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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 20:14:02 GMT
Great host and a top bloke, such a shame it's so far away from me but we'll have a catch up at Newark in December, no doubt he'll empty my pockets AGAIN
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Post by nomad on Nov 11, 2018 9:49:02 GMT
Yes a very nice chap, I especially enjoyed the British and Delias collections.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 11, 2018 10:18:40 GMT
Must have been great ! Tell me more about the Delias collection, what were the masterpieces ?
Congrats to Clive for organizing such events !
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Post by nomad on Nov 11, 2018 14:20:56 GMT
The whole Delias collection is very nice and very varied, and is currently still being arranged and has a good range of species from the Oriental and Australian regions, many that are missing in my small collection. It being in a 40 drawer wooden antique cabinet adds to the flavour of the collection. Its special strong point is that like other large collections, it contains many species that are unavailable today. Hard to pick favourites but one was a large fresh female of Delias sacha from Obi.
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Post by amanat88 on Mar 11, 2019 5:50:51 GMT
And I learned many new things! I was always wondering why some of my specimens did not look as fresh after taking them off the spreading boards after only two weeks.Tiny little mites that live on the spreading boards and can do damage in a few days. One fellow collector instructed me to use lighter fluid to wash off the spreading boards every time after using them, to completely kill off mites and eggs, will definitely do that. Also need to freeze my whole collection again and make sure nothing got in there. What's the technique for this? Just immerse the boards in a tub of lighter fluid and for how long? Would freezing the boards be an alternative/equally effective method? What a great idea to have these open houses....
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 11, 2019 12:41:56 GMT
What is « lighter fluid » ?
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Post by nomihoudai on Mar 11, 2019 12:51:44 GMT
The fluid you put into a lighter.
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Post by luehdorfia on Mar 11, 2019 16:53:06 GMT
amanat88 the technique is to hold the spreading board slightly inclined and then let the lighter fluid flow over the board so that every little needle pin hole is soaked with lighter gasoline/fluid. It has to be the lighter fluid because it is far more poisonous than 100% ethanol. The deep freezer doesn’t work, because the mite eggs still survive minus twenty degrees and when you put a moist butterfly on the spreading board they hatch and start eating. It happened to me many times, but you can do both of course. Deep freeze will always kill the adults, gasoline kills the eggs.
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Post by Ed on Mar 12, 2019 0:17:21 GMT
Just don’t do it in a closed room or near a flame! I’m sure Luehdorfia can attest to this!
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Post by luehdorfia on Mar 12, 2019 2:29:22 GMT
Hahaha. Yes Ed, that’s true. Well I thought that rule is for weak people or children, and did it in a closed room, then started spreading and did that with a few boards. Well, I got what is called a gasoline poisoning, really not that nice, you have to vomit for a night and feel horrible. Always do it in the open or at least directly next to an open window. Lighter fluid vaporises within seconds...
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Post by amanat88 on Mar 12, 2019 6:48:34 GMT
Thanks, luehdorfia and Ed. Very interesting and useful technique, and of course the warning is very important as well.
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Post by mothylator on Mar 14, 2019 17:56:33 GMT
When i spread specimens, I put the completed board in a fan oven for 4hr at 45C, then into a (mesh-vented) board storage&drying box for 2-3 wk, with an insect-killing sachet inside, to prevent museum beetle eggs etc. I didn’t know about these mites. Would the Arcana sachet be expected to kill the wee rascals and their eggs? (Please no punny replies!).. A
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Post by nomad on Nov 12, 2019 19:38:46 GMT
I enjoyed Clive's Open day again this year that was held on the 11-12 November. I went on the Sunday, and I am afraid I did not take pictures, as I was too busy chatting about entomology and admiring the magnificent collection and cabinets. It was a wonderful day, with much hospitality and myself and brother Martin, really enjoyed ourselves. Many thanks to Clive for hosting this wonderful event.
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Post by bobw on Nov 12, 2019 19:52:32 GMT
Sorry I missed you Peter, I was there on Saturday.
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