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It’s my understanding that they must live in a climate that has a high humidity; read somewhere at least 75% RH. So, I’d gather they would not last very long in 108F and low humidity. Firebrats are known to tolerate slightly higher temperatures (hence their name) but still need humidity to survive. I’ve been trying to get a decent specimen, however once they die they dry out fair quickly in normal indoor, comfortable temperatures and humidity, let’s say 70F and 50%RH. Best, Matt Matthew A. Mickletz – Manager, Preventive Conservation – Winterthur Museum<http://www.winterthur.org/> – 302.888.4752 IPM Working Group Co-Chair From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Alan P Van Dyke Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:34 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] heat and silverfish This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net<mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Here's an interesting question: How long would silverfish live in an environment of 108 degrees and low humidity? Thanks, Alan Alan Van Dyke Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, TX 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net<mailto:imail...@museumpests.net> and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com<mailto:l...@zaks.com> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by E.F.A. Project<http://www.efa-project.org>, and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam.<http://mail.winterthur.org/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=28B4810005E.A5783&token=118774ae6d9bfeeffd1b4793ed3b44b5> ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com