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Post by arnaud75 on Jan 25, 2019 10:10:40 GMT
Dear all, I just received some breeded Morphos, i wonder if i have to seperate the abdomen before to spread them Thank you Arnaud
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 25, 2019 10:18:20 GMT
Well I would say yes. The risk is that they may grease the wings when you rehydrate the specimens.
Use a scalpel and reglue them once dried.
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Post by arnaud75 on Jan 25, 2019 10:22:18 GMT
Thank you, it is what i thought
Thank you for the confirmation
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Post by Paul K on Jan 25, 2019 15:13:38 GMT
Well I would say yes. The risk is that they may grease the wings when you rehydrate the specimens. Use a scalpel and reglue them once dried. And if you still worry I would soak abdomen in Acetone for 24 hrs before reattaching it to dissolve any fats stored in. |
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Post by jmg on Jan 25, 2019 23:41:35 GMT
It also depends on the species. It is absolutely necessary to remove the abdomen (after capture) for Morpho rhetenor, or even for M. menelaus (although I collected several menelaus remained intact without lubrication). It's necessary also for M. marcus and M. eugenia, but useless for M. helenor, M. achilles, M. deidamia, M. telemachus, M. hecuba. To mention only species of French Guyane (where the collect of Morpho is allowed...). Overall, removing the abdomen to avoid blackening of the hindwings is essential for all Morphos subgenus Megamede.  I was told that morphos stained by the fat contained in the abdomen could be cleaned by immersing them for a few hours in an acetone bath. I tried two copies that became Morphos ... green!  |
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Post by neominois on Feb 20, 2019 6:14:21 GMT
I have removed abdomen promptly after collecting all Morpho and placed it in paper towels for storage. Heck I think this should be done for some Pieridae as well, some of them release material and ruin the wings as they are in the envelopes.
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