Insect Pin Sizes

Medium to large insects are pinned on sizes 1 3.

Insect pin sizes.

Pins need to be stainless steel. Carding insects especially coleoptera and hemiptera are glued to rectangular pieces of acid free card or bristol board providing a stage. If you notice pinhead sized insects. Quantity price breaks at 10 packs and 100 packs of the same.

Stainless steel is better for high humidity regions. Length is 37 mm 1 46. Stainless steel insect pins 300 pcs premium insect pins sizes 1 2 3 with safe hard plastic storage vial specimen pins entomology pins size. Choose size 0 for a small insect or butterfly with light body size 2 pins for general use and size 4 for larger insects and butterflies.

Numbers 2 and 3 usually work the best for the amateur collector. Typical sizes are 4 5 x 11 mm 5 x 14 mm 6 x 17 mm 10 x 21 mm 13 x 30 mm. Any insect that is large enough to be supported on a pin without breaking or otherwise being distorted is pinned directly through the body. The sizes of all our insect pins are listed below.

Insect pins vary in size from 000 to number 8. The latter is the largest in diameter. 1 2 3 4 6 out of 5 stars 58 10 99 10. Pin diameters start at 25mm 010 for 000 and increase in diameter by 05mm 002 for each size pin.

Packaged in lots of 100. Please click to enlarge the last image shown above to view relative pin sizes and diameters. Description more information technical instructions safety. Insert the pin through the body from top to bottom.

Printed lines allow uniform placement of the entomological pin. Use the pinning guide below to pin in the appropriate places. Large specimens moths beetles cicadas use sizes 4 7. Pin diameters start at 25mm 010 for 000 and increase in diameter by 05mm 002 for each size pin.

A good rule is to pin the insect slightly to the right side of the middle and down through the area where the middle pair of legs is attached. These superior pins are fabricated from spring steel with black enamel finish for anti rust protection. The most commonly used sizes for general pinning are 2 and 3. Some bugs are the size of a pinhead so they can easily slip into the house through cracks in window frames and other small openings.

5 00usd or lower each. Insect pins come in several sizes but sizes no. 3 are most useful to the general collector. Insects are a nuisance anytime they invade a home or automobile and they can be problematic to deal with due to their small size.

High quality insect pins with bioquip s own label are manufactured in the czech republic. Black enamel insect pin 00. Displaying 1 to 22 of 22 products black enamel insect pin 000. The proper place of insertion depends upon the type.

Insects that are at least 5mm are large enough to pin using 0 000.