[Nhcoll-l] Heat panels for controlling pests

[Derek Woller]

Thanks for confirming, Heath! You'd think I'd have known that 100%, but
I've actually never seen a dermestid flying despite it making sense based
on where I sometimes find them in collections. And I see where I got
confused - I was thinking more broadly about dermestids infesting
collections and not specifically ones from a colony since most entomology
collections, perhaps obviously, don't keep such things around. :)

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:08 AM Garner, Heath <Heath.Garner at ttu.edu> wrote:

> Derek,
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> You are 100% right in that the adults can fly right by and out. To control
> that, we’ve found (again, anecdotally), that by adjusting the temperature
> to a certain point when opening and working with the colonies, they aren’t
> encouraged to fly.
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> -Heath
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> Heath J. Garner
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> Curator of Collections
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Derek
> Woller
> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2020 11:00 AM
> *To:* Lennart Lennuk <Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee>
> *Cc:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Heat panels for controlling pests
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> I find the heat panel concept to be an intriguing one, but also
> problematic in other ways. For example, the biggest flaw I see is that the
> linked article specifically mentions it's effective in keeping away
> crawling dermestids, but I assumed that adult dermestids primarily flew
> into collection areas and then mated, laid eggs, etc.. Fellow
> entomologists, primarily coleopterists, is this incorrect thinking on my
> part? Granted, this method should dissuade wandering dermestid larvae, so
> it should be helpful to some degree.
>
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>
> Thanks for sharing!
>
>   --
>
> *Derek A. Woller*, Ph.D.
>
> USDA Supervisory Entomologist, Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket
> Management Team
>
> Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
>
> Derek.A.Woller at usda.gov <Derek.A.Woller at aphis.usda.gov>
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> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:43 AM Lennart Lennuk <
> Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee> wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> We are planning our new collection storage and I happened to read paper
> about
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> Heat Panels for Controlling Crawling Insects in Storage Areas
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstashc.com%2Fthe-publication%2Froom%2Fheat-panels-for-controlling-crawling-insects-in-storage-areas-2%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cheath.garner%40ttu.edu%7Cfff081359774451e99d208d89df66f12%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C637433029034625840%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8btsSq4V7xTRNrBPm0KPsrJTPmz6tDVqQi2QPIbFgzE%3D&reserved=0>
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> Has anybody have experience with these heat panels?
>
> What else you suggest to use to keep crawling insects away from opened
> doors?
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> Best regards!
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> Lennart Lennuk
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*Derek A. Woller*, Ph.D.

USDA Supervisory Entomologist, Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket
Management Team

Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.

Derek.A.Woller at usda.gov <Derek.A.Woller at aphis.usda.gov>

Check out my wife's Etsy store where you can buy all sorts of neat vinyl
decals (and more), especially cool insect ones:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisticNatureStudio
<https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisticNatureStudio?ref=pr_shop_more>

Proud to be an explorer of the final biological frontier: entomology.
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