Never forget that most insects and other 'cold blooded' animals are
designed to fluctuate in temperature. They use the ambient
temperature to speed up or slow down. Unlike warm blooded creatures
(children included) they do not require a 'fixed' temperature to be
maintained for their health. This is all within reasonable limits.
Chilling a bit also works well with amphibian and reptiles, but it
must be done with care, particularly if you are doing it with
tropical and subtropical species. The interesting aspect of it all is
that with many species there is a point at which they are quite
motionless and they can be positioned by hand.
With care chilling a bit can be a very effective and mutually safe
method of photographing many organisms.
Bob
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