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How to store dried butterflies?

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guest: Юлия, 26.05.2009 11:10

Comrades, help, pozh-ta! I see you have a professional community of knowledgeable people here. I'm just an amateur, having a rather impressive (by my standards), approx. 100 copies. Bye, butterfly collection. I collect them for beauty, they hang all over my apartment. And some began to fade frown.gifnormally, some just need to be changed frown.gif
My question is: can you tell me, please, how and how you can protect your collection? Some films, maybe special ones, should cover the glass behind which the butterfly is pinned? Or what kind of varnish to cover? To prevent fading? I must say right away, not a single butterfly hangs in the sunlight. Apparently, they spoil just from daylight.
Help, pozh-ta!
Thank you in advance, Yulia

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26.05.2009 11:19, Vlad Proklov

Collections are stored like medicines: in a dry place, protected from light.
Entomologists don't hang butterflies on the wall.

26.05.2009 15:32, mikee

Collections are stored like medicines: in a dry place, protected from light.
Entomologists don't hang butterflies on the wall.

Hang, including professional smile.gifOnes, But cover the glass with fabric curtains. And still a lot of things fade just from time to time. And amateurs hang without curtains, while remaining amateur entomologists.

26.05.2009 17:44, RippeR

I would advise you to hang large tropics, like troides, papilio different, etc. on the wall. They resist light better and do not fade. And everything else, especially local animals, is best stored in closed boxes or covered with something, preferably in cabinets. All the same, for admiring and showing the audience needs large and bright butterflies. and the fact that for yourself, still before your eyes will not fit. it is better to store separately in the dark )

26.05.2009 20:08, taler

Of course, the collection should be properly stored in a cabinet, without light.In the box itself, I put a ball of mothballs (from hay eaters) and a bag of moisture absorption (these are usually used when selling shoes).More resistant to light,in my opinion ,are representatives of the morfidae family.In truth, everyone fades,but some have a longer hairline than others.
But how to deal with the obesity of instances, I have not yet found a way out.

27.05.2009 1:46, Aaata

Museums also have storage facilities and an exhibition part of the collection. And one thing gets along with the other peacefully. Why it should be different with a "home" collection, i.e. in fact in a private museum, is not very clear. confused.gif

04.03.2022 9:58, Андреас

Hello. I recently visited Pyatigorsk for an entomological exhibition. Before that, I was there at least 18 years ago. I was surprised that the butterflies seemed faded, dull and dim.
Why would that be?
- I've aged and I don't perceive it that way?
- Did the light cause the paint pigments to decompose?
"Dust?" - yes, it seems that it should not fall into the boxes...
- Did the humidity cause the pigments to decompose?
"Or has the structure of these scales changed?" - They couldn't somehow "shrink, shrink"?
- Does time affect optical scales?

04.03.2022 10:00, Андреас

I can also add the brightness and color temperature of the lighting. There, it seems, they complement each other; but earlier, when the exhibition was in a different building-room - everything looked chic for some reason.

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