Insect taxidermy diy

Like many children, Otis loves his nature collection. He loves to collect items from his nature walks including dead bugs. In the past, we've stored his nature collection including his bugs in a lovely wooden box (it has sections and a glass cover) which has worked really well and looks beautiful on his shelves. But what if you didn't want the child to touch the bugs, what if the bugs were too delicate to be handled by young children, what if you wanted to pass the bugs around to many young…

Expert tips for collecting, thawing, and displaying your bug collectionIf you want to start building up an insect collection, it's so easy to find and pin any bug that you find. Pinning is the perfect way to preserve and display insects,...

Long term preservation of organisms either plant or animal in the best possible condition is known as specimen preservation.

We love finding new specimens to add to Elliot’s nature collection. They’re a great resource for his nature studies and I’ve really enjoyed refining my process of preserving specimens over the past couple of years. I have a bit of experience pinning a variety of different insects, but am most familiar with butterflies and moths,

“I get up, I make coffee, and I think about bugs,” says Ali Beckman, whose Instagram account @SoFlyTaxidermy has more than 145K fans. While her goal is “to make people laugh” and see the beauty in insects, her gritty cartoons often address serious topics. Writer Dason Anderson asked Beckman about her work — and her book deal.

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One of the best ways to learn about insects is to observe them up-close. Learn how to catch insects using a net, collect, and pin them.

These gilded insect faux taxidermy plaques (made with craft store supplies) are such a quick, easy and glamorous project - 3D art for your walls!