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I was hoping you would have a moment to answer this one- Dana On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Anderson, Gretchen <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > No - there is no problem with freezing pinned insects. Here at the Carnegie > Museum of Natural History the entomology department has been freezing the > pinned collection for pest control for close to 20 years. > > Gretchen Anderson > Conservator > Carnegie Museum of Natural History > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dana > senge > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [pestlist] Freezing pinned insects > > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To > unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone have concern of freezing pinned insects? > > We are processing a collection and doing preventive freezing before it is > moved into the repository. Is there any concern about condensation developing > on a metal pin and damaging a dried insect? > > The collections will are in boxes and will be double wrapped in plastic for > the freezing proces which should elimiate the risk of condensation developing. > > Thanks- > > Dana Senge > Western Archeological and Conservation Center National Park Service Tucson, AZ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] > > > The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only > for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
