 года назад

@@janemh5866 Thank you.

@chicklovesmusic 10 лет назад

I really love seeing ladies having fun doing science. I always enjoyed biology in high school but didn't keep up with the sciences because of my less than stellar math grades, so I really enjoy the educational aspects of the brain scoop, as well as how much fun you and the other people on the show seem to be having. It's science without being "this is super serious" so it's approachable. I think it's really great for younger women and girls out there to see the variety in the kinds of jobs and the kinds of women who go into scientific fields, especially one as hands on as the brain scoop shows.

@WarLarkGamer 10 лет назад

Please please please, for the love of all that is good and great on this God given green earth, please do a how to episode on diaphonization.

@thebrainscoop 10 лет назад

I am looking into this! From what I've learned/seen so far, though, it seems to be a pretty long (like, multi-day) process with a lot of "hurry up and wait" involved. Will report back soon.

@WarLarkGamer 10 лет назад

***** Coolcoolcool, thanks for the reply.

@saber1epee0 10 лет назад

Had never heard of diaphonization before. Read Comment. Spent an hour reading articles on diaphonization. Totally obsessed for the moment. Who said we don't learn things from RU-vid Comments!

@WarLarkGamer 10 лет назад

Fencer Dave The first time I saw a diaphonized fish I was like "Whaaaaa?" and then proceeded to read about it for the rest of the week.

@TheSH1N1GAM1 10 лет назад

Please make this happen, brainscoop!

@MyHorseGoesRawr 10 лет назад

Now let's see How to Pin a Human.

@forbiddenmonkey7416 10 лет назад

its really easy once you've done it a couple of times.

@nachoijp 10 лет назад

Ask jesus, he has first hand experience with it

@forbiddenmonkey7416 10 лет назад

nachoijp WOW TO SOON!!

@nachoijp 10 лет назад

James Collins seriously? it's been 2000ish years already!

@forbiddenmonkey7416 10 лет назад

nachoijp too soon man, too soon... xD

@clearmenser 10 лет назад

Killer tattoos Gracen! Also, so modest Emily. You're contributing to science on the order of the most famous Science popularizers out there. IMHO

@CreaturesCanada Год назад

I love the conversation and little facts shared while carefully pinning the insects! Its cool to see the insects returned to their lifelike poses.

@metacrisis47 10 лет назад

The right hand side of the Lorax ... This episode was awesome! I love it when they have special guests, it's like having two amazing teachers at the same time!

@RobKinneySouthpaw 10 лет назад

I had a rather extensive moth, spider, and "other arthropods" collection as a kid. My 2-year-old sister ate and/or scattered bits of them all. I never started over.

@JonathanCompton 10 лет назад

For myself, I'm a bit partial to Merlinpods and Galahadpods.

@learningftw6559 9 лет назад

Jonathan Compton They're very tasty.

@octopodesrex 10 лет назад

Any tips on starting private collections, what specimens to look for?

@thebrainscoop 10 лет назад

Really, it's whatever you take an interest in. Some insects will be easier to find than others, naturally - and make sure you've got a permit or permissions if you're collecting on public lands. I've always wanted my own millipede collection because they're so diverse and can be easy to find under logs and at night!

@Ixdontxknowxanything 10 лет назад

I didn't think I'd find this interesting, but then I did. This is why I love the brainscoop. Yay introductions to new things!

@laharl2k 10 лет назад

But how do i pin that meter and a half wide black spider that's making noises just outside my cave?

@scottbarber6694 10 лет назад

You'll need at least a half-nelson.

@OlleLindestad 10 лет назад

Actually, spiders can't be pinned; they have to be preserved in alcohol. Insects are the only arthropods whose exoskeletons have the right composition - they harden when they dry out, whereas spiders fall apart.

@kleokriesel 10 лет назад

I've been wondering/thinking about pinning bugs for a few weeks - thank you for this!

@Indigodotcom 9 лет назад

Great video. Will pass this on to all of our insect pin customers!

@amistudioschicago 2 года назад

How to pin an insect is our favorite video on this channel. We love this channel for everything cool! We met Emily at the field museum in Chicago and talked about how to pin an insect - thanks for being so nice! From chicagoians . . .

@Augass 5 лет назад

Such a lovely video! Im so excited to try this out for the first time with this one bug that I have. Thank you.

