picture: Mr Johari Jalinas Spreading boards All insects preserved with the wings spread uniformly are set and dried in this position on spre...

Insects that are too small to be pinned directly on standard pins and yet should be preserved dry may be pinned as double mounts . This term...

Proper specimen placement on the pin. A) correct height and position. B) Specimen too low on pin. C) Specimen improperly tilted on pin.

Diagram showing the proper pin placement for mounting various types of insects Standard methods of pinning some of the commoner types of ins...

Any dry insect that is to be pinned must be relaxed, that is, remoistened enough to soften so that it will not break when the pin is inserte...

Commonly used specimen mounting tools include a pinning block, forceps, pins, points, glue, and scisssors Specimens are mounted so that they...

Systematists are increasing using molecular methods to study insect relationships, make identifications, and determine species limits. Some ...