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March 24th, 2003
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Q. I am the river management officer for my local club in Scotland, the Avon Angling Club. We need to catch larva and flies from the river for study and would also like to display them as we have different organizations visit our club house. What's the best way to display the larvae and how do we mount the flies? Thank you.
A.
Aquatic insects are usually stored in liquid
preservatives in museum collections, although
I suppose it would be possible to mount some
adults on pins as they do with terrestrial insects.
Pinned adults usually retain their original colors
better than preserved specimens; they are, however,
very fragile.
~ C. E. (Bert) Cushing, aka Streamdoctor
The 'Stream Doctor' is a retired professional stream ecologist and
author, now living in the West and spending way too much time
fly-fishing. You are invited to submit questions relating to
anything stream related directly to him for use in this Q & A Feature
at streamdoctor@aol.com. |
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