FIGURES 14–18. Bulk drying. 14 in A technique to dry mount Hymenoptera (Hexapoda) from alcohol in a few seconds, and its application to other insect orders

FIGURES 14–18. Bulk drying. 14, Petri dish with specimens pinned directly from alcohol, waiting for blow drying processing while once again fully immersed in alcohol. 15, Same specimens, arranged on polystyrene foam board and under direct air blow. 16–18, Specimens of Auplopus sp. (Pompilidae), Timulla sp. (Mutilidae), and Anoplius sp. (Pompilidae), respectively, immediately after a 40 seconds session of bulk air blowing. Figs 16–17 show good results. Fig. 18 shows the worst result, but note that position of appendages improved from original situation, in Fig. 14.