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Storing of large collections of insects

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kovyl, 05.03.2009 21:48

I want to ask people - who keeps their collections how? It is clear that some of the boxes are on pins, and some are on mattresses. But what is the ratio of these parts? I want to store as little as possible on mattresses, because in this form it is inconvenient to work, but this is how much space you need! If you prick all the butterflies (and I do them), then spread them all or not? They will take up a lot of space... There are big ones on the mattresses, and I pick up all the change on pins.

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05.03.2009 21:58, bober

if you have money, order a cabinet for boxes,and if not, then make it out of an old linen closet... instead of shelves put slats so that the boxes stand up

05.03.2009 22:41, lepidopterolog

Something is not very clear about the meaning of tema

06.03.2009 12:38, kovyl

2 lepidopterolog
"Something is not very clear about the meaning of the topic"
" part in boxes on pins, and part on mattresses. ... what is the ratio of these parts?" "what's so strange about that?"

2 bobber
I already have a rack of boxes, but if you lift everything off the mattresses...
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06.03.2009 14:06, Guest

How can there be general recommendations? confused.gif It all depends on your needs and capabilities.

06.03.2009 17:27, lepidopterolog

2 lepidopterolog
"Something is not very clear about the meaning of the topic"
" part in boxes on pins, and part on mattresses. ... what is the ratio of these parts?" "what's so strange about that?"

2 bobber
I already have a rack of boxes, but if you lift everything off the mattresses...

Don't pay attention to the flower - I accidentally thanked you instead of quoting smile.gifSo, of course, that all lepidopterologists strive to straighten the material (or at least prick it) - otherwise it is impossible to fully work with it (as far as I know, the situation is somewhat different for coleopterologists). And it is unlikely that anyone has a setup like "65% - spread out in boxes, 35 - on mattresses".

06.03.2009 19:18, kovyl

2
. > Can there be any general recommendations here?
Of course not.

>It all depends only on your needs and capabilities.
This is understandable.

2 lepidopterolog
> all lepidopterologists strive to straighten the material (or at least prick it) - otherwise it is impossible to fully work with it
, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Now tell me, do you personally only prick up or straighten out everything?

>And it is unlikely that anyone has a setup like "65% - spread out in boxes, 35 - on mattresses".
Sure. I was interested in specific cases.

06.03.2009 19:37, lepidopterolog

  

2 lepidopterolog
> all lepidopterologists strive to straighten the material (or at least prick it) - otherwise it is impossible to fully work with it
, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Now tell me, do you personally only prick up or straighten out everything?

>And it is unlikely that anyone has a setup like "65% - spread out in boxes, 35 - on mattresses".
Sure. I was interested in specific cases.

Immediately after the capture, I prick raznousykh (all). If it happens not in the field, then I try to straighten out the most interesting specimens (both bulavo-and raznoustykh) immediately. By the beginning of the next season, I usually spread out all the material collected for the previous one.

10.03.2009 17:13, Yakovlev

It all depends on your capabilities and the collector's needs.
I have 18-20 thousand on pins, about 80 thousand on cotton wool. There are still about 3000 on the spread, i.e.
I think that there is no optimum set aside for spreading. Mattresses are not a collection, they are a material.

10.03.2009 18:21, kovyl

Well, yes, I'm also thinking of lifting everything on the mattresses sometime. Stops the number of boxes that will be required for this purpose (and places where to take so many).

2 Yakovlev
> I have 18-20 thousand on pins
If these are relatively large butterflies, then how much space do they take up?

> about 80 thousand on cotton wool
Yes, cotton wool is good for this, you can store very large volumes compactly. But here's how to remember who is where and how much of whom?

> Mattresses are not a collection, they are a material.
This, of course, I support.

10.03.2009 18:28, Yakovlev

200 boxes approximately
need to lift the material, but we need a laboratory
assistant, I'm not kidding. This is the optimum
I was helped by a straightener, but then I couldn't pay so much and the situation got worse 11

11.03.2009 0:55, RippeR

by the way, it is also difficult to call the material that is not disassembled, not defined, not distributed among families, genera, a collection smile.giflike mine, for example.. For now, I call it material accumulation.. that's when there will be more or less complete some kind, there will be boxes, when I will arrange all this, then it will be possible to call it a collection )

And the material on mattresses is generally a tough thing - until they are put in the box, it is really just a material..

11.03.2009 9:49, Cerega

Yes, not in the quantity of the same thing, but in the quality. Each collector decides for himself what his collection should be. Each collector sets their own goals. A collection is not an end, it is just a means.

11.03.2009 10:11, RippeR

who is the goal, who is the means, of course everyone has different goals smile.gif
in any case, a collection is necessary, especially if a person is going to study something, describe something - so that there is something to compare it with..

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