Beetle Prevention Question

[Starz26]

The key would be did the temps get low enough to crack *ALL* the eggs and kill them....There are two schools of thought, one of them is that a regular home freezer will do the job, the other is that you need subzero temps for >48 hours to kill all the eggs.

A home freezer will kill all larvae and live beetles....

if you are really concerned about the temps, read the threads regarding the Wine coolers that have been converted into Humidors....ChasDen makes some great drawers and you can set the temp to cool it down, specially in the summer months...

Originally Posted by Starz26

The key would be did the temps get low enough to crack *ALL* the eggs and kill them....There are two schools of thought, one of them is that a regular home freezer will do the job, the other is that you need subzero temps for >48 hours to kill all the eggs.

A home freezer will kill all larvae and live beetles....

if you are really concerned about the temps, read the threads regarding the Wine coolers that have been converted into Humidors....ChasDen makes some great drawers and you can set the temp to cool it down, specially in the summer months...

A home freezer will kill all stages of beetles. It just takes a bit longer in a normal household freezer. The thread he speaks of shows the length of times needed for 100% mortality at various temperature ranges.