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Greetings Tonya,</div>
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The entire inside lining of the egg is certainly susceptible to being eaten. I blew a series of eggs once and did not put them in my screened in drying cabinet. I ended up getting a few phorid flies find their way through the holes, breeding and multiplying.
I have also seen various small beetles inside older eggs in the collection within the genus <i>Anthrenus</i>. The cotton surrounding the egg set showing past infestations.</div>
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I would recommend freezing them like you would other dry specimens, inside plastic so no condensation on the specimens happens after bringing them up to room temperature.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:35 AM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I am wondering if any of you have thoughts on freezing egg collections for pest control? I imagine that it is probably ok, but then I wonder if there could be problems to the shell structure. Note I realise that there is not much for
museum pests to eat in a blown egg, but there are lots of places for them to hide in and around the their housing. As usual, any thoughts or feedback would be very appreciated!
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
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