How to Collect and Preserve InsectsWhat are insects; Number of insect species; Section I - collecting insects; Collecting equipment; Collecting techniques; Collecting aquatic insects; Beating; Sifting, separating, extracting; Trapping; Searching; Photography; Taking field notes; Section II - Preserving insects; How to handle unmounted specimens; Keeping specimens fresh; Relaxing specimens; Restoring shriveled specimens; Cleaning specimens; How to moung specimens; Pinning insects; Pinning block; Pinning insects with elongated abdomens; Pointing and pinning small insects; Spreading insect wings; How to construct/use a spreading board; Microscope slide preservation; Preserving insects for display; How to label speciments; Labeling specimens; Housing a collection; Pinned specimens; Wet specimens; Slide-mounted specimens; Arrangement of collection; Shipping specimens; Section III - Identifying insects; Classifying and naming organisms;Metamorphosis; Summary of insect orders; Collembola; Protura; Diplura;Microcoryphia; Thysanura; Ephemeroptera; Odonata; Plecoptera; Embioptera; Phasmatodea; Orthoptera; Dictyoptera; Dermaptera; Isoptera; Zorapttera; Psocoptera; Mallophaga; Anoplura; Hemiptera; Homoptera; Thysanoptera; Neuroptera; Coleoptera; Strepsiptera; Hymenoptera; Trichoptera; Lepidoptera; Mecoptera; Diptera; Siphonaptera; Identifying specimens; INHS insect collection. |
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