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Stubbs-Lee
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2023 12:13:20 PM
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Subject: [PestList] RE: ungluing insects
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On a similar note, we once successfully extracted a live baby mouse that had
gotten stuck to one of my sticky blunder insect traps by gently cleaning him up
with baby oil on swabs. The little guy (whom we named Mr. Bojangles) survived
the ordeal and was taken home and kept as a pet by one of my
Hello Riet,
I also use vegetable oil. Learned it on this list some years ago. Mostly for liberating the occasioinal lizard caught in a sticky trap.
Nicholas
Nicholas Moray Williams
Collection curator
Hi Riet,
I use a citrus oil-based solvent to remove insects from sticky card traps.
Best,
Mike
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> I'm quite new to this group and am following the insect identifications with
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Cheap vegetable oil works.
Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Conservation Dept.
Integrated Pest Management Specialist
Office 757-220-7080
Cell 757-634-1175
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From: 'Riet De Coninck' via
Hello,
I'm quite new to this group and am following the insect identifications with
great interest!
My question for you is the following: what means do you use to loosen insects
trapped in sticky sheets so that they can be properly examined under the
microscope? During our experiments with
