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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 16, 2021 0:06:59 GMT -8
Chlorocresol can also alter colours of some species, particularly it turns the Papilio nireus group blue discal band to green.
By the way, I can see Chuck's photos now!
Adam.
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 16, 2021 3:30:16 GMT -8
Chlorocresol can also alter colours of some species, particularly it turns the Papilio nireus group blue discal band to green. By the way, I can see Chuck's photos now! Adam. That’s great. Wonder why.
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Post by vabrou on Dec 16, 2021 6:33:03 GMT -8
No doubt, the chlorocresol melting you mention is the result of a chemical reaction between the chlorocresol and another chemical you were using. That is why I warned not to combine it with paradichlorobenzene or napthalene. Even if you may have injected your captures internally with ethyl acetate or some other liquid, this may have resulted in an unwanted chemical reaction. All of my captures are dispatched with HCn gas from NaCn and I have never had any adverse reaction using chlorocresol and cyanide killed specimens. No doubt, I have personal experience using chlorocresol and insects more than that all persons reading this combined, due to my tremendous amount of daily captures, but I have never encountered detrimental effects involving the lone use of chlorocresol in relaxing chambers. 100% of my lepidoptera captures for about 40 years have been placed into chlorocresol treated relaxing containers.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 16, 2021 8:35:59 GMT -8
By the way, I can see Chuck's photos now! Adam. That’s great. Wonder why. Because a very generous anonymous donor kindly paid for a new computer for me. I cannot thank them enough. Adam.
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Post by papiliotheona on Dec 20, 2021 9:38:03 GMT -8
I don't have a problem with relaxing green hairstreaks (Callophrys) with the standard water with a dash of white vinegar.
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