Dermestid Beetles european mount taxidermy

Dermestid Beetle Taxidermist

Why we use beetles on almost all mount types 

• Skulls that have been boiled tend to return to a yellow color later in their wall life due to boiling fats into the bones instead of expelling them.

• Boiling can shrink your skull by as much as 1/3 inch resulting in a decreased rack measurement/skull measurement.

• Boiling can shrink other bones causing cracks now or later. I have seen the nasal bone crack all the way between the rack/skull plate.

• Placing the rack in the ground exposes the bones to other sources of deterioration that our controlled environments do not allow. 

• Our process takes your bones straight from these fast meat-eaters, to sealed bones in a matter of weeks. 

• Our process cleans the bones, pushes out the oil, locks moisture out, and seals the bones so no future damage should happen!

• The only animals we simmer usually are similar to pigs. Sometimes there are others.