[Nhcoll-l] Precautions for Dermestid Colony
Emily M. Braker
emily.braker at colorado.edu
Wed May 1 13:29:25 EDT 2024
Hi Rachel,
Our dermestid colony is located in a room on a separate floor from our collections. We line the inside of our tanks with a ring of Vaseline near the top where it meets the mesh lid. All tanks are placed in secondary containment - 6 inch walled plastic tote bins that have curved vs. squared-off basins making it fairly slippery and difficult for the beetles to climb out. There is also double-sided sticky tape placed around the door, which has a 8 inch high threshold/step (a door sweep is also a good idea if your room isn’t designed this way). Processed skeletal material are frozen for a minimum of two weeks before being moved into the collections space.
Best,
Emily
Emily Braker
Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building
Boulder, CO 80309-0218
Phone: 303-492-8466
http://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates
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We have a dermestid room at OSU MBD (used by the vertebrate collections), and the main protection measure in place is that it is only accessible from the outside of the building! It’s completely closed off from the inside.
I think I had worked here for over a year before I realized there was a door outside that didn’t lead to anywhere I could see inside.
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Nathaniel F. Shoobs
Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
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Hi, Rachel! Our dermestid colony is in our collections building. The room was purposely designed to prevent beetles from escaping and affecting vulnerable collections. Our IPM also takes this into consideration and intensely monitors the space. I
Hi, Rachel! Our dermestid colony is in our collections building. The room was purposely designed to prevent beetles from escaping and affecting vulnerable collections. Our IPM also takes this into consideration and intensely monitors the space.
I hope that helps!
Take care,
Cody
Cody W. Thompson, PhD
Mammal Collections Manager
& Associate Research Scientist
University of Michigan
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Rachel
Our dermestid colony is in a separate building on the other side of campus to prevent any potential spillover events into our collections from occurring. Additionally, anything returning from the dermestid colony is frozen (multiple freeze thaw cycles) to prevent adults, larvae and eggs from being introduced into the collections. This is true of all material – donations, gifts, loans, etc.
Andy
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Precautions for Dermestid Colony
Hi All,
Does your institution use a dermestid colony for cleaning specimens? If so, I’d be interested to hear where they are housed in proximity to your vulnerable collections and what measures you take to prevent escapees from entering the collections.
Best,
Rachel Vinsel
Illinois Natural History Survey
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