Re: [PestList] Clothing Moths and Vapona

Hi Anna, I’ve had good results treating bird mounts with the Hanwell Anoxibug setup from Insects Limited: https://www.insectslimited.com/store/anoxic-storage-solutions If you skip the oxygen indicator, you’ll know you had an air-tight cube if the oxygen scavengers heat up again when you cut

[PestList] Re: Fresh branches

Stephan, Just curious. Were the flowers dried before freezing? I would have assumed that freshly cut flowers would be damaged by freezing. Sounds like a cool installation. Mike Mike Quigley (he/him) Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Bowdoin College 9500 College Station

Re: [PestList] Re: Walk in Freezer Question

Hey Joel, We recently rented a reefer from Kelly Freezer in CT for treating some taxidermy. We set it to -30C. Datalogger reported -27 to -28C, doing two batches over several weeks. This was over the winter in Maine, so maybe less challenging than Virginia in the summertime. Power hookup

[PestList] Re: Moth ID

Technician Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. Phone: 617-495-1057 Fax: 617-495-9484 glewi...@oeb.harvard.edu From: pestlist@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Michael Quigley Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 12:27 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList

[PestList] Re: Pest tracking - software recommendations?

Hi Steph, I have been using zpest for a couple of years and have been very happy with it. It is simple, easy to use, and way better than anything I could do myself with excel. Well worth the price in my opinion. Best, Mike Mike Quigley Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and

Re: [PestList] German cockroach?

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Re: [PestList] German cockroach?

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Re: [PestList] German cockroach?

From: Voron, Joel Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 9:07 AM To: Michael Quigley Cc: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PestList] German cockroach? It has no yellow stripes on head so not German looks more like an oriental to me. Size? Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg

[pestlist] Donate PPE if you can

Hi, Apologies for cross posting, and for not being bug-related, but I know this is a resourceful and altruistic group, so here's the pitch: While preparing to work from home indefinitely this week and closing down storage spaces for the long haul, I realized we had some PPE stashed away

Re: [pestlist] Greenhouse Grown Poinsettas

I too worked in a non-commercial greenhouse years ago. We had all kinds of critters in there. Mike Quigley Assistant Curator Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Bowdoin College 9500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 USA mquig...@bowdoin.edu (207)725-3305

Re: [pestlist] AnoxiBug Question

Todd, I recently used AnoxiBug for the first time, and had similar issues with the calibration. I called up my supplier who went through the calibration process with units they knew to be functioning properly, and they were getting the same result I was, which did not match up with what the

Re: [pestlist] Tinea pellionella?...

Brown dotted clothes moth Niditinea fuscella caused similar confusion when I was trapping for webbing clothes moths at my previous institution. They are known to be attracted to the WCM pheromone. https://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Brown-dotted-clothes-moth.pdf ​They only

Re: [pestlist] Looking for samples

I've been using Leon Zak's Zpest Tracker for a little over a year now and have been pretty happy with it. It's inexpensive and easy. You can try a free demo here: https://zpesttracker.com Zpest