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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