Hi,
I found this bee dead a foot step of shopping mall.
Picked it up and kept in freezer for macro shot, but i realize it is very dirty due to dust stuck on her.
Is there a way to clean dust away?
Thanks,
LEE.
How you prepare insect?
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Try http://www.slideshare.net/sdroege/how-to-wash-bees and http://www.slideshare.net/sdroege/drying-wet-bees .
These come from the folks at the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program. See for example http://all-that-is-interesting.com/macr ... hotography.
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These come from the folks at the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program. See for example http://all-that-is-interesting.com/macr ... hotography.
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Yes, that alcohol will work fine.
I usually keep my specimens either a) dried, in tight boxes to exclude dermestid beetles, or b) in the freezer. Even in the freezer, specimens will gradually dry out as water evaporates from the specimen and collects as ice crystals on the container. The drying process almost always causes the appearance to change.
The best way to get a specimen that looks live, but isn't, is to work with fresh material.
Next best is to work only with hard-bodied subjects such as most beetles. Even there, it is common for the eyes to form cracks or separations between layers ("silvering") that an experienced viewer can immediately recognize as dead and dried.
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I usually keep my specimens either a) dried, in tight boxes to exclude dermestid beetles, or b) in the freezer. Even in the freezer, specimens will gradually dry out as water evaporates from the specimen and collects as ice crystals on the container. The drying process almost always causes the appearance to change.
The best way to get a specimen that looks live, but isn't, is to work with fresh material.
Next best is to work only with hard-bodied subjects such as most beetles. Even there, it is common for the eyes to form cracks or separations between layers ("silvering") that an experienced viewer can immediately recognize as dead and dried.
--Rik