In experiments we evaluated the mortality of all life stages of commonly found insect species in museums while applying low oxygen atmospheres:

• cabinet beetle (Khapra beetle, Berlin beetle, Trogoderma granarium)
• cigarette beetle (Cigar beetle, Lasioderma serricorne)
• cockroach/ termites (Blattodea)
• drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum)
• furniture carpet beetle (Anthrenus flavipes)
• house longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus)
• larder beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
• powderpost beetle (Lyctinae)
• silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
• webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella)

at 55-65 % RH and 22-26°C in a nitrogen atmosphere having less than 0.3% oxygen. The time required for 100% kill varied from a few hours for the adults to 8 weeks for the larvae of woodborers being very tolerant to anoxia.

Different target insects (woodborers: Anobiid beetle variations and house longhorn beetle)