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Post by entoman on Jan 26, 2011 15:10:14 GMT -8
Just thought I'd throw this out for consideration: when dispatching insects by freezing, make sure the freezer is cold enough. I once put a skipper in a refrigerator where the temperature was not quite freezing. I left it there for a week, and figured it would have died after having spent that long at 39 degrees (Fahrenheit). But a short while after having removed it from the refrigerator it began fluttering around again in the container.
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Post by bobw on Jan 26, 2011 16:19:05 GMT -8
A fridge won't do it, you need a proper freezer, most run at about -20 degrees C.
Bob
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Post by dertodesking on Jan 27, 2011 12:21:23 GMT -8
Just thought I'd throw this out for consideration: when dispatching insects by freezing, make sure the freezer is cold enough. I once put a skipper in a refrigerator where the temperature was not quite freezing. I left it there for a week, and figured it would have died after having spent that long at 39 degrees (Fahrenheit). But a short while after having removed it from the refrigerator it began fluttering around again in the container. Hey ento, 39 degrees Fahrenheir = +3.8 degrees Celsius = above freezing! Like Bob said, stick 'em in the freezer (or the ice box section of the fridge) and that will DEFINATELY dispatch them... Simon |
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