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Alcohol is not a fixative (like formalin) but a preservative.

Insect larvae with soft body must be stored in liquid. Alcohol is commonly used. The addition of glycerin prevent drying.

Larvae with chitinous body can be dried and pinned like adults.

For me, the best results came with using glycol and water in 1:5 ratio.

Thanks for your reminder

How about the resin and work with it?

You can fix freshwater macroinvertebrates with ethanol 90%, and later preserver with ethanol 70%

I've had good results with the same procedure as described Pablo Fierro. Caution with worms, can be deformed in this procedure.

Thx for your answers

For chironomids I always do permanent slides with DMHF