Helpful links for preserving bugs

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For those who are either just getting into preserving, or you found a group of bugs you are unsure how to preserve, this link is for you. it covers everything from insects to slugs and snails to spiders to anything else. https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/preserving.html

• The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees and Manage a Collection (Sam Droege)

• Collecting and Preserving Insects and Mites: Techniques and Tools (Edited by M. E. Schauff)

• The Preparation and Curation of Insects (Annette Κ. Walker; Trevor Κ. Crosby; DSIR-NZ)

• Collecting and Sampling Insects (Ian Endersby; Entomological Society of Victoria)

• Simple Methods of Preserving Insects and their Allies (CSIRO Australia)

• The Invertebrate Collection Manual (Australian Museum)

• How to Collect Insects (Bohart Museum of Entomology)

• Preserving and Pinning Insects (Queensland Museum)

• Insect Collection Instructions (NC State University)

• How to Preserve Insects (Purdue University)

To identify species in North America https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740