I agree with most everything you wrote except this:
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Originally Posted by T.G
Once you start getting close to 70F, you're into the risk zone and the beetles have to fly to mate and they won't form wings at temps less than 71.5F, so over that, and you can start perpetuating multiple generations of the lil' bastards.
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The article here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...E4A4D6A.d03t02
Shows them flying at 13C (55.4F). You and I have had this discussion before. I would greatly appreciate the article you cite for the temp of 71.5F. The article I linked shows a constant temp of 13C.
Just as a bonus, here is a good looking pdf on the subject of beetles:
http://www.smcs.se/Meet%20the%20beet...mer%202008.pdf
Mind you, it's from cigar magazine. So take it for what it's worth.