[Nhcoll-l] Riker Mount Heat Treatment for Pests

[Derek Woller]

Correction, the site is:

museumpests.net

Thanks for the neat link!

Derek A. Woller, Ph.D.
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 6:36 AM Nancy Glover McCartney <nmccartn at uark.edu>
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> Hello Joanna,
>
> I suggest that you run a test on an empty Riker mount or one that has an
> expendable specimen. Follow the procedures described on museumpest.net
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__museumpest.net&d=DwMGaQ&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=T3-GdJpGymATDX2Gs-qdsdn_9K3HJjQ1YqVlqdXlB68&m=L0c4a1DGtwRAtm-pQKd79VKO31n7QiyV4vvHZIa1DC4&s=11ejrz9IEqNC5RsApJKhmD2KCnGC1KjRB-7Dl85j42Q&e=>.
> This will inform you of it is safe, which I suspect it is.
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> On Jul 12, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Joanna Chu <jchu at csumb.edu> wrote:
>
> We recently received a donation of several boxes of insect Riker mounts
> and at least some have active pest infestations, so we need to either heat
> treat or freeze them all. We are fairly limited on freezer space so I was
> wondering if anyone has heat treated Riker mount specimens before and has
> any info on protocols or contraindications for this method.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Joanna Chu*
>
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