The #4 stainless steel insect pin is super sharp but leaves nearly undetectable holes when used to support this silk tapestry. Only $6.95 for a pack of 100 pins.
Entosphinx stainless steel pins are made from 316 grade stainless. 316 grade has a minimum of 0.36% molybdenum (Mo) for superior corrosion resistance. Will not rust & ruin this valuable collectible.
See the Certificate of Analysis below for our guarantee of truly rust resistant insect collection pins.
This blog may be of interest: 10 Things You Can do with Insect Pins
Keith Uloth:
Ordered insect pinning equipment with no issues. Their website was easy to navigate and the process was quick without any delays or window reloading.
My order was shipped and received quicker than expected. I will order from them again.
Alison Bell:
Ordered a sample pack of insect pins for making pinhole cameras. Wonderful selection and super-fast shipment even in a pandemic. They work really well for the purpose. I use the pin size below the size of the hole I want and have gotten …
Leyla Cardenas:
Online customer here, from overseas. I bought insect pins because they are impossible to get here. Great products, very reliable business, Everything arrived in great condition.
Mary Claire Becker:
I have been using Indigo Instruments entomology pins in my artwork for almost ten years now, and at this point, they have been an integral part of multiple framed works as well as four different large-scale sculptural paper installations. Basically—huge thanks to Indigo Instruments for being a big part of my studio practice!
Laura Sudweeks:
Ordered 100 magnifying glasses for a marketing project. First I started on Amazon, but they only allowed me to order 10 at a time. That was a waste of my time and a complete pain. Some of the orders were canceled because they couldn't …
Jeanne Paquette:
Indigo Instruments has been a reliable source of affordable hand lenses for beginners in our earth sciences courses at McGill University. We tried other suppliers after coming across the occasional defective items (unavoidable in mass manufacturing). However, Indigo Instruments offers us the best quality:price ratio and attentive service among the many options we tried.
Pin # | Dimensions | Pin Head | Wire Gauge(s) |
4 | 38x0.55mm (1.5x0.022") | 1.1-1.3mm | 39, 40 |