[NHCOLL-L:1240] Re: Butterfly Mount Clarification

[Stuart Fullerton]

Dear Hearts:

if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  just wash the glass and get on down the
road of low budget.  we have no budget here.  as an antique, i like antique
things. there is nothing wrong with old methods of keeping things.
especially if there is nothing wrong with the specimens.  let us not forget
our past in the process of educating the future.

i still have, and exhibit old equipment i used in the middle of the last
centruy. the kids are interested in what a crow quill pen and pen point
look like.  and a real bottle of higgens india ink. although i have lost my
old old one with the cork stopper and applicator.

etc.

enjoy,   cheers!  rof

Hoar Kerrie L wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Before I get blasted for exposing students to PDB, please let me clarify
>
> myself.
>
> Our butterfly mounts are used in a college setting and are usually
> hidden
> away in storage boxes.   They currently reside in very old glass top
> boxes
> (mostly handmade) of a riker box type.  They have been sealed without
> any
> pesticide of any kind for years and years.
>
> I am simply inquiring on a better method prior to starting the project
> of
> replacing and/or repairing storage boxes.  As we all know, limited
> budgets
> don't allow us to do things twice.  If anyone has a better method of
> pest
> control than PDB -- please let me know.  We have a very small collection
> of
> specimens (comparatively speaking) and virtually no budget.
>
> Thanks much,
> Kerrie
>
> Kerrie L. Hoar, M. S.
> University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
> Department of Biology
> 341 Cowley Hall
> La Crosse, WI  54601
> (608) 785-6459
>
> hoar.kerr at uwlax.edu
>
> http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/hoar

--
Stuart M Fullerton ROF, Research Associate in charge of Arthropod
Collections (UCFC), Dept. of Biology, University of Central Florida, PO
Box 162368, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2368, USA. stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
OR stuartf at biology.ucf.edu  (407) 823-6540 (no voice mail)
<http://biology.ucf.edu/bugs/>