@1star_god Год назад

To preface, this video is terrific and helped me a lot, these are not complaints, just silly little semantic things I thought were funny, mostly to do with the "chapter" names. "how to collect insects:" tells you where they collected the insects from. No mention of capture tools/techniques, storing, or transporting strategies. "Drying Insects:" tells you how to re-hydrate a bug if you find one that's dried out lol XD

@Destructopato 10 лет назад

Really, I love you, this is exactly the kind of video I've been waiting for since the trip to the field with the enthomologist!

@ZairaBandy 10 лет назад

I CAN´T STOP WATCHING EMILY'S HAIR. WOW. SO BEAUTIFUL.

@c.i.demann3069 10 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing but wasn't sure if I could say so. (I thought it might be bad form to compliment a scientist's braids...)

@learningftw6559 9 лет назад

C.I. DeMann The rule is, you also have to compliment her work. (Both the work and the hair are amazing)

@brittloveschloe 7 лет назад

who cares about her hair. check out that gracen. where size bowl does she use?

@noblecrusader9869 6 лет назад

Pancakes one that was too big

@deathgrind1 6 лет назад

Pancakes a cromag shaped bowl and an ostrich egg shaped bowl that was formed into one misshapen hybrid bowl. =[

@Heath242Green 10 лет назад

So my dad had collected beetles from his youth and had passed down his collection to me. The specimens are roughly 20+years held in a box of cotton and glass. They are very brittle and can break from moving the box. Will the steam method of relaxing the beetles be of any use?

@sirblue5586 2 года назад

Probably not since they are so fragile that just moving the box damages them.

@daisychainexplores 10 лет назад

I adore your hairstyle today Emily!

@troberts1 10 лет назад

yay! I was so in the mood for a new episode. Very interesting.

@chalystha 10 лет назад

GAH! I wish this video came out a year ago during my 6th form biology project. We had to collect, pin & preserve insects from 10 different orders. I punctured a hole in each wing of the winged insects to spread them and most of them ripped. )): Anyhoo! Will pass this video on to my biology teacher. Thank you, The Brain Scoop!

@JojobaNutOil 6 лет назад

can we just sit and appreciate emily's accessory of choice for the days? very interesting.

@carloswithahat386 10 лет назад

Loved this video thanks for your efforts in online education!

@MichelleCaoWenwen 10 лет назад

ahhh thank you I've always been curious about how people have been able to pin bugs!

@MrFlea28 10 лет назад

More bug videos please! I like the dynamic between you two!

@JackOfAllTrades0404 8 лет назад

I lost a sling (super tiny baby tarantula) and I want to preserve it somehow for educational purposes, do I need to dip it in an alcohol bath first or can I just pin it as is?

@DefinitelyNotJay 10 лет назад

I had to do a project in high school which was collecting and correctly pinning & labeling 50+ bugs of at least 15 different orders. I don't remember everything I learned from that, but I do remember enjoying the things I learned from it.

@boooters 7 лет назад

lolololol that Gracen character and her modern ness ness ness

@thecoolestgingerkid 7 лет назад

"It's like bench pressing" 😂 I laughed so hard. Thanks for the education and comedy!! Great tips

@rachelannpierce9751 10 лет назад

That was cool, I hope we see Grace again sometime.

@MrOndra31 10 лет назад

I think it's really cool that both of you have an artistic background but are working in science because I also love art but I am also really interested in science and don't really know what I would like to study or even do for a living :)

@keithfarrell6518 10 лет назад

Thank you, learnt a lot as usual. Great video keep up the good work!

@atikahrockslikecrazy 10 лет назад

the wes anderson influence on the brain scoop lately is overwhelming :D

@ruledbypressure 10 лет назад

oh my god I've been waiting my whole life for this video

@clarasigmon3415 10 лет назад

Ahhhh love thebrainscoop. Wish I knew where Emily got her necklace. I collect and pin insects in my spare time and I'd love to have it.

@papersplease 10 лет назад

Please be less adorable. You adorable science girl, you.

@boredness6789 10 лет назад

Great video! Also Emily, your hair was on point.

@whatsit50 10 лет назад

awesome! i love all the work you do to try and better the content found on youtube.

