Hello, all! There is a large chest freezer in my museum's off-site storage facility that only seems to reach -10F/-23C. (There's evidence that it used to go lower, but it's pretty old.) I know that the standard is supposed to be -20F/-29C for freezing insects before they can develop "antifreeze", but is what we have likely good enough to deal with e.g. potential dermestid larvae on textiles? Or this a situation where bagging and freezing is probably not doing any good and we just need to replace the freezer?
Thank you! Cassidy Percoco (she/her) Collections Manager Fenimore Art Museum & The Farmers' Museum PO Box 800 | 5798 SH 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-1494 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/PH0PR16MB5049B7F8CBC44F573829430BF20D2%40PH0PR16MB5049.namprd16.prod.outlook.com.
