How to preserve butterflies

Learn how to preserve insects in resin, including how to get rid of bubbles in resin and how to avoid them in the first place by mixing the right way! I’m also sharing how to dry and prep insects for resin using dead Brood X cicadas.

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,

Butterflies are beautiful to look at, and collectors enjoy preserving multiple species to admire their wing patterns. If you've found a dead butterfly or captured one that you want to save, you can either pin it in a display case or...

Head to YouTube! Search how to pin a butterfly and follow it carefully. The best way to learn this is with a video. See the rest of this board for further instructions!

Why its so Important to Keep Good Insect Collecting Data. When collecting cicadas or any other insect for that matter, it is very importa

I have a habit of coming up with projects I want to do, running out and getting materials for it, and then carefully putting it away with my huge artillery of craft supplies… and completely f…

Get ready, I’m about to share some secrets. Well, not secrets per se, but stuff I figured out on my own and haven’t shared before. With Summer finally on the horizon, we are all spending more time outdoors enjoying the beauty of the season. Flowers in bloom, and so many intense colors popping...great inspiration for jewelry, no? I love incorporating unusual bits and pieces into my jewelry designs. Everything from leaves and flowers to opossum, raccoon and coyote teeth. Some of these oddities…

The planet earth is essentially a gigantic magnet. By exposing a smaller magnet to our planet’s natural magnetic pull, you can quickly and easily establish which direction is north-south. Together with your children or students, you can create your own compass with a few simple supplies.

Butterflies are beautiful to look at, and collectors enjoy preserving multiple species to admire their wing patterns. If you've found a dead butterfly or captured one that you want to save, you can either pin it in a display case or...

Entomology is a unique process in which you can preserve the original look of the bug species of your choosing. Many people like to preserve a dead butterfly so it will remain as bright and beautiful as it was when it was alive. You can preserve any butterflies with this method, even a large monarch butterfly.