Somes questions about dried moths

[Eumorpha]

Hi all,

I dont know if im in the right forum, if not, please let me know. Thank!

I am a butterfly / moth breeder and I have a lot of interesting aberrations and forms that I would like to sell.
So, before selling this specimens, i have few questions for you about dried Moths for offer the best quality.


- Firts thing, do you degreasing systematically all your moth before shipping?
Or only the greasing ones?

Actually, i use White spirit for degreasing and its work very well.The only thing i blame is the hyper fragility of the specimen after a bath of spirit.

Any tips?

- What kind of method do you use to wrap your moths/butterflies?

Personally, I use the Triangle paper (glassine) with a piece of Scott towel.
Is this the correct method?

- For shipping death butterflies/moths (common species, not treathened or in CITES) around the world, what do you normally mark in the papers?

I have seen people who vaguely inscribe the content, others who fill everything in the papers.

What is the good practice adopted to have the least problem?
I read that even those who do everything to be legal still have problems ...

I have doubts with the option of disclosing everything in view of the time it takes and the money required.

People to convince me of the best choice to make?

Many thanks everyone for the help!
Sorry for my bad English, i use Google Traduction.

[nomihoudai]

Saturniidae I packed on cardboard with cellophane. I would wrap the abdomen in kitchen paper towel. I am not an expert with Saturniidae but I was thinking that de-greasing is best after the specimen is mounted? As you said they become brittle.

For contents I always wrote "dried insect specimen for scientific study".

Please post more pictures of the specimen, they look crazy.

[kevinkk]

The few times I've sold deadstock, I use glassine premade envelopes, or if I need bigger, attempt to make a triangle out
of glassine sheets. Then they go into a container, that goes into a box, I've received deadstock in pretty much the same way.
Both containers get packing material.

I never disclose contents, but that's me. It depends on your volume, and disposition about the activity.

That is an amazing looking moth!