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Post by jamesd on Feb 17, 2011 23:49:28 GMT -8
Is there anyone out there who mounts/ has mounted earwigs before? I'm interested in doing it... Is there anything particular that has to be done before mounting them, or are they good to go as soon as they're dead? Attachments:
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Post by bobw on Feb 18, 2011 2:10:32 GMT -8
I've never mounted one but I've killed plenty - the little bastards eat all my Lepidoptera ova. They're by far the worst pest when rearing butterflies.
The only good earwig is a dead earwig!
Bob
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Post by jamesd on Feb 18, 2011 21:13:36 GMT -8
Haha, I think they're cool >_>
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 21, 2011 3:50:55 GMT -8
bobw < I agree. In the Alps last summer, one of them ate a wonderful Polyommatus damon on my spreading board !!!
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Post by celine on Mar 11, 2011 8:50:18 GMT -8
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 17, 2011 22:02:25 GMT -8
Pin through the right side of the elytra like a beetle, and spread the legs. Some people try to spread the wings so that they can see the venation better for identification. Keep the legs close to the side of the body and arrange the antennae along the side of the body. Smaller ones, you have to point.
Jeff Prill
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Post by micahliam on Sept 16, 2011 2:03:36 GMT -8
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Post by nomihoudai on Sept 16, 2011 7:43:57 GMT -8
In Europe we glue them on little cardboard pieces with water solvent glue. That saves them better against damage while in the collecting drawer.
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Post by timoinsects on Sept 24, 2011 2:30:59 GMT -8
chinese earwing,from west Yunnan prov. 5cm ;D Attachments:
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Post by jackblack on Mar 16, 2012 0:41:17 GMT -8
Just while on the subject of earwigs ,
heard the funniest thing on the radio here in Australia the other day , Theres an old wives tale that earwigs get in your ears while sleeping, so you should sleep with your fingers in your ears to keep them out , well one radio listener called in and said to get them out hang a piece of meat on a string just outside the ear , we cracked up when we heard that one .
Yes just pin them like a beetle otherwise , unless really small then card.
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Post by christophe on Mar 12, 2014 7:28:50 GMT -8
I glue them on cardboard pieces (even the biggest one). It is not recommended to pin them as they are quite fragile and can be easily broken in the drawers.
The Chinese earwig is an Apachyus, and probably Apachyus feae (very common species)
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