E-mail: Password: Create an Account Recover password

About Authors Contacts Get involved Русская версия

show

Preparations of beetle wings

Community and Forum → Other questions. Insects topics → Preparations of beetle wings

udalov maksim, 18.09.2012 11:06

hello.

there is a need to prepare preparations of (temporary) Colorado Potato beetle wings for scanning. under the ribs, they are strongly folded in several planes.

can anyone suggest the existence of a method for preparing such drugs?

interested in: liquid for straightening, fixing, getting rid of air bubbles...

Drosophilist colleagues in Novosibirsk stick tape on a slide, but the drosophila wing is smooth and easier there...

Comments

19.09.2012 1:11, Bad Den

Straighten the torn wing, and all cases smile.gif

19.09.2012 3:52, Dmitry Vlasov

And if you spread it out under the cover glass??? Like you did before, or the scan won't work?

19.09.2012 6:10, Fornax13

I tried to spread beetle wings in weak alcohol under binoculars on a transparent die (thanks again to Denis wink.gif), after which I covered it with a second die on top, and in this state I put it between the pages of a thick book for several days. Then the dried wing was glued to the same die, which was pinned on a pin with a beetle. You can also press the top with a die, so that it does not get dusty. For photographing quite yourself...

This post was edited by Fornax13-19.09.2012 06: 14

19.09.2012 19:36, AGG

I "as a child" had a collection of beetle wings lol.gifslide frames and 2 pieces of scotch tape glued together with each other smile.gifat least right now in the projector tongue.gif
picture: sl1.jpg
picture: sl2.jpg

This post was edited by AGG - 19.09.2012 19: 36
Likes: 2

19.09.2012 21:12, AGG

And I noted an interesting fact for myself - the wing length of the rhino, copra and May is almost the same! a seemingly "not small" Pachylister inaequalis has very small wings (relative to body length), although beautifully darkened wink.gif
anti-gravity among us however.... beer.gif
Likes: 1

21.09.2012 11:36, udalov maksim

so, how did I start doing it and what happens:

1. on the glass, in a mixture of alcohol+glycerin, I spread my wings with dissecting needles in the position I need.

2. I cut off a rectangular piece of scotch tape, put it on the wings lying in the liquid, with my fingers (gently) I remove excess liquid from under the scotch tape.

3. I transfer the adhesive tape with the wings glued on to the slide, use my fingers (confidently, but gently) to remove excess liquid from under the tape and (especially!) air bubbles. I bend the edges of the tape and glue them to the back of the slide.

for my needs, 4 pairs of wings will fit on one cover glass.

scan:

user posted image
Likes: 1

21.09.2012 16:58, AGG

scotch-panacea of the 21st century lol.gif beer.gif

22.09.2012 20:09, Bad Den

scotch-panacea of the 21st century lol.gif  beer.gif


user posted image
Likes: 2

New comment

Note: you should have a Insecta.pro account to upload new topics and comments. Please, create an account or log in to add comments.

* Our website is multilingual. Some comments have been translated from other languages.

Random species of the website catalog

Insecta.pro: international entomological community. Terms of use and publishing policy.

Project editor in chief and administrator: Peter Khramov.

Curators: Konstantin Efetov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Svyatoslav Knyazev, Evgeny Komarov, Stan Korb, Alexander Zhakov.

Moderators: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Evgeny Komarov, Dmitriy Pozhogin, Alexandr Zhakov.

Thanks to all authors, who publish materials on the website.

© Insects catalog Insecta.pro, 2007—2024.

Species catalog enables to sort by characteristics such as expansion, flight time, etc..

Photos of representatives Insecta.

Detailed insects classification with references list.

Few themed publications and a living blog.