Entomology in practice
Show all news01.12.2014
It is a warm summer evening at a porch near the forest. It is dark out there; the only light is provided by the light bulb of the house.
6. Collecting of Insects from the Trees Branches and Collecting Aquatic Insects
01.12.2014
Vegetation provides large living space for insects, for example, woody trunks of plants create various biotopes.
5. Malaise Traps, Flight Interception Traps, and Pheromones
30.11.2014
The first article about insect collecting was, besides other things, about catching of flying insects using an entomological (butterfly) net.
Entosphinx.cz is a great place and good partner for every professional and amateur from the field of entomology. The main part of our web is well arranged e-shop, where you can choose equipment from following categories:
Field equipment |
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Work in terrain is inevitable and nearly the most important part of entomology. Equipment of high quality is the basis of successful insects hunting. In our e-shop you can find basic and also professional equipment such as aspirators, sweeping nets, butterfly nets, aquatic nets, litter reducers, Malaise traps and even special tools for night field. | |
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Preparation |
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Choose from trully generous offer of equipment for preparation of insects - entomological pins, mounting boards, setting boards, foam boases, pinning block, equipment for microscopy - and from other necessary equipment for correct and effective preparation of insects. | |
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Storing equipment |
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When working at home or in laboratory you will definitely need various storing equipment - whether it is portable suitcase, wooden boxes, or wooden boxes covered with book-binding cloth (usually of black, red, green colour). There is also comprehensive set for storing of prepared insect specimens called CARTON UNIT SYSTEM available. | |
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Preservation |
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For complete care for specimens will be equipment for preservation needed (glass fumigant holders for chemical disinfection and of course chemical fillings). | |
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Literature |
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Our e-shop is a good source for finding and buying entomology books from which you can draw inspiration and theoretical information. Literature section is divided into subcategories named after individual insect species (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera etc.), besides there are book of travels or antiquarian bookshop. | |
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Other equipment |
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In the last section you can explore other necessary entomological equipment - soft and hard forceps, test tubes, dissecting scalpels, magnifying glasses and many more. | |
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Almost every offered entomological equipment such as for example pins, setting boards, boxes, suitcases, aspirators, sweeping nets, tree bark nets, butterfly nets, litter reducers, Malaise traps, aquatic nets and equipment for night field are fabricated in our specialized shop floors with a great emphasis on quality.
Please, by all means visit our blog where a lot of useful advices especially for entomologists-amateurs are available (only in Czech language).
Categories
- Novelties
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Preparation
- Black insect pins
- Stainless steel pins
- Minuten pins
- Plastic headed pins
- Label pins white
- Setting boards for Lepidoptera - LIMEWOOD
- Setting boards of BALSA
- Plastazote setting boards
- Portable suitcase for balsa spreaders
- Pergamine setting strip
- Foam bases
- Pinning block
- Mounting boards
- Sexual boards
- Mounting glues
- For microscopy
- Setting needle
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Storing equipment
- Portable boxes
- Portable bilateral small suitcases
- Boxes with full lid
- Display boxes
- Entomological wooden display boxes
- Boxes without foam on the bottom for CARTON UNIT SYSTEM
- Carton UNIT trays for CARTON UNIT SYSTEM
- Boxes without foam on the bottom for PLASTIC UNIT SYSTEM
- Plastic UNIT trays for PLASTIC UNIT SYSTEM
- Entomolgical cabinets
- Entomological wooden drawers
- Entomological wooden drawers for CARTON UNIT SYSTEM
- Preservation
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Field equipment
- Eclectors
- Exhaustor
- Killing fluids
- Syringes
- Butterfly nets and other equipment
- Stopper for killing bottles
- Fillings for killing bottles
- Malayse traps
- Polyethylene killing bottles
- Night field equipment
- Litter reducers
- Butterfly bags
- Aquatic nets
- Tree bark net
- Clap net (Japanese umbrella)
- Sweeping nets and other equipment
- Tree traps
- A Simple Raid Trap
- Other equipment
- Literature