@-cosmicrogue- 10 лет назад

Completely unrelated to insects..but your lovely hair braids have inspired me to start braiding my hair more often, Emily. :)

@Quokkat7 6 лет назад

thanks Gracen, it was so inspiring

@LooseGarmentGirl 10 лет назад

This makes me want to start my own collection. I find bugs very interesting. Thanks for such a good way for anyone to get exploring their surroundings.

@blooky102 2 года назад

I personally like specimens in resin blocks , but this can also help if i wanna know how to get the right position before its set in the resin.

@brianw5447 10 лет назад

Go Gracen! Suddenly the insect net and pinning block I'm buying off of you have become pop culture artifacts.

@Chill1332 5 лет назад

Gasp! This is awesome! I've been wondering how to do that. I have a small collection but I didn't really know what to do with them.

@parallelProgram 10 лет назад

This channel makes me even more determinate to work in a museum! This was very interesting although I am not a big fan of insects ;)

@thomashanson1574 7 лет назад

VERY CLEAR AND GREAT TIPS. THANX FOR TAKING THE TIME

@johnclavis 10 лет назад

Yay Brain Scoop! I gotta visit the Field Museum the next time I'm in Chicago!

@thecrustyoldmachinist9384 5 лет назад

Very nicely done video. Thank you.

@annemariemilbourn8934 10 лет назад

You can also use an old, or used crock pot set on low to rehydrate the insect. I have a wire rack with foam set up above water. I fill it up with water and keep the lid a little ajar. Have to add water only once. Works great.

@fabricadefritanga 10 лет назад

Hey so I decided to start my insect collection but when purchasing the insect pins I learned that there are different sizes. How do I know which ones I need? Does it really make a difference? Do you recommend any brand in particular? Thanks in advance and greetings from México :)

@realspacemodels 10 лет назад

Once you've pinned an insect, does that mean you are going steady? Seriously, once the insect is dried, it stays in the position you pinned it? right? So you don't need the vellum or ALL the pins for final display, am I correct?

@HonageMaximus 10 лет назад

Yes, you'll notice the only pin actually in the insect is the one in the thorax. Once its dried it retains that position. The labels with information like species (if known), date, location and conditions of its collection are stuck on the central pin underneath the insect and its then stored.

@LaughingGenius 4 года назад

Once it's dry, you can remove all the bracing pins and just leave the 'handle' through the thorax. I usually leave mine for several days though, just to be sure.

@AbcDefg-tq3ju 5 лет назад

Ok, so i have 2 tarantula hawk wasps and i want one with wings up and one with them apread, but they seem to keep folding up when i spread them out???

@brimcnair 8 лет назад

Emily is so goofy, I love it.

@cellogirl0096 10 лет назад

This was really cool - thanks!

@The-Secret-Dragon 7 лет назад

this was so helpful! Starting my own collection of local specimens is something I've always wanted to do. Do the insects need to be preserved in alcohol beforehand or can you just pin them without putting them in the alcohol first?

@bsinger182 10 лет назад

Great subject for a video. Anyone remember back when kids, and grandparents, and people in between used to do this as a hobby? I just wonder how many people out there still do this as amateurs. And of course that makes me wonder if the Field has any collections of insects that were donated by amateur back yard collectors. I remember going to the county fair as a kid and seeing some fantastic displays of butterflies and beetles and other things that various people brought to show off. I didn't think of it at the time as science, but one of the things I've learned from the Brain Scoop is that collecting specimens is a critical part of science.

@olivialenz1956 10 лет назад

One of my greatest fears the summer of 8th grade was the looming possibility of needing to create my own bug collection for 9th grade science. I just couldn't imagine coping well with capturing, freezing, and pinning a whole bunch of insects. Fortunately for me, I didn't go to the school that required the collecting, and I still don't think I could stomach it today!

@theincrediblelaserfont7407 7 лет назад

Great video, never stop scienceing.

@TravelingOnaShoestring 5 лет назад

Just watched this with my 4 year old daughter. I have no interest in insects but she wants to be an entomologist. She loved this and now wants to start her own bug collection. She got a bug catching kit for her birthday.

@boggybeard 4 года назад

I enjoyed this video a lot. I'm very new to all of this, so learning how to relax the bugs and where to pin them was super helpful. Unfortunately, the dead beetle that I found, relaxed, dried, and pinned, came back to life after a few hours. It wasn't pretty. So uh, can beetles survive a pin through their backs? Thanks.

