A New System for Relaxing the Dry Insects

Mürşit Ömür Koyuncu; Murat Kütük

doi:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.852124

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A New System for Relaxing the Dry Insects

Abstract

The paper presents a new system for relaxing dry adult insect specimens. The system was designed with 4 main parts builted with high temperature resistant glass material. The main logic of the system was to relax dry adult insects in an isolated chamber with hot steam. The most important achievements of the system included relaxing the dry insect samples in a very short time, minimizing fermentation and preventing extremity losses. The relaxing duration varies based on the insect size, the density of the chitin layer and the degree of dryness. The experimental results show that it does not take more than 2 hours for the insect orders to relax in this system. The system can be used for insects of 5 mm to 120 mm in length. With the designed system, about 2950 dry adult insects were relaxed and prepared.

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Supporting Institution

Gaziantep University Scientific Research Projects Department (BAP)

Project Number

FEF.DT. 17.06

Thanks

We also extend our gratitude to Dr. Emrah Cinkara

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Structural Biology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mürşit Ömür Koyuncu ^*
0000-0002-0789-6925
Türkiye

Murat Kütük
0000-0003-1567-1002
Türkiye

Publication Date

February 28, 2022

Submission Date

January 1, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 6, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 25 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.852124

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https://izlik.org/JA89HY99MP

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Koyuncu, M. Ö., & Kütük, M. (2022). A New System for Relaxing the Dry Insects. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım Ve Doğa Dergisi, 25(1), 127-132. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.852124

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