I found a dead ebony jewel wing damselfly (my favorite insect), so I decided to try mounting it. I'm watching videos before I do to make sure I do it correctly, and this was very helpful.
Currently looking into hobbies to help me find my path in life. This is actually really cool and I’m excited to try it over the summer! (I’m going into my Sophomore year in college)
Since some insects "wake up" after freezing I do a 30 min freezing time, take the jar a out and place a cotton ball soaked with alcohol to put it in the jar, and return the jar to the freezer. That way you avoid the insect dying slowly, the after freezing wake up, and damage of putting them directly on alcohol because of how much they move when they touch alcohol (sounds cruel but thats how it is)
freezing insects for long enough is painless to them, despite being a long death. it is like dying in your sleep, because they pass out before cold can become painful.
for ants and smaller specimins i use size 000 pins, use larger pins for larger insects and specimins, also try to have a lable with the species if possible, most species are hard to id but find people who can
Def give your family a heads up you’ll be keeping bugs in the freezer. My mother was not thrilled to open a container full of bugs. I’m also 23 and she should’ve expected it by now.
Oh no. It’s just a juvenile junifer beetle. Look at this for a reference upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wytsman.Genera.Insectorum.Buprestidae.02.jpg/220px-Wytsman.Genera.Insectorum.Buprestidae.02.jpg
Sorry but no. The glue,no matter what kind is,will destroy your insect's wings/feets/head etc;also some insects have something like a jelly on them so the glue will just destroy as I said... Good luck at everything,mate!
You can get a piece of Tupperware (plastic container) and put in some foam so the insect stays elevated, then you pour boiling water in the bottom and interchange it for a couple days, and the bug should be back to a more reliable state
Because pinning is a tried and true method used for hundreds of years. Resin is still relitivialy new, and resin can have it's own complications (expesialy if you don't already know how to resin)
Oh, and resin can also be fairly expensive :p pinning is cheaper. (Not trying to say using resin is bad. Just that these are why pinning is more common!)
@@yourlocalgrubdog3345 BTW the bugs i do have in resin still have bright colours except from the praying mantis that is whiteish brown. I personally like resin more because they literally preserve the insect forever.
Apparently a lot of the time you can just buy from people who own sanctuaries that sell the dead bugs that died from natural causes for science/research or whatever but yeah some people kill the bugs themselves
Depends on the species. Small spiders like jumping spiders should be preserved in alcahol I believe. While bigger species like the tarantulas may be pinned. I have no experience with tarantulas so please correct if information is false
I always forget that most specimens aren't just found dead of natural causes. I get it in a scientific sense, but I could never kill a bug just for display.
I dont get why people kill the animals they love so much just to look at them, put them in boxes and under glass taking all the life out of them, that once made them beautiful...
Yeah etsy is a good place to find already dead bugs from sanctuaries that sell/donate them...but I suppose it is infinitely cheaper to go out and kill them yourself :'^S
If your looking for beetles they tend to fall in swimming pools a lot and 90% of the time they’re already dead and the legs are easily bendible.
Oh yeaaahhhh tysm! Never thought of this.
So true! I just found my first dead one in the swimming pool across my apt!
"Pin an insect at least 2 times the size of a ladybug"
Me: goes outside and pins a 2 mm black garden ant for my first ever pin
Me who has a colllection of ant specimes, some smaller than garden ants ready to be pinned:
This helped get into a new hobby. Also cleared my fear of insects. Thanks!
You made the spreading look so easy! I took an hour spreading my bee and wasp! Great video.
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I found a dead ebony jewel wing damselfly (my favorite insect), so I decided to try mounting it. I'm watching videos before I do to make sure I do it correctly, and this was very helpful.
Currently looking into hobbies to help me find my path in life. This is actually really cool and I’m excited to try it over the summer! (I’m going into my Sophomore year in college)
Imagine pulling an icecream box(?) out the freezer, opening it then a SWARM OF BEES, MOTHS AND BUTTERFLYS just smacks you in the face
I’m thinking of becoming an entomologist, and I’d love to try this! I’ve been a bug dork since I was little
Sandwichscoot me too
I love cattepilar, butterfly, dragon fly they are so cute
Bro finally someone like me!
Happy collecting! Good luck!
This video is very useful! This helps me for *school* ! I have to mage insectarium! I cathed 20 insects!
I'm in pre-med and have to do this.
Not sure how it's related, but I guess I get to work on my motor skills.
This Is cool this why I'm going to become an entomologist
Since some insects "wake up" after freezing I do a 30 min freezing time, take the jar a out and place a cotton ball soaked with alcohol to put it in the jar, and return the jar to the freezer. That way you avoid the insect dying slowly, the after freezing wake up, and damage of putting them directly on alcohol because of how much they move when they touch alcohol (sounds cruel but thats how it is)
freezing insects for long enough is painless to them, despite being a long death. it is like dying in your sleep, because they pass out before cold can become painful.
I don't want a wet preserved specimens. What to do to prevent the specimen from degrading?
Love your collection box
for ants and smaller specimins i use size 000 pins, use larger pins for larger insects and specimins, also try to have a lable with the species if possible, most species are hard to id but find people who can
I like it do much! And also i have a coliection of beetles too! Have a nice day
Def give your family a heads up you’ll be keeping bugs in the freezer. My mother was not thrilled to open a container full of bugs. I’m also 23 and she should’ve expected it by now.