@Sirlongpants84 10 лет назад

Another super cool episode! What do u do outside of the museum for fun? Or do you secretly sleep there? :) because I would.

@markel-rayes4030 10 лет назад

After you have pinned the insect, do you cut the square of the foam to fit a shadow box so you can frame it? (or do you have to transfer it from the foam to something else after it dries...? great video by the way :)

@RMoribayashi 10 лет назад

I never saw the yearly "dog day" Cicadas when I was little but I heard them during every summer vacation. Since the noise over my head seemed to be moving up and down the street I figured it must be coming from the only thing I could see, the wires on the telephone poles. In my early teens I happened to walk alone through a field of 17 years Cicadas. Suddenly surrounded on all sides by a truly deafening and unfamiliar noise I did the sensible thing and ran like hell.

@Snolisify 10 лет назад

I'm studing biology in Science University of Oporto, Portugal and we had an assignment for invertebrates class where we had to make an insect collection And we had to pin them and indentify them. It was so much fun :)

@CaptainJack238 10 лет назад

How do you transport insects from other countries? Surely we can't do that in our personal collections because of customs, right?

@Dakavony 10 лет назад

Now I feel the urge to search for these pretty green beetles I always see in my garden :D

@seo5581 5 лет назад

This channel is great!

@katherinejoyce696 10 лет назад

I know it would be waaay off topic on this channel, but I would love a hair tutorial for the hair you have in this!

@VictorFursov 6 лет назад

Very nice! Thank you!

@itsfrankiloved7917 7 лет назад

cicadas are my favorite insect because when I was a kid I used to run around outside collecting their shells. I piled them all over my room and would just stare at them for hours. Playing with their little legs, the ridges on their back, their little eyeball domes. Creeped my mom out.

@anawc 10 лет назад

i love all of these tattooed science people

@TheRealSkeletor 10 лет назад

Today I learned from The Brain Scoop what I have in common with dead, dried insects: I find saunas relaxing.

@Majoofi 10 лет назад

why the right hand side of the thorax?

@HonageMaximus 10 лет назад

You want to keep any markings on the thorax intact for identification purposes and since they are symmetrical you can pin on one side (happens to be right) and keep the markings on the other undamaged. Never pin right in the middle as it will damage the only part with that marking.

@Majoofi 10 лет назад

thanks

@toborbf 10 лет назад

It is also because if, for ID purposes, you can go back and spread the wings. If you pin the center the wings are demolished

@c.i.demann3069 10 лет назад

Because most insects are vampires and, as everyone knows, you have to stab vampires through the heart, which is on the right hand side of their thorax.

@learningftw6559 9 лет назад

Maybe it's specifically the right side because of organ location? Just a guess. I'm probably completely wrong.

@hcn6708 8 лет назад

LETS DO THIS WITH BEES!Anti-sting armour,ACTIVAAAATE!!!!KABOOOM!

@soniapieters3189 6 лет назад

What liquid did you use to preserve the insects in the jar?

@gravityvertigo13579 10 лет назад

"That's not a mantid!" "Yes it is." "Really?" "NO!" This is the nerdiest friggin channel and I love it to pieces.

@pizzasauras9274 10 лет назад

Does the Chicago field museum have any devil frog fossils? And if you don't, do you have any pacman frogs in your collections? (Relatives to the devil frog and look just like them)

@manuelaguilartirado8674 8 лет назад

WOW this was really helpfull, I got these spcimens from a fieltrip fom time ago before our teacher told us how to pin and they got really dry, know I can fix tehm for a decent presentation :D. Man entomolgy is fun

@TwinkTwinkle 10 лет назад

This is totally unrelated to the topic, but I love your earrings, where did you get them? (And, like, a hair-tutorial would be cool too...)

@BREAKENSTEIN 10 лет назад

Wow thanks you two! This awesome!! SCIENCE, SCIENCE, SCIENCE, SCIENCE!

@wynterpanther728 7 лет назад

I feel like everyone but the taxidermist always looks at Emily at the end like "what now?"

@jamesterkelly21 10 лет назад

Emily, I quite like your necklace here. What kind of stones are those?

@mr.behaving 7 лет назад

Vellum is also important because it 'typically' is acid free. This allows the material it is touching to not be degraded over time by the acids in the material holding it down. Important step for archival :)