fly tying fever

[Thwack]

Most definitely! Some folks use a microwave; I store them in a sealed Rubbermade shoebox with moth crystals for a few days.

If I recall correctly, the gentleman that writes the fly tying column for our fly fishing club's monthly newsletter had an article a while back in which he described an experiment with microwaving bugs.

The short version is the bugs had so little moisture that the microwave didn't seem to do anything meaningful to them.

The moth crystals are a much better approach (though some are just repellants, you want the kind that kill the critters).