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« on: October 09, 2007, 04:44:02 am » |
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We've all probably seen the clockwork bugs a talented artist produces (I'm at a loss for a link...somewhere admist the clutter). What I'm curious of, does anybody here have any experience or interest in the preservation of insects? Preserved bugs by themselves aren't that steamy, but I'd like to think that they make lovely "Things in Jars".
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2007, 05:00:07 am » |
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M. SteamKit, This discussion touched on the subject: http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/bg-forum/index.php?topic=2919.0"Laminating" Cockroaches in Future Floor Wax. As for the artist working with insects, the gentleman's name is Mike Libby. http://www.insectlabstudio.com/I do not have any direct experience with preserving dead insects, though it struck me yesterday that a clear glass bottle filled with green June bugs (collected after death of course) would be quite pretty and interesting on my shelf with wunderkammer type items. -Prof. A. Morphous  The Green June Bug: |
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2007, 05:57:12 am » |
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My My that's a lovely creature, I feel so strange that for all I've heard about Junebugs, that's the first I've actually seen. Did you consider preserving one like they preserve spiders? Beetles, normally you can just let them dry and they will stay colorful, spiders on the other hand get shrively and gray so they sink them in a bottle or jar full of glycerine. The right small jar and a museum style label...
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2007, 12:40:42 am » |
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What a wonderful green June bug! I love those metallic/iridescent insects
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2007, 10:22:28 am » |
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Random note, does anybody by chance know what sort of beetle I'm thinking of? I'd like to preserve one...but can't figure the name for the life of me. They look much like that lovely junebug up a bit, but are a near brassy color with the same metalic sheen.
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2007, 12:17:14 pm » |
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If you "pin out" the spider right after it dies, then it does not get all shrively. Even if you don't get to it right away, there is a kind of humidor type jar that can be used to loosen the insect up well enough to work with. I used to collect insects when I was a kid, but I just kind of stopped one day. I don't remember the proper names for things any more now either.
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2007, 09:14:16 pm » |
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Random question for you Mr. Dayafter, with the spiders, have you ever had the trouble that when they die they hug themselves up with their legs? I wonder if one of those relaxing jars would help.
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2007, 09:18:32 pm » |
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Spiders use a hydraulic system to move their legs, so when they die the blood stops flowing and they curl up.
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2007, 09:27:53 pm » |
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Several years ago I had a bumblebee on the shelf above my desk for a few months. One day I touched it and its head fell off and tiny insects came out of the hole.
This disturbed me and I have ever since left the bugs outside.
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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2007, 09:33:34 pm » |
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Strange about the bee. As for the hydraulic spiders, wow, really? Makes me wonder if you poked one with a tiny tiny pin if it'd spring a leak and shrivel. Or if you sucked it's reservoir out with a fine needle. For the PETA out there, why are you on this thread? Also, I'm being cruel in the hypothetical.
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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2007, 09:43:42 pm » |
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I read it somewhere a while back, but the only thing I can find to support it is this, from Wikipedia's Tarantula page. The muscles in a tarantula's legs cause the legs to bend at the joints, but to extend a leg, the tarantula increases the pressure of blood entering the leg. But the page on Spiders says that they don't have veins, but their body is filled with a sort of... Jelly. |
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« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2007, 09:54:08 pm » |
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Whoa, Cool!
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« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2007, 11:05:16 pm » |
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Several years ago I had a bumblebee on the shelf above my desk for a few months. One day I touched it and its head fell off and tiny insects came out of the hole.
Tiny insect scientists flying their inconspicuous dead bee air ship. |
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« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2007, 11:16:48 pm » |
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Just realized something. Wouldn't it be insanely ironic if it were spiders that came out of the bee?
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