Pinning butterflies

Most insects are dry preserved, normally on pins, once dry the specimens will keep indefinitely as long as they’re properly cared for and stored. Here Is How:

A butterfly collection

How To Start Pinning Butterflies and Insects If you plan on starting any type of insect collection, pinning your bugs is the most effective way of preservation for most types of insects with exoskeletons. At first glance you may think that pinning insects is as simple as taking your dried insect, poking it to a board a

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,

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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...

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I went on a field trip recently to see the butterfly exhibit at our botanical gardens. I took some pictures of the specimens they had on display before going into the exhibit. (Don’t freak ou…