Thank you, Rich. I appreciate your suggestions. (Yes, that educational
opportunity sounds quite fitting!) I will share these ideas with the paleo
team. Additional information welcome! I am so grateful for this forum.
Melissa
Melissa Dawn
Interim Registrar & Collections Manager
Division of th
Melissa,
This is an interesting and disturbing challenge. Hopefully, the dermestids
won’t cause a problem to the fossils, themselves. More likely, they’ll help
clean any organic debris from the crevices of those old specimens. As you
mentioned, there’s a greater concern of introducing dermestid
