http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/04/18/ask-an-entomologist-eye-of-the-dragonfly/ An Entomologist's Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/04/18/ask-an-entomologist-eye-of-the-dragonfly/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Patti Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:51:45 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/04/18/ask-an-entomologist-eye-of-the-dragonfly/#comment-315 Well I had a pretty successful first run. I might try another attempt later this summer. I first took the head off and soaked it in a 10% solution of drano and that got most of the gooey parts off and I was able to take off the eyes and mouthparts in one piece. If you use a pin then retrieving the head is a lot easier then fishing for it (took a couple of tries to figure this out) Well I wanted to see if I could get the pigments flushed out as well so back into the drano it went and would you know it worked the eyes were pigment free. So I took a knife and sliced off the lens and got an ok slide it was a little thick in a couple of places but it had great results. Well I had a pretty successful first run. I might try another attempt later this summer. I first took the head off and soaked it in a 10% solution of drano and that got most of the gooey parts off and I was able to take off the eyes and mouthparts in one piece. If you use a pin then retrieving the head is a lot easier then fishing for it (took a couple of tries to figure this out) Well I wanted to see if I could get the pigments flushed out as well so back into the drano it went and would you know it worked the eyes were pigment free. So I took a knife and sliced off the lens and got an ok slide it was a little thick in a couple of places but it had great results.

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