Freezing techniques used in pest eradication for insect specimens.
Author of the article:YAO Jian,LIU Hong,CHEN Xiao-Lin
Author's Workplace:(Insect museam, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words:freezing techniques; insect specimen; larvae of Trogoderma variabile
Abstract:The dry specimens preserved in insect collection are mainly damaged by larvae of Dermestidae in our museum. Based on the results of 12 experiments, freezing techniques have been proved to be effective for killing larvae of Dermestidae.In the surface layer