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Leslie, this won't work on embalmed (=chemically fixed) tissues.
Dermestids can handle a lot, but draw the line at formaldehyde. I've seen
lots of attempts to get dermestids to handle vertebrate material
previously preserved in isopropyl, ethanol and/or formaldehyde, and the
results are usually very disappointing.
Cheers,
Sally Shelton
Director, Collections Care and Conservation
President-Elect, SPNHC
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On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Leslie Johnston wrote:
> While I'm not at a natural history museum, I do know that a number of
> institutions keep colonies of dermestid beetles to strip the flesh from
> specimins for storage and display. From what I understand they are very
> efficient. I know that I've seeb discussion of these beetles on this
> list before, so someone aught to be able to comment.
>
> Leslie Johnston
> Stanford University Museum of Art
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