[Nhcoll-l] Dermestid Colony Door

[Neisskenwirth Fabian]

Hey Sergio,

Container 1 is a terrarium made of Plexiglas with a lid that has an insect screen so the beetles can breathe. Container 2 can be a euro box with a lid with little holes or a big piece of cloth, the dermestids like darkness. In our case, Container 2 is a huge metal construction with wooden walls; a big plastic recipient holds the terrariums in the glycerol. The lid is a thick cloth stretched over the metal frame. We have room there for 3 Terrariums. We try to be careful when opening the whole thing, but I really never have seen any beetle flying around in the container.

Saludos,
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Fabian Neisskenwirth
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Von: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] Im Auftrag von Sergio Montagud
Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. September 2019 09:26
An: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Betreff: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dermestid Colony Door


Hi Fabian, hi all

I have some questions… What is the lid of container 2? Does container 1 also have a lid?
Dermestids adults can fly, so I guess glycerol will be effective only for larvae.

Best wishes

Sergio

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Sergio Montagud Alario
Museu [UV] Història Natural
Universitat de València
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De: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> en nombre de Neisskenwirth Fabian <fabian.neisskenwirth at nmbe.ch>
Fecha: martes, 17 de septiembre de 2019, 9:07
Para: "wcrimm at waltcrimm.com" <wcrimm at waltcrimm.com>, "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Asunto: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Dermestid Colony Door

Hey Walt,

Here is a little sketch of the way we keep our colonies:

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It’s very simple:

The container 1 holds the second in a glycerol bath, so if a bug comes out it drowns in the glycerol.  The container 2 is a terrarium with the colonies. We put a heater beneath the whole thing so the colonies are warm. It gets pretty cold here in the Swiss winter.

Hope it helps.


Greetings from Bern,


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Fabian Neisskenwirth
Präparation
Naturwissenschaftlicher Präparator

+41 (0)31 350 72 35
NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BERN
Bernastrasse 15, CH – 3005 Bern
www.nmbe.ch<http://www.nmbe.ch/>
Eine Institution der Burgergemeinde Bern<https://www.bgbern.ch/>

Von: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] Im Auftrag von wcrimm at waltcrimm.com
Gesendet: Montag, 16. September 2019 17:57
An: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Betreff: [Nhcoll-l] Dermestid Colony Door

Does anyone use heat tape on the outside door to their dermestid colony to prevent escape or is there another method recommended?


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