Caterpillar inflation
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Caterpillar inflation
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Caterpillar inflation is a method of specimen preservation found in insect collecting, used mostly during the 19th and early 20th century. As a method of preservation it has largely been replaced by freeze drying and preservation in alcohol. In some cases caterpillar inflation offers better colour retention than preservation in alcohol, although the rise of colour photography rendered this less important. A limitation of the technique was that it could produce poor results, in the form of oversi
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2024-01-05T15:04:28Z
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