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T.C.'s Preserved Specimens

Started By T.C. , Nov 30 2017 12:52 PM

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#1 Offline T.C. - Posted November 30 2017 - 12:52 PM

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I have been working with hand sanitizer here lately as a preservation method. If I had a macro lens these would look amazing. The hand sanitizer evenly distributes light and even magnify's the species to an extent. They allow for crystal clear images. I will kick this off with a few pictures of wasp specimens. I couldn't get the complete life cycle unfotunately.

 

 


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#2 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted November 30 2017 - 12:55 PM

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Whoa, that is so cool!!!


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#3 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 30 2017 - 3:20 PM

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I have been working with hand sanitizer here lately as a preservation method. If I had a macro lens these would look amazing. The hand sanitizer evenly distributes light and even magnify's the species to an extent. They allow for crystal clear images. I will kick this off with a few pictures of wasp specimens. I couldn't get the complete life cycle unfotunately.

 

 

Great specimens!
How did you collect the pupae in those precise stages? 


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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 30 2017 - 4:50 PM

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That is awesome!!

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#5 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted November 30 2017 - 5:08 PM

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Is the largest wasp (I'm assuming they're wasps, I don't know much about hymenopterans other than ants) a queen?


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#6 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 30 2017 - 6:18 PM

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Is the largest wasp (I'm assuming they're wasps, I don't know much about hymenopterans other than ants) a queen?

Polistes queens are pretty much identical to workers, I'm assuming that its just a well fed worker.


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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 30 2017 - 6:27 PM

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Is the largest wasp (I'm assuming they're wasps, I don't know much about hymenopterans other than ants) a queen?

Polistes queens are pretty much identical to workers, I'm assuming that its just a well fed worker.
I had a polistes queen. I forgot about her and she suffocated in her temporary snap cap vile.
I just got done reading your journal when I found her dead... :boohoo: :*(

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#8 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted December 1 2017 - 4:59 PM

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Keep us updated on the way the hand sanitizer progresses. I really am curious if how It'll look \in a while. I used to be really into insect collecting(pinning and preserving in alcohol)and the hand sanitizer constantly got murky, even if I sealed the jar and boiled it.


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#9 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 2 2017 - 7:23 AM

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Is the largest wasp (I'm assuming they're wasps, I don't know much about hymenopterans other than ants) a queen?

Polistes queens are pretty much identical to workers, I'm assuming that its just a well fed worker.
I had a polistes queen. I forgot about her and she suffocated in her temporary snap cap vile.
I just got done reading your journal when I found her dead... :boohoo: :*(

 

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#10 Offline Hunter - Posted December 2 2017 - 7:36 AM

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you should try it but try to get there stinger to come out, that would be cool


#11 Offline T.C. - Posted December 7 2017 - 10:40 AM

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Formica sp. preserved. The queen died so I just preserved the whole thing, hopefully I can cast them in resin later on. Here's a fun fact, this is the only species I have found that can be shoved in a freezer and survive such a quick temperature drop. Even camponotous sp. can't handle it from my experience. Amyways...

 

 

***The royalty frozen in time****

 

 


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#12 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 7 2017 - 10:46 AM

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The colony preservation is pretty awesome!


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#13 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 7 2017 - 12:42 PM

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Nice! Maybe some brood in their eould be nice for magnification and identification purposes!

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What happened to that colony?

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#15 Offline Penguin - Posted December 8 2017 - 2:02 PM

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What happened to that colony?

 

In his post he said the queen died so he preserved the whole colony.  :*(


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#16 Offline T.C. - Posted January 1 2018 - 2:18 PM

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Reorganized.

 

 


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#17 Offline LC3 - Posted January 1 2018 - 2:33 PM

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You should attach some LED lights to the bottom or top of that thing.


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#18 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted January 1 2018 - 5:32 PM

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Gel ant farms in a nutshell xD


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