Methodologies
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This is a convenience page for keeping information about insect/mite collecting and preparation techniques. | This is a convenience page for keeping information about insect/mite collecting and preparation techniques. | ||
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| + | ==General== | ||
| + | ; [https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80420580/CollectingandPreservingInsectsandMites/collpres.pdf Collecting and Preserving Insects and Mites: Techniques and Tools] | ||
| + | : A classic with all the fundamentals. | ||
| + | ; [https://b-ok.lat/book/2140168/2499c9 Medical Insects and Arachnids], Lane & Crosskey, 1993. | ||
| + | : Includes basics of collecting and preserving specimens for groups with special needs such as fleas and blackflies. | ||
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| + | ==Rearing== | ||
| + | ; [https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Orin+McMonigle Orin McMonigle's large series of books on rearing invertebrates], including Orthoptera, Blattodea, Coleoptera and many non-insect arthropods. | ||
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| + | ==Pinning== | ||
| + | ; [https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03412p061.pdf A technique to dry mount Hymenoptera (Hexapoda) from alcohol in a few seconds, and its application to other insect orders] | ||
| + | : Using a blower. | ||
==Pointing== | ==Pointing== | ||
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; [https://www.outreachecology.com/portfolio/Samplingforestcanopybiodiversitywiththreenovelminimalcosttrapdesigns-byYDBar-NesswithMcQuillan,Whitman,Junker,Cracknell,Barrows-AusJournalofEntomology51-Feb12.pdf Sampling forest canopy arthropod biodiversity with three novel minimal-cost trap designs] | ; [https://www.outreachecology.com/portfolio/Samplingforestcanopybiodiversitywiththreenovelminimalcosttrapdesigns-byYDBar-NesswithMcQuillan,Whitman,Junker,Cracknell,Barrows-AusJournalofEntomology51-Feb12.pdf Sampling forest canopy arthropod biodiversity with three novel minimal-cost trap designs] | ||
: Sticky, funnel, and flight intercept. | : Sticky, funnel, and flight intercept. | ||
| + | ; HDMS drying of fragile specimens | ||
| + | : We do a one-hour initial soak, change the HMDS, leave them another hour, and then drain off the HMDS and leave the samples overnight in a fume hood to dry. Doug Yanega | ||
| + | ; [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1129772/pdf/westjmed00297-0122b.pdf Water Disinfection in the Wilderness: A Simple, Effective Method of lodination] | ||
| + | : I used this for a year in Ecuador in 1987. Worked well. | ||
