I unsuccessfully tried to nurse a butterfly back to health but it died. I want to know what I can do to preserve it before something happens to it.
2006-10-04 17:14:21 · 6 answers · asked by Fee-Fee 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If you want to preserve it the way a scientific specimen is done you will need to freeze it then put a thin pin through its body (the thorax - where its legs come out from) and put its wings out flat each side of it between baking paper. You need to leave it like this for a couple of weeks for it to set properly and make sure it isn't where ants can get to it.
Hope this helps, I made insect collections for entomology subjects at uni
2006-10-05 01:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Em_butterfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insert a thin pin in anterior part of abdomen, treat it with potassium cyanide dry it in incubator & prick it in borad with the pin
2006-10-05 00:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by apurba s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Practically it is very tough to preserve butterfly becoz they are highly delicated organism,,,,, even if u preserve it their scales on wings soon shades,,, hence not good idea to preserve them
2006-10-05 01:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Well,Put in a ice cube and it will be in suspended animation and will be well preserved.....(unless it survives the freezing process) ............Well that is it!!!
2006-10-05 03:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by lolman180 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
put it in the freezer
2006-10-05 00:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
laminated it...works for me ...
2006-10-05 00:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by mazenrique 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