>. . . A proposal has been made to start a dermestic colony in the
>room next to our storage area.  This idea makes me VERY nervous.  The
>building in old, and not very "tight".  I am worried that we will
>soon have dermestids in our collections.  We already have periodic
>incursions of dermestids, and are constantly on watch for them with
>sticky glue traps.
>
>If any of you have had experince with dermestid colonies, please give
>me your input.  Do I have good reason to suggest the colony be placed
>elsewhere?  Or is it possible to really contain the little beasts?

Contact Steve Williams, Natural History Collections Manager at the Strecker
Museum, Baylor University, Waco, TX.  Steve, a former President of SPNHC,
and an expert on infestation, has many years experience working with
dermestid colonies.  Steve was NH Collections Manager here until September
of this year.  We had good success containing our colony here in our
building, thanks to his ingenuity.  It CAN be done.

He's a good one for advice.    Say Hi for me.

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