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We use dermestid beetles to clean your skulls
European mounts, are quickly becoming a favorite taxidermy technique for the people who want to display their trophy wildlife skull in an economical and professional way.
Our process uses Dermestid beetles to clean the skull. Processing European skull mounts using dermestid beetles has several advantages versus boiling, another common technique in making a European mount. Using Dermestid beetles, leaves the skull superior in whiteness and the skull stays in tact, where boiling the fats and pigments out tend to stain the skull and loosen many of the smaller bones.