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Post by kentuckymothman on Jul 17, 2018 7:24:30 GMT -8
Ok, so I want to see what everyone is using or recommend for envelopes. I have some of the glasene ones that open on one end that I use when field collecting, but I am curious to see what everyone else uses. I have also folded my own lep triangles from baking paper.
Thanks in advance, Ron
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Post by jsleps on Jul 17, 2018 20:39:26 GMT -8
I've been using the end opening and the side opening glassine envelopes that they sell on Bioquip.
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Post by obewan on Jul 18, 2018 4:38:09 GMT -8
Me too! I get both types, in 4 sizes. obe
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Post by Paul K on Jul 18, 2018 8:33:36 GMT -8
I don’t trust baking paper as it is covered with wax which I’m afraid could be transferred on the specimen. I purchesed 500 12x12 inch glossing paper sheets from Uline for if I remember $30 or less and I can make thousands of triangle envelops of different sizes. Will last for long time, 5000-8000 specimens.
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Post by kentuckymothman on Jul 19, 2018 4:45:27 GMT -8
I don’t trust baking paper as it is covered with wax which I’m afraid could be transferred on the specimen. I purchesed 500 12x12 inch glossing paper sheets from Uline for if I remember $30 or less and I can make thousands of triangle envelops of different sizes. Will last for long time, 5000-8000 specimens. Thanks, I'll look into that
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Post by jshuey on Jul 19, 2018 6:41:25 GMT -8
First - I hate it when people send me good material in end opening envelopes. They seem to cause more damage to specimens then they are worth - especially to antennae. The system I use is the BioQuip side opening envelopes, because the smallest size (1131A) fits neatly into the largest (1131D) and you can drop between 10-15 A's into the D size, record the data once, tape the flap closed and you are good to go. I use a few B's as well for medium sized bugs, and then really large things go one at a time into the largest envelopes. Conveniently, there are plastic storage containers that fit the D-size perfectly for work in the field. This allows me to keep bugs together before I print data labels - and as long as you don't pack too many bugs together, allows good drying in the field. What I like best is that I know that I have not screwed up any data collection because I had to write it down on every stink'in envelope in the field (by the way - I re-use the smaller envelopes repeatedly because they never really get written on). Who has time to record data on 1-200+ individual envelopes when the collecting is hot? The photos show the basic set up, and how these can be used to dry bugs in the field (the middle photo has a "water moat" in the plastic plate that keeps ants out while bugs air dry - the left photo is me trying to dry stuff out using our cooking fire while camping in the rain forest. In all cases - I use Chlorocresol because nothing ever dries out completely in the tropics - ever.... John Attachments:
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