Help! Mites on mounted butterflies

Paul Cherubini cherubini at mindspring.com
Sun Nov 5 18:52:51 EST 2000


Miss Molly Grue wrote:
> 
> I am an amature butterfly collector, and I've gotten reasonably good at it.
> Unfortunately, I discovered in one of my mounts a tiny mite.  About one mm
> long, and white/clear in color.  I don't know what it is, how/why I got it, and
> if I should just get rid of that mount so that it doesn't spread to the rest of
> my butterflies.  I would like to get rid of it in that mount if possible, but
> I'm at a loss.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

You got lice - book lice. 

I put my mounts in the freezer for a few days once or twice a
year to combat lice and other collection infesting bugs.  

Paul Cherubini

 
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