The groups normally mounted on insect pins are: Odonata, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Hemiptera (Heteroptera), Homoptera (Auchenorrhyncha), Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Mecoptera, …

Use a pinning block to set point or card height on pin (10-13mm below head). The optimal spot to glue the specimen is ALWAYS on the right side of the specimen just above the coxal margins …

Any insect that is large enough to be supported on a pin without breaking or otherwise being distorted is pinned directly through the body. Insert the pin through the body from top to …

In the Hemiptera and Homoptera, the pin should pass through the triangular scutellum slightly to the right. With grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) pin through the thorax to the right of the …

The proper way to pin an insect depends on the type of insect that you have collected. Soft-bodied insects such as scales, caterpillars, mayflies, silverfish and others cannot be pinned. …

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Pinning and Labeling Insects. The preferred way to display and study adult insects is to pin them into display boxes using special insect pins. The pins are pushed through the thorax of the …

In the first case, which insects must go into alcohol breaks down fairly cleanly along certain lines: adults of almost any macroscopic (2+ mm) Odonata, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Mecoptera, …

Hold on to the pin by the head, and put the point of the pin into the hole on the top level of the block. Push down on the head of the pin until it contacts the hard surface beneath. This will set …

Sep 1, 2008 · Standard methods of pinning some of the commoner types of insects are as follows: (1) Orthoptera—Pin through back of thorax to right of midline (A—B). For display purposes, …