Abstract
The paper presents a new system for relaxing dry adult insect specimens. The system was designed with 4 main parts builted with high temperature resistant glass material. The main logic of the system was to relax dry adult insects in an isolated chamber with hot steam. The most important achievements of the system included relaxing the dry insect samples in a very short time, minimizing fermentation and preventing extremity losses. The relaxing duration varies based on the insect size, the density of the chitin layer and the degree of dryness. The experimental results show that it does not take more than 2 hours for the insect orders to relax in this system. The system can be used for insects of 5 mm to 120 mm in length. With the designed system, about 2950 dry adult insects were relaxed and prepared.
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