Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:19 PM 8/21/2001, you wrote: >Browsing through a 1969 edition of "The Leica & Leicaflex Way" by Andrew >Matheson (Focal Press) I read (on page 299): >"Use adequate precautions when processing film in hot climates and keep even >developed films well protected against insects and other creatures. >Film-eating insects, incidentally, are not confined to the tropics; they are >just as abundant in the short summer in certain Arctic countries such as >Alaska and Greenland." >Is there an entomologist in the house? What insects eat film? >Oliver Bryk I forwarded this message to my friend Dr. J.W. Smith, entomologist with the United States Dept of Agriculture. His reply: begin quote Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Film-eating insects? I've never heard of such a thing -- not to say it can't exist -- because the drugstore beetle can eat poisons that would kill most humans. Bet it's either a beetle or a bark louse. end quote That's one bug man's take on it... - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html This sig. line sanitized for your protection.