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While I have little experience with outdoor dermestid colonies I do have over 30 years experience with an indoor colony. I echo Barry's statement of being insect proof. Other problem critters that could lower productivity or need lots of time to manage include
spiders, mites, ham beetles, mice, etc. Dermestids can also be susceptible to mold and fungal infections if the colony is too wet, though not likely a problem in Arizona. Consider protocols for everything and everyone going from the outdoor colony to indoor
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:32 AM<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Be sure whatever you construct is really bug proof. Some years ago during a building renovation, we moved our colony to the roof of the museum. Despite precautions, “wild” dermestids were able to invade and brought in a mite that almost
wiped the colony out.<br>
- Barry<br>
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Barry M. OConnor<br>
Emeritus Curator & Professor<br>
University of Michigan<br>
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology<br>
Museum of Zoology<br>
Research Museums Center<br>
3600 Varsity Drive<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2888<br>
Phone: 734-763-4354<br>
E-mail: bmoc@umich.edu<br>
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> On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Dakota Rowsey <drowsey@asu.edu> wrote:<br>
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> Hello:<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> Thanks for any help!<br>
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> Dakota M. Rowsey, Ph.D. (he/his)<br>
> Currently: Brown Postdoctoral Fellow, Field Museum of Natural History<br>
> Soon: Vertebrate Collections Manager, Arizona State University Biocollections<br>
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