Just found dead moth. How can i preserve it?

McDuff · #1 28-06-2007, 14:05

I've just found a dead Privet Hawk moth. It's colours are so beutiful i'd like to preserve it in a frame. How can i do that?

dimple · #2 28-06-2007, 14:15

leave it alone

Non Beliver · #3 28-06-2007, 14:45

soak it in formaldehyde!!

Amy H · #4 28-06-2007, 15:05

inject the abdomen with formalin and leave it in a dry place until its dry. don't breath the formalin vapor. stick it to some cardboard or something with some pins so it doesn't get damaged

baz · #5 28-06-2007, 15:16

the victorions used to put such creatures in the middle of a heavy book eg the bible

mjlf1yido · #6 28-06-2007, 15:45

From Dimple... Leave it AloneIt's Dead!! But all the messages above will work in there own way.

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