Question

How might an entire insect be preserved

Answer 1

Question: How might an entire insect be preserved?

Answer:ut your insect in a bag or jar and freeze them soft-bodied insects would soon dry out and shrivel or become distorted if not preserved in alcohol.

Explanation: when you preserve them they will be in the same shape and you can take it out and can study it like a frog you preserve it and later you can disect it

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Answer 2

Put the specimen into the jar and seal it. Leave the insect in the jar until its appendages will move freely. Then pin the specimen, spread it in the desired shape, and allow it to dry. ... Small, soft-bodied insects would soon dry out and shrivel or become distorted if not preserved in alcohol.