airtight storage how?
Mark Walker
MWalker at gensym.com
Tue Oct 13 01:10:17 EDT 1998
Really? I just transferred over from napthalene crystals to the No-Pest
strips about 6 months ago. The only green Leps I have in my collection are
species of Callophrys and Mitoura (specimens of each mounted upside down).
I assume you are including these in your green category. How long before
the color fading would occur? I plan on replacing the strips twice a year.
I'd sure hate to ruin my greenies.
I like your approach to eliminating fumigants altogether in your _sealed_
drawers. I use expensive, air-tight drawers, too, but I haven't been able
to control myself from re-opening them regularly.
Mark Walker.
Eric wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Good suggestion. Just make sure you keep it away from green
> Lepidopterans. In my experience, the green leps lose color immediately
> when close to the vapona-like materials.
>
> I fumigated my collection thoroughly a few years ago, and now I use
> nothing. I just keep the air tight containers closed all the time.
> Anthing that comes into the house for the first time, new, goes into a
> separate fumigated cabinet, in the basement away from people, for
> several months, and then into the main collection where I use no
> fumigants. Since the main collection is near the living areas, I'd
> rather sacrifice a few bugs than my health. The trade-off isn't worth
> it. I inspect the collection from time to time, and so far no pests.
>
> I use the air tight cabinets that Leroy Koehn's company used to make,
> and are now made by Viking in Chicago. They're not cheap, but much
> better than several thousand dollars a day for cancer treatments.
>
> Cheers to all,
>
> Eric
>
> Jim Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Liz:
> > Bioquip sells a version of the old Shell NoPest Strip which I have been
> > using for several years. Nary a dermestid, and no odor.
> >
> > Jim Taylor
>
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