<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>We were recently given a gift of some old insect display cases from the wife of a collector who passed away. I jumped on the display cases, since they work so well for showing small birds and mammals for tours and displays. However the cases have a number of butterflies and moths still pinned inside of them. </div><div>There are a number of institutions on campus that I can offer the insect specimens to, but first I want to freeze them since they were being kept in a garage for years. </div><div><br></div><div>For pest control, we freeze specimens and boxes in a -80 freezer. My question is will the insect specimens be fine if they go through the freezing process that I would normally put mammal and bird skins through? I generally freeze material for 4-5 days in the -80.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance for any and all recommendations and comments on the subject.</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div>Beth Wommack<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Elizabeth Wommack, PhD<br>Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates<br>University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates<div>Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center<div>University of Wyoming, Laramie<br>Laramie, WY 82071<br><a href="mailto:ewommack@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">ewommack@</a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__uwyo.edu&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=kTOAKLr16O5iNiac2GgxXkRmJoPrGr2g6VuSiwepFbk&s=WbymXeodwXSiKy728YGQnPZ1W_dAk_qKIY6trnvNkb8&e=" target="_blank">uwyo.edu</a></div></div></div></div>
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