Dermestids

[MonarchsForever]

Sounds like your doing a good job but I also douse my house plants with a
residual soil insecticide and set a few sticky traps under stuff to see if I
have anything crawling around. David Bohlken

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Bird <cbird at heartland.ab.ca>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: Dermestids


> Hi,
>
> I joined this list in order to learn more about leps and the various
> techniques of working with them. I feel that many of the recent posts have
> been off track. I do not care for sarcastic responses/flames and use the
> delete key on any that appear. I have a basic question that I believe
falls
> within the parameters of what the list was meant to do.
>
> Though I do not have a current problem, I would like to know what, in your
> experience, is the best way to prevent Dermestid beetles from getting into
> a collection and of killing any that may have gotten into a box. My
> practice has been 3 days in the freezer if I discover a problem, also 3
> days in the freezer for anyone else's specimens that come my way. I have
> been using a 1 cm square of vapona in a corner of a specimen box as a
> deterent. Am I doing the right things? Can any of you recommend other, or
> better, methods?
>
> Charley
> Charles Bird, Box 22, Erskine, Alberta, Canada, T0C 1G0
>
>
>
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