Recording of information
Information in the field notebook must be transcribed to the
lab notebook. When obtaining pupae and their larval exuviae, the
collecting numbers and the rearing numbers must be recorded in
the lab notebook, as well as the dates of pupa formation and adult
hatching. Our collecting, rearing and mounting data are digitized
in a File Maker Pro database. In this database, we also digitized
the voucher number, data of the collecting site (political divisions,
geographic coordinates and elevation), genus and species of the
specimen, number of individuals and sex, dates of pupa formation
and hatching, number of larval and pupal exuviae mounted, number
of larvae and adults mounted, and other relevant information related
to collecting, rearing and mounting.