[Histonet] RE: fixative for insects

[C.M. van der Loos]

Hi Andrea,
I was once visiting an entomologist institute in Budjeovice (yes were 
the Budweiser is originally coming from!) in former Tjechoslovakia. 
Those guys were fixing all kinds of insects (or part of insects) in 
Bouin-fixative and have them then processed to paraffin as usual.
Good luck!

Chris van der Loos

Andrea Grantham wrote:

> I'm going to be processing whole mosquitoes and I was wondering what 
> would be the best fixative to use...and processing schedule if 
> anybody has one.
>
> Thanks.
> Andi
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