mounted arachnids?

[crucified]

hey everyone..

when my tarantula and scorpion passed away... i decided to freeze'em...
and after a year of being in my freezer my ex took them from me... and gave them back to me like this..
.what do you think?
i think they turned out pretty cool..
the pics arent great.. i took a few quick shots..



http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1964scorpmount.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1964taranmount1.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1964mounts.jpg


signed
joey

[Kyle Barker]

WOW, those look GREAT!!!!

i tried doing them myself and failed miserably. they look good....damn.

[Tim and Julie B]

A neat trick when mounting sorps. When they dry they tend to become stiff just soak for a bit in warm water and they will be limp again. Those look great.

[crucified]

have any of you mounted tarantulas or scorpions before?
and if so.. any pics on how they turned out?

[Dragoon]

Those look awesome!
Did she do it herself? Can you post how? Or provide a link?

That's a really great present. Some people are so creative.
D.

[ChokeOnSmoke]

yeah those look awesome I would like to know how to do it as well

[sneaky_boa]

would you not have to preserve them somehow? or does having them frozen cut it? I would think, especially with a tarantula that some sort of chemical preservation would be necessary in order to avoid decay (not having a significant exoskeleton and all)? I have no idea really, but am asking because I'd like to do the same with various winged non-exoskeleton insects.

[crucified]

i dont know how so did it...
i did freeze dry'em... freeze.. defrost.. freeze.. defrost.. etc..
she looked it up on the net.. some tips
said to coat'em a few times with hair spray
noticed no smell or decay yet and its been 4-5 days now..
and a scorpion she did 2 weeks ago is still fine..
went to value village and bought old frames and painted them
stacked them too
the scorpion was 2 frames and the tarantula is 3...
and they just fit... and the scorpions tail naturally sticks up.. she didnt make it stick up..
i think she did good.. :)
ill get her to write up a process if she can..

[Tim and Julie B]

No Decay I have had the same scorps for years. Actually that tip came from Perri at Insectopia. He collects and mounts all kinds of insects. He always has a booth at the Calgary shows.

[Kyle Barker]

ive treid and failed....miserably. i would love to learn, be neat preserving some funkey dead thing i find on the road...or a dead pet.

[emilsmee]

i'm so angry that my fiance threw out my dead xenesthis intermedia (that was a $175 spider!), he was such a gorgeous spider and died shortly after a molt. it would've been perfect... and he was pretty big too! damn that neat freak.

[sleddergirl]

Just thought you might want to know that Dollarama stores are now stocking unfinished wood shadow boxes. They are not huge, but would certainly do the trick for some species. I picked up a couple to mount some moults that I have kept.

Sue