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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Our dermestid colony is located in a room on a separate floor from our collections. We line the inside of our tanks with a ring of Vaseline near the top where it meets the
mesh lid. All tanks are placed in secondary containment - 6 inch walled plastic tote bins that have curved vs. squared-off basins making it fairly slippery and difficult for the beetles to climb out. There is also double-sided sticky tape placed around the
door, which has a 8 inch high threshold/step (a door sweep is also a good idea if your room isn’t designed this way). Processed skeletal material are frozen for a minimum of two weeks before being moved into the collections space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shoobs, Nate<br>
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<b>To:</b> Cody Thompson <cwthomp@umich.edu>; Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley@ku.edu><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Precautions for Dermestid Colony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have a dermestid room at OSU MBD (used by the vertebrate collections), and the main protection measure in place is that it is only accessible from the outside of the building! It’s completely closed off
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I think I had worked here for over a year before I realized there was a door outside that didn’t lead to anywhere I could see inside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>> on behalf of Cody Thompson <<a href="mailto:cwthomp@umich.edu">cwthomp@umich.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 12:40</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles <<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nhcoll-l] Precautions for Dermestid Colony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Our IPM also takes this into consideration and intensely monitors the space.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">I
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Our dermestid colony is in a separate building on the other side of campus to prevent any potential spillover events into our collections from occurring. Additionally, anything
returning from the dermestid colony is frozen (multiple freeze thaw cycles) to prevent adults, larvae and eggs from being introduced into the collections. This is true of all material – donations, gifts, loans, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vinsel, Rachel M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 1, 2024 9:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Does your institution use a dermestid colony for cleaning specimens? If so, I’d be interested to hear where they are housed in proximity to your vulnerable collections and what
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Rachel Vinsel<o:p></o:p></p>
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