Prepare clean paper towels. Clamp the specimen on a paper towel with fine-headed tweezers, and gently press the insect's chest to suck out excess water. If there are small water droplets on the wings, you can also gently press them with a paper towel, lift them vertically and suck up the water. If the water is not too much, you can skip this step directly.

* Tip: When sucking water from wings, never "wipe" it with a paper towel or press it hard, just dip it gently.

2. Relax the joints:

Hold the bug gently with tweezers or hold it with your hand, and let your wings spread slightly.

Go deep into the wing with tweezers, carefully move the joints of the specimen and lift the front wing appropriately. If it can reach that position forward, it will be announced that it is still soft. Press the antenna forward with flat-headed tweezers to straighten it forward.

* Tip: The key point of this step is to be gentle. Friends who often make specimens may be more relaxed, because they already have their own "feelings" about things like strength.

3.Pin:

Choose the right insect needle. Generally, this kind of needle is inserted vertically from the center of the chest with No.3 or No.4 needle-I prefer a thicker one. Pay attention to whether the needle is "vertical" before, after, left and right. After confirmation, adjust the distance between the needle tip and the insect body to adapt to the exhibition board.

* Tip: Be sure to choose insect needles carefully. You can spin the needle between your fingers to see if it is straight enough. Insert the bolt a little first, and then insert it bit by bit when adjusting. The step of needle insertion is very important.

4. Upper plate:

Insert the needle and look at the wings that have been prepared before. Do you feel calm? "Loading the plate"-a step that people often ignore-is also very learned, and it is difficult to make a "vertical" specimen. A little carelessness in this step will still be unsightly. Pay attention to the left, right, up and down direction, make sure it is perpendicular to the wing plate, and insert it slowly-you're done! At this time, insect needles are fixed on both sides of the abdomen next to the inner edge of the rear wing to shape the abdomen.

* Tip: When loading the plate, the specimen should be centered on the insect needle and chest, and don't be confused by the abdomen of the specimen.

5. Fixed wing:

Prepare the freshly cut sulfuric acid paper, pull out the needle on the left, press the butterfly wings with sulfuric acid paper, and then insert the needle. After the left wing is fixed, the right wing is fixed. For the same reason, I won't go into details.

* Tip: When doing this step, be careful not to let the sulfuric acid paper move, which will grind off the scale powder. This is a very simple step, just relax.

6. Spread your wings:

First, fix the head and abdomen.

Fix the pin near the tail wing.

Pull out the needle near the left front wing, clamp the front wing with flat-headed tweezers and lift it slowly.

* Tip: Tweezers must be clamped horizontally to avoid hurting butterfly wings. The so-called "pull in place" means that the trailing edges of the left and right front wings are in a straight line. For species whose trailing edge is not straight, it is best to approximate a straight line. The key is to be beautiful. A little more may make the specimen more energetic.

When in place, gently press the sulfuric acid paper with your left hand and fix it with a bead needle with your right hand. Don't fix it too close to the bottom corner, but leave the antenna position.

After confirmation, fix it firmly with a bead needle.

After the left front wing is completed, deploy the right front wing in the same way.

The next step is to fix the left tail. Generally speaking, the hind wings are better than the front wings.

When you're done, lay it on the right. Sometimes there may be wrinkles on the wings, so be careful to smooth them with insect needles attached to sulfuric acid paper.