Scanning process images: A scanning process with scan view setup, box covers, full scan, and cropped image B required fill levels of fluid for box covers to prevent bubbles and standoffs (left) to prevent an uneven scan (right) C six boxes set up on scanner; and D resulting full scan. Clear Plexiglas cube standoffs B and slip-joint rings D (lower-right) improve scans.

 
 
  Part of: Mendez PK, Lee S, Venter CE (2018) Imaging natural history museum collections from the bottom up: 3D print technology facilitates imaging of fluid-stored arthropods with flatbed scanners. ZooKeys 795: 49-65. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.28416