The beetle that is pinned on the “Too Low” reference I thought was an endangered species and could not be collected..?
Oh no. It’s just a juvenile junifer beetle. Look at this for a reference upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wytsman.Genera.Insectorum.Buprestidae.02.jpg/220px-Wytsman.Genera.Insectorum.Buprestidae.02.jpg
I made many specimens of beetles like atlas beetle and stag beetle
Don't the bugs decompose after you pin them? can you just frame them as is after pinning and they'll look preserved forever?
but add packs of salt in the corners so to keep humidity low,so they won't decompose.
i dont have normal insect pins, but i do have a abundance of push pins, will they work fine?
Can I just glue the bugs?
Sorry but no. The glue,no matter what kind is,will destroy your insect's wings/feets/head etc;also some insects have something like a jelly on them so the glue will just destroy as I said...
Good luck at everything,mate!
Very nice! Thank you, girls! Good luck!
Thx it was really helpful and the material were easy to find
Since I have a pool and fell a bit sad to kill them I just find beetles and other incects in my swimming pool
Same I can’t bring myself to kill a bug lol
Very nice good luck!!!
Can you tell me the type
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4.how beautiful is the type of insect please
Hello, do you exchange specimens?
I collect just dead insects i find, is there a way to soften them up? Or theyre stuck in the position i find them
You can get a piece of Tupperware (plastic container) and put in some foam so the insect stays elevated, then you pour boiling water in the bottom and interchange it for a couple days, and the bug should be back to a more reliable state
@@brokenchalk2974 thank you!!
akasaki kawasaki I just lay my bugs on a paper towel.
I'll never ever kill a bug for this art. I only buy ethically sourced insects.
Great Video!
How to dehydrate beetle
I know that this is an old video but why do people rather want to pin insects than seal them in resin blocks like an artificial amber.
Because pinning is a tried and true method used for hundreds of years. Resin is still relitivialy new, and resin can have it's own complications (expesialy if you don't already know how to resin)
Oh, and resin can also be fairly expensive :p pinning is cheaper.
(Not trying to say using resin is bad. Just that these are why pinning is more common!)
@@yourlocalgrubdog3345 BTW the bugs i do have in resin still have bright colours except from the praying mantis that is whiteish brown.
I personally like resin more because they literally preserve the insect forever.
Thank you, very useful
So this is where you get ypur ethically sourced bugs? By freezing them in the freezer?
Apparently a lot of the time you can just buy from people who own sanctuaries that sell the dead bugs that died from natural causes for science/research or whatever but yeah some people kill the bugs themselves
Oh... i always wondered where bug collectors get the bugs.
Super nice video!
For insects like butterflies I guess pinning the legs its no so important?
No.
Depends on the way you present them I guess
how about spiders? does this trick works?
No
I think so
Yeah but depends on the size of the spider. I don’t know why someone said no. I want to buy a tarantula....
Depends on the species. Small spiders like jumping spiders should be preserved in alcahol I believe. While bigger species like the tarantulas may be pinned. I have no experience with tarantulas so please correct if information is false
Mies infested by ants. What should I do
kind of mean to kill living creatures eccpecaly in the freezer, I prefer to keep them as pets and then specimen when they die,
Freezing an insect is the least mean way to kill it and is often recommended.But sure you could keep them
I always forget that most specimens aren't just found dead of natural causes. I get it in a scientific sense, but I could never kill a bug just for display.
Very helpful thanks so much
Instead of freezing I put them in a jar and suffocate the insects. Is this still okay?
Probably. Because some bugs wake up after freezing so ya
I think it will die
You should put some acetone in the jar to euthanize them a bit more quickly and humanely. Acetone also helps preserve them a bit
Great 👍🏻 job keep it up
How long do you leave them to dry?
Most bugs need a couple of days.
I prefer it without the thorax being stabbed by a pin
now i can collect ant species! nice!
im gonna do this to my pet mantis who passed away yesteray :((
Kindly make videos how to dissect insect such as honeybee, grasshopper, ants etc
I love it
Good
But I want to pin a lady buggggg
How do I find bug chicks
I'm a amateur entemologist. I have caught, dried and pinned 3 species of lepidoptera and 3 species of odonata.
When do the cute girls show up.
@@ianomalley6100 I suppose they come eventually. Let me know when you find some
I dont get why people kill the animals they love so much just to look at them, put them in boxes and under glass taking all the life out of them, that once made them beautiful...
theyre going to die eventually, better to preserve them in a beautiful state than let them die and decompose in the wild.
@@withmyhonesty. if they decompose, new beautiful life will grow. THEY are going to be new life. It is a cycle
࿙E࿚࿙L࿚࿙I࿚࿙A࿚࿙S࿚ yes, a cycle, much like where this conversation would go if it continued lol. i understand your point though
@@e_lias true
... or you could just find insects that are already dead instead of killing them
Yeah etsy is a good place to find already dead bugs from sanctuaries that sell/donate them...but I suppose it is infinitely cheaper to go out and kill them yourself :'^S
@@puma8262 well I just wait untill it dead
Oh no I thought this was something we’re it gives u bugs to care for
I’m a vegetarian 😵😂😞
I collect only dead insects
Well you don't have to eat them.
@@Joanna_Sa I find it so interesting so I think I'll start collecting dead insects too
It makes me feel very bad for them
@@Joanna_Sa hi is it hard to find dead bugs that are in perfect conditions to collect?