Preventing "mold"

[Tish Silberbauer & Dave Britton]

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:35:07 -0500, Entnem CTL Guest
<unknown at gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> wrote:

>The problem is of course the high humidity in Florida and that your specimens
>are probably not completely dry yet.  If you can't keep them in the air
>conditioning then you need to make sure that they're completely dried out.  A
>trick that works well in Florida is to put your specimens in your car and park
>in the sun with the windows rolled up.  The oven like conditions will
>completely dry your specimens inside a few hours.
>
>Rob. Lowen
>

But make sure they are in a light proof box!!  Otherwise you will end
up with "albino" specimens!!

DaveB.

>
>Andrew DeWeerd wrote:
>
>> My son and I are very amatuer collectors (in Florida).  We really enjoy the
>> hobby, but have found it almost impossible to keep our mounted specimens
>> from "molding".  Usually about a month after they are mounted (just pins on
>> corkboard), the specimen starts growing the fuzzies.
>>
>> Is there a way to keep this from happening?  Can butterflies and moths be
>> mounted and kept nice?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Andrew DeWeerd
>
>
>

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