insect pins and airport security
Ron Gatrelle
gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Mon Oct 22 20:20:46 EDT 2001
There was a discussion over on the TAXACOM list on the subject of pinned
specimens on planes recently. The concern was centered in type specimens
being confiscated on international flights in particular. I seem to
recollect that pinned specimens were actually taken from someone. Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Walker" <MWalker at gensym.com>
To: <beebuzz at kiva.net>; <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: insect pins and airport security
> Actually, I did bring a few pinned specimens back from the field. They
went
> through security with no problem. My advice is not to bring it up - on
the
> other hand, they will basically confiscate anything that they won't allow
> through the check point. I've only lost a pair of nail clippers so far.
>
> Mark Walker.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Liz Day [mailto:beebuzz at kiva.net]
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 3:12 PM
> > To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> > Subject: insect pins and airport security
> >
> >
> > >I've even heard that insect pins themselves may very likely
> > fail to pass
> > through the security checks -
> >
> > True? I was planning on hand-carrying a box of specimens to
> > NYC. I
> > guess I should ask the airlines whether this will be a
> > problem. I hate to
> > entrust them to baggage check. :-(
> >
> > Liz
> >
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