How To Safely Ship Pinned Insects

[alandmor]

Anyone who exchanges pinned specimens has no doubt had some that have been damaged in shipment. Greg Dahlem, Northern Kentucky University, has compiled a nice set of instructions for shipping pinned insects and avoiding damage. They can be found at the following link:

www.nku.edu/~dahlem/Shipping%20Specimens/HOW%20TO%20SAFELY%20SHIP%20PINNED%20INSECTS.html

They're also available as a PowerPoint file for downloading.

Much may be standard practice for those on InsectNet.com but pinning a cotton ball in one corner of the box to help catch any parts that may come off and damage other specimens during shipping was new to me.

[nomihoudai]

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[admin]

Here's a video on the topic. A different approach:
www.insectnet.com/videos/instruct/packingpinned/packingpinned.htm