Place several drops of vegetable oil or concentrated orange oil over the specimen to loosen the adhesive. Then, be patient!
Best of success. -Rich Richard J. Pollack, PhD Senior Environmental Public Health Officer Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) | Harvard Campus Services 46 Blackstone Street., Cambridge, MA 02139 C: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu [A blue and black logo Description automatically generated]<https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-pollack-6818997/> From: 'Tir, Jessica K' via MuseumPests <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [PestList] Removing insects from sticky traps? Hi, I have some lice that I would like to attempt to remove from a sticky trap and deposit in an entomology museum. Has anyone here tried this? What solvents would work best and not harm the insect specimen? Jess [Washington State University Logo: W, S, U, letters create a cougar head.] Jessica Tir (she/her) Collections Manager Charles R. Conner Museum School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Office: 509-335-3515 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Conner Museum Website<https://sbs.wsu.edu/conner-museum/> -- This PestList and the MuseumPests.com web site are made possible due to the talent, intelligence, devotion and donations of hundreds of volunteers. Your donation to help this resource continue would be greatly appreciated. Please consider a donation donating at https://givebutter.com/MuseumPests To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LV2PR01MB994248C41A94173CDADEB660F6F4B72%40LV2PR01MB994248.prod.exchangelabs.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LV2PR01MB994248C41A94173CDADEB660F6F4B72%40LV2PR01MB994248.prod.exchangelabs.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- This PestList and the MuseumPests.com web site are made possible due to the talent, intelligence, devotion and donations of hundreds of volunteers. Your donation to help this resource continue would be greatly appreciated. Please consider a donation donating at https://givebutter.com/MuseumPests To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM6PR07MB54027D9610963CE5CA860F4694B72%40DM6PR07MB5402.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
