measuring and examining the discipline-specific ways of cataloguing data through interviews, museum/ gallery visits and any other means possible

Pinning and Labelling Insect Specimens - notes from an artist's perspective

• relax specimens before pinning

• the pin usually goes through the thorax (slightly right to the midline of the insect body)

• two labels (identical in size) must be lined up parallel to the insect's body in length

• top label should have the county & state (of collection), date, name of collector

• bottom label should have the Order name of the insect

• height of pin matters!

more detailed information on Specimen Preparation and Pinning Conventions