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Improved Technique for Inflating and Mounting Insect Larvae1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. K. Harvey
J. K. Harvey
Affiliation:
Forest Biology Laboratory, Vernon, B.C.
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A collection of pinned, inflated larvae systematically arranged in Schmitt boxes provides an invaluable reference for taxonomists. Inflated or blown larvae are more readily available for examination and usually retain their colours better than do “liquid-preserved” larvae. Inflation has disadvantages in that the specimens are more easily damaged and require more time in preparation. However the importance of these two factors has been reduced by techniques employed at the Vernon Laboratory.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 6 , June 1957 , pp. 280 - 283
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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References

Ross, D. A., and Harvey, J. K.. 1954. Note on Infra-red Lamp for Drying Inflated Larvae. Can. Ent. 86: 158.CrossRefGoogle Scholar