samkerney:

The Lepidoptera display I am so very proud of!   I decided to get rid of the traditional linear arrangement and go for a ‘inflight’ look.

The rest of the post is linked below:

herbertinterns:

Lepidoptera; the care and handling of.

Changing the Elements butterfly display, Part 4.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Oh, you decided, did you? I see. I see how it is.

P.S. This is an instructional post. On Tumblr, when you are reblogging someone, you add your own commentary below theirs, not above/in place of - that way, anyone reading the post can follow the conversation that’s come before.

(Source: theherbert)

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