Hi! I had a pet solifugae (Camel Spider) that passed away and I enjoyed her so much that I would like to encase her in resin. When she passed away, I put her in a freezer so that she would not rot. Now that I have everything I need, would I need to do anything to prepare her for the process? I don’t think I can do it while she is frozen so I would need to thaw her out. What can I do to dry her without making her rot or brittle? Any advice would be appreciated.

I’ve seen mostly wet specimens but I wanted to really feature her. I’m also scared of damaging her though. Any ideas?

Hi all,

I have some Lepidoptera specimens that I purchased a while back - they're for 'pretty' purposes, rather than science. Thing is, they're mounted on a foam board that kind of squishes them up against the glass. Maybe that's a good way to display/preserve them for science, I don't know.

I was thinking I'd prefer if they were mounted in a shadow box. I think it just looks better. What do you think my chances are of managing to open the frames and repurpose them successfully given that they are multi- specimen mounts, possibly quite old (30 years? guessing) and one specimen is quite large (atlas moth)?

Thanks