Speaking as someone who has worked exclusively in art museums, could someone please explain *why* such a colony would be established in the first place? Thanks and Merry Christmas! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anne Fuhrman Douglas email: [log in to unmask] Registrar phone: 919-966-5736 Ackland Art Museum fax: 919-966-1400 The University of North Carolina Campus Box 3400 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400 U.S.A. On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, T.Dyer wrote: > We haven't actually set up a colony of the little beasties yet, but > everytime we discuss the idea it is always in the context of someplace FAR > from our collections, such as on a different site. Apparently they are very > hard to contain. > > >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? > > > >Thanks in advance, and All the best for the season. > > > >LaurelLaurel Casjens > >Curator of Collections > >Utah Museum of Natural History > >University of Utah > >Salt Lake City, UT 84112 > > > >801-581-5578 > >fax: 801-585-3684 > >[log in to unmask] > > Thomas Dyer > Exhibits Director > Nevada State Museum & Historical Society > 700 Twin Lakes Drive > Las Vegas, NV 89107 > > [log in to unmask] >