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[opabinia]

Who has access to a dermestid colony? I'd like to clean up some small parts.

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[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Ew.

Shark jaws?

I would check local anthro/archeology departments. Wake Forest had their own Bug Trailer, to make specimens for the archeology comparative collection.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Shark jaws?

Nope. It's a secret until I'm done. I know Brown has a colony, but that's a long drive.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Where's your roommate? And didn't you have a girlfriend?

[frederic.livejournal.com]

Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology has them (no clue if they give them out but worth an email/try).

Otherwise, eBay can provide you a small colony for about $20 shipped.

[latemodel.livejournal.com]

My experience is that you order them online. The folks who have a colony near me — The Bone Room — are loath to give them away; but looking at their website, they say you can ask the local Natural History department.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

http://www.dermestidbeetlecolonies.com/

[cutieperson]

did you find a place to send things to, or bugs to borrow?
i have this bag of bones, see...

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but I'll give you a holler when I do.