[Odonata-l] wet specimens

[Kathy &/or Dave Biggs]

Hello,

I recently collected several sandwich boxes full of dragonfly and 
damselfly specimens.
I placed them all in the ice chest. One box fell into the melted ice at 
the bottom of the box, and quite a bit of water seeped in.
I was afraid those specimens would be ruined. I drained the water and 
reclosed the box. That was 2 days ago. I'm surprised to find that those 
specimens are still alive, which is great as I want live scans, while 
those in the boxes that stayed dry have mostly died, even though I had 
opened them to let in fresh air.

Has anyone else noticed this? Would purposely dampening glassine 
envelopes with specimens in them be a way to keep specimens alive longer?

Thanks for any advice!!
Kathy Biggs

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