I love dragonfly exuviae. I am a collector; but I don't like killing adults unless it is absolutely necessary. Collecting exuviae is easy (relatively) and does not damage any insects. The problem is I have thousands of specimens and most are kept in little boxes stored away; but they need to be displayed so people can see just how beautiful they are and what a fantastic research resource they can be. These pages are my attempt to show how I am moving my specimens from hidden drawers into display boxes. To show you want I mean the header of this page shows where the specimens are all going. 

At present nearly all of the collection from many parts of the world is stored in little boxes, just like those shown here. The systems relies upon an excel workbook (suitably backed up I may add) providing references to all the species and which box they are in. It is not perfect but works in most cases. The plan is to move specimens away from these boxes and into the display and store boxes so that they can be much more easily viewed. 

​Under this page you will find an ever increasing number of sub pages each referenced to the particular location: store box number etc. Hopefully the stories will be of interest and may be get you interested in exuviae.

Be patient dear reader this could be a long job.

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