Pinning large insects

Oregon State University Extension entomologist Silvia Rondon demonstrates how to pin large insects, another step in creating an insect collection.

Sort your insects by size and identify the part of the body to pin.

After you are done, you will need to know how to do the insect labeling. Or learn to pin small insects.

This piece is part of the collection Collecting and Preserving Insects

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