The problem sounds like a housekeeping problem. A couple Of questions:
1) do you put the bones through freezing when you have removed them from the
colony? If not you should, using the procedures described on the Museum Pest
network site.
2) do you examine them after the freezing process to
Tonya,
My dermestid colony has been defunct about since I discovered the RLHBs - not
enough material to keep it running all the time - but at the time I froze my
skeletal material for 3+ days, I think. I did not put it through any
freeze-thaw-freeze cycles.
-Suellen
Suellen Jacob
Vertebrate
Hi Suellen,
I don’t have a solution for you, just a couple of questions and thoughts - how
long did you freeze your skeletal material, and did you use a
freeze-thaw-freeze cycle? I have read that can help ensure everything,
including tenacious eggs, are dead. Your problem is definitely of
Hello folks,
We've had a problem with red-legged ham beetles in our (moderately extensive)
mammal teaching collection for years now. They got in by infesting our outdoor
dermestid colony and riding in on the cleaned specimens. I was pretty vigilant
about freezing skeletal material that came
Thank you so much, Christian.
That's very curious - as silverfish are not a species we've caught anywhere
near this item...I'm thinking they've been there since those items were
brought into the collection (and thankfully frozen on entry).
Best,
Julie
On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 5:26:55
Thank you Pat! Great information to be found in these Webinars.
Best,
Matt
Matthew A. Mickletz
Manager, Preventive Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Direct 302.888.4752
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
winterthur.org
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