The smell of beetles

   Добрый день! Я профан ,  и поэтому возник вопрос. Что нужно делать с жуками , чтоб  после высушивания  от них не было запаха?  Жутко воняют, особенно крупные!

Well, I, for example, vodolyubov, plavuntsov and saprophages soak in liquid for toilets. The smell remains, but at times not so stinking. And yes, with colored beetles, such as grave diggers, such a number will not work-they turn black.

This post was edited by Sordes pilosus-30.04.2017 17: 16

   Good afternoon! I'm a layman , and so the question came up. What should I do with beetles so that they don't smell after drying? They stink like hell, especially the big ones!

As a rule, the stink of beetles goes if you overexpose the beetle when soaking. The smell will fade over time.

As a rule, the stink of beetles goes if you overexpose the beetle when soaking. The smell will fade over time.

Thanks! I thought they were either dissected or treated with some kind of chemistry. I did not soak my own at all and after a year they continue to stink, especially locusts and beetles....

Well, I, for example, vodolyubov, plavuntsov and saprophages soak in liquid for toilets. The smell remains, but at times not so stinking. And yes, with colored beetles, such as grave diggers, such a number will not work-they turn black.

Damn, but what do you do with colored beetles? locusts stink incredibly

Damn, but what do you do with colored beetles? locusts stink incredibly

I don't know. In erect-winged birds, color is generally poorly preserved. I have not tried to dissect locusts, but it is recommended in the literature. It is also recommended to dry the insect as quickly as possible. In the case of locusts, rotting fat can smell. It may make sense to soak the insect in pure gasoline. And what do you store your collection in? It must "breathe". If it is in a plastic box, the smell will only increase. And the tree more or less absorbs it.

This post was edited by Sordes pilosus - 30.04.2017 21: 33

and after a year, they still stink, especially locusts and beetles....

locusts stink incredibly

Well, then, you need to put up with it. If you like collecting insects.

Yes, there is no particularly strong smell from beetles after drying. There is time, but you really need to put up with it.

Yes, there is no particularly strong smell from beetles after drying. There is time, but you really need to put up with it.

You're just lucky not to run into it.

Well, let's say that I was really lucky not to bump heads with a rhinoceros beetle, and you can't know about the rest. I dried not only large beetles, but also, for example, the most massive stick beetle of the world's fauna, and not just one, but several, and not steamed in a desiccator, but freshly died of natural death. And many other things from the animal world. No one stinks after drying, not even vertebrates. Well, if you poke your nose directly into a copy, you can certainly catch some specific flavor, but no one forces you to do this.

Well, let's say that I was really lucky not to bump heads with a rhinoceros beetle, and you can't know about the rest. I dried not only large beetles, but also, for example, the most massive stick beetle of the world's fauna, and not just one, but several, and not steamed in a desiccator, but freshly died of natural death. And many other things from the animal world. No one stinks after drying, not even vertebrates. Well, if you poke your nose directly into a copy, you can certainly catch some specific flavor, but no one forces you to do this.

You never know what you dried. If you don't know this smell and its persistence, then you don't know it. And, in your own words, you can't know about me and what I dried.

About what this smell is. Maybe you can name a specific type of insect. its not enough. Then I can catch it, dry it, smell it, and put an end to this strange argument. I had just sniffed the gravedigger, because the box was next to it - absolutely the same faint specific aroma as from any other dried insects, is caught only when you dip your nose in the box. Of course, if you pin all the walls with insects, then, perhaps, in such a room it will be unbearable for a person with an acute sense of smell. The most vigorous perfume in my practice was given off by a female Pharnacia ponderosa, who died from a bacterial infection. I dried it in the toilet, in the closet with all sorts of adhesives and paints that clog any other fragrance) in three months I took it out with the standard faint smell of a dry insect. So whether with your unique sense of smell, the road is not to entomologists, but to tasters, or you are drying incorrectly (m. b. you are not drying enough due to high humidity in the room). And the tip about liquid for bio-toilets is five! I hope you have it for free sale somewhere, and do not have to draw directly from it...

This post was edited by ENO-02.05.2017 10: 43

And the tip about liquid for bio-toilets is five! I hope you have it for free sale somewhere, and do not have to draw directly from it...

Well, in general, you have already been called an idiot in other topics. I guess it's my turn to tell you this.

Moderator: The topic is over. You need to close it!

Obviously, if each beetle is dissected and the interior of the abdomen is removed, it will not stink. This is basically the right thing to do. After all, an important task for further determination of the species is
the preparation of genitals. It is strange that many people do not do this, even when the species are large and easy to dissect. Take and immediately stick the beetle on the dies and basta!
During the preparation of the genitals, at the same time, the contents of the abdomen are cleaned: fat body and so on. And, as correctly noted above, in wooden boxes, the smell is practically neutralized over time.

It really helps to kill the smell of fermentation after traps - it is to keep insects in the refrigerator for a week or two, in a vessel with ethyl acetate. In the sense of not with the ether itself, but with paper (toilet paper or napkins), well soaked in it. And of course it is good to dry after that in a dry, ventilated place. After that, there will be a slight smell, but more chemical than organic...
But! The method is not suitable for some colored beetles-colored tropical barbels, bright goldfish, because they have some pigments that can change their natural color, especially yellow suffers...
P.S. You can use nail polish remover only if it is without acetone, but with esters. The smell will be even more pleasant))

This post was edited by koty - 07.06.2017 13: 28

After that there will be a slight smell

Anyone who doesn't like the smell of beetles. Let them go through the forest and collect coins, stamps and other calendars.
P. S. The smell when drying is an unavoidable process.

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