[NHCOLL-L:38] Re: dermestids

[Cindy Ramotnik]

Laurel:

For an excellent summary of published temperatures for controlling
dermestids and 45 other museum pests please check out the 1992 publication
by Tom Strang entitled "A review of published temperatures for the control
of pest insects in museums", Collection Forum 8(2):41-67. 

About a year we spent considerable time developing a protocol using
freezer trucks to eradicate a non-dermestid insect at the Museum of
Southwestern Biology. Although we eventually aborted the operation I still
have the folder containing our protocol. If you are interested in hearing
more details please contact me offline.

--Cindy
 
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Cindy Ramotnik
U.S. Geological Survey				Phone:	(505) 346-2870 ext. 11
Biological Resources Division			Fax:	(505) 277-0304 
Department of Biology				Email:	ramotnik at unm.edu
University of New Mexico			
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Laurel Casjens wrote:

> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:30:20 -700
> From: Laurel Casjens <casjens at GEODE.UMNH.UTAH.EDU>
> To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:35] dermestids
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> I am looking for information on temperature/time ratios needed to 
> kill dermestids by freezing.  In either a normal freezer or an 
> ultracold, how long do we need to keep material in the freezer to be 
> sure of killing dermestids and their eggs?
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> Has anyone rented a freezer truck to treat quickly a large amount of 
> boxed material?  Did it work?  Are there horror stories?  Is this a 
> reasonable idea?
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> Thanks for any help
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> Laurel Casjens
> Utah Museum of Natural History
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> Laurel Casjens
> Curator of Collections
> Utah Museum of Natural History
> University of Utah
> Salt Lake City UT 84112-0050
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> 801-585-9057
> 801-585-3684 (fax)
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> casjens at geode.umnh.utah.edu
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