[Nhcoll-l] Outdoor Dermestid Beetle Colony

[Peter A Rauch]

Dakota,
You didn't mention your budget allocation for this extremely demanding
structure.
Peter

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:17 AM Dakota Rowsey <drowsey at asu.edu> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> Arizona State University Biocollections is looking into buying/building an
> outdoor dermestid beetle enclosure. Does anyone have any experience in
> keeping an active outdoor colony? I am interested in finding ways to
> keeping the area at an optimal temperature and humidity (the structure
> itself would be under a shade canopy, but I still worry about diel
> temperature fluctuations), as well as keeping the area dark and keeping out
> other unwanted pests.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Dakota Rowsey
>
> --
> Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his)
> Currently: Brown Postdoctoral Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History
> Soon: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Arizona State University
> Biocollections
>
>
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