[Nhcoll-l] Clean Boxes in Pest Infested Room

[Julian Alexander Birnbach]

Hello All,
I am in the process of cleaning a room with a clothes moth pest infestation. The room was left unmanaged for some time, so they got into most things in the room. However, I have a number of bins with animal pelts/ taxidermy and while assessing damage of these bins I have found no frass or evidence of pest damage is some of them. I am severely limited on my freezer space, so I was wondering how inadvisable/ risky it would be to not do a freeze treatment for them if they were inspected thoroughly and found no evidence of pests?

Thank you for any help,
Julian B

Natural History Collections Specialist,
San Francisco Zoo and Gardens
julianb at sfzoo.org
&
Ichthyology Collection Manager,
San Francisco State University
jbirnbach at sfsu.edu


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