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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">On a similar note to that. If wild dermestids (or flies) can enter your colony, this means things can also LEAVE the colony and this could be a serious violation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barry OConnor<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 01, 2013 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alexandra Snyder<br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu; David Dyer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dermestid colony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A note on rooftop dermestid colonies - beware of "wild" <i>Dermestes</i> entering colonies and bringing parasitic mites (<i>Paracarophenax dermestidarum</i>,
<i>Lardoglyphus</i> spp.). We had this issue while our colony was temporarily on the roof during renovation of the "bug room" some years back. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Alexandra Snyder <<a href="mailto:amsnyder@unm.edu" target="_blank">amsnyder@unm.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">As you have noted, dermestid beetle colonies should never be anywhere near museum collections (typically they are kept in a separate building or on the roof top
of the museum) but with limited space and funding, good museum practice is often difficult to achieve. One method of containment that I saw in practice at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) was to have trenches full of "tanglefoot" surrounding
the room in which the colonies are maintained. You may want to contact them for further details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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505.277.6005</a> <a href="mailto:amsnyder@unm.edu" target="_blank">amsnyder@unm.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] on behalf of David Dyer [<a href="mailto:DDyer@ohiohistory.org" target="_blank">DDyer@ohiohistory.org</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 01, 2013 8:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Dermestid colony</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am planning to start a dermestid colony for skeletal preparation. In my last position I operated a large and active colony that was isolated in a separate room and down the hall
from the collections storage. However at this museum it looks like the only option will be in the lab and office space that is directly next to the collections storage. Has anyone come up with a safe way to operate a colony to minimize escapees and potential
harm to the collections? We had a pretty strict protocol for the dermestid colony in my last job and had very few, if any, problems in many years of operation. However, I need a fool-proof system to also keep our history and archaeology curators from being
too worried about their nearby collections! Has anyone set up a similar colony? Any ideas are appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dave<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-So many mites, so little time!<br>
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Barry M. OConnor <br>
Professor & Curator <br>
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology/Museum of Zoology <br>
University of Michigan phone: 734-763-4354 <br>
1109 Geddes Ave. fax: 734-763-4080<br>
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