Insect display

We love finding new specimens to add to Elliot’s nature collection. They’re a great resource for his nature studies and I’ve really enjoyed refining my process of preserving specimens over the past couple of years. I have a bit of experience pinning a variety of different insects, but am most familiar with butterflies and moths,

A selection of photographs from the book “A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science.”

There’s an art to arranging collections like a pro. Here are a few pointers.

My first insect case.

Insect Collage Framed Display

Tips for an Excellent Insect Display - Blog, She Wrote. Insect study, #homeschool science, Apologia Flying Creatures http://bit.ly/ApologiaZoo1

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

I have countless insect specimens pinned or set in frames for display, but a while ago I decided to have a go at creating an Insect version of the traditional taxidermy set-ups, which usually display birds on a branch, or in flight etc. The display is around 14" high, and has many small beetles, but the large showy ones are a male and female pair of Goliathus orientalis preussi (An African flower beetle) and a male Atlas beetle, probably Chalcosoma atlas.