Should each individual flea be placed in its own vial when shipping?

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Should each individual flea be placed in its own vial when shipping?

Grouping fleas by their collection event is practical and keeps provenance clear. If you place many fleas from the same site, on the same date and at the same time, into one vial, you save space and materials while still knowing exactly where and when those specimens came from. Mixing fleas from different sites or different collection times would blur that provenance, making later identification and data analysis harder. So, it’s best to label each vial with the collection site, date, and time and keep together the specimens that share those details.

Grouping fleas by their collection event is practical and keeps provenance clear. If you place many fleas from the same site, on the same date and at the same time, into one vial, you save space and materials while still knowing exactly where and when those specimens came from. Mixing fleas from different sites or different collection times would blur that provenance, making later identification and data analysis harder. So, it’s best to label each vial with the collection site, date, and time and keep together the specimens that share those details.

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