Interesting! I have noticed that in some of my storage areas that are prone to silverfish, I have often found silverfish stuck to the underside glue strip (the one that holds the blunder trap to the floor). In some cases I have had many small silverfish on that underside glue strip and none at all on the main glue surface on the upper side. I assume that means they like to stick close to the floor surface and sheltered areas, especially when they are young. I am going to experiment with this method, though I’ll have to invest a whole 25 cents per trap rather than 5 cents as Canada has stopped using pennies! ; )
Dee Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, CAPC Conservator / Restauratrice New Brunswick Museum 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada (506) 643-2341 From: 'bugman22' via Museumpests [mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com] Sent: January 22, 2020 4:27 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps I started this trick many years ago and find it works great. Silverfish love to squeeze themselves into dark cracks and crevices. The pennies give them a perimeter of crevices around the entire glueboard. It's particularly helpful in situations on shelving where starchy items are stored. It's also great around the perimeter of a basement concrete floor where silverfish like to hide in the expansion joints. Tom Parker In a message dated 1/22/2020 3:17:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, apvand...@utexas.edu<mailto:apvand...@utexas.edu> writes: Hi Joel, I've never heard of placing traps like this for silverfish. Why is it better than the regular method? Alan Alan Van Dyke Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, TX 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 2:03 PM Voron, Joel <jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org>> wrote: We have a house that was reinsulated in the 20's and they uses seaweed and silverfish love it. I would not panic just yet....I would place out traps ( cut the sticky part out of sticky traps and use pennies on all four corners and one in the middle stuck to the glue and place it pennies down) somewhere nice and dark where no one will step on it....if there are silverfish there they will find it and you will know if it is a random one off or if there is a major problem. Are people bringing cardboard or paper bags into the structure? any recent paper or book acquisitions.....movement of files from another building? Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org> ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Stepping Stones Archives <ssfaa...@gmail.com<mailto:ssfaa...@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:57 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps Hi Joel, No, I do not. What is the importance of seaweed here? Lexi Echelman Archives and Collections Coordinator Stepping Stones – Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson, respective cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon Family Groups 62 Oak Road Katonah, NY 10536 ssfaa...@gmail.com<mailto:ssfaa...@gmail.com> (914)-232-4822 Website: http://www.steppingstones.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BillWHome Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwhome?lang=en On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 2:57 PM Voron, Joel <jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org>> wrote: Do you know if seaweed was used as insulation in this home? Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Conservation Dept. Integrated Pest Management Office 757-220-7080 Cell 757-634-1175 E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org<mailto:jvo...@cwf.org> [1474552137245_IMG_0499.JPG] ________________________________ From: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of ssfaandc <ssfaa...@gmail.com<mailto:ssfaa...@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:49 PM To: Museumpests <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Subject: [pestlist] Silverfish - Next Steps Hi All, I have reason to believe this is a silverfish, and I found it in the archive in a corner. The trap is not directly near paper, but there is a lot of paper-based historic materials in that room. First, is this a silverfish like a think it is? Next, what should I do in terms of notifying my supervisors and what are the best practices for next steps? Should a professional pest management company come in to inspect the space. 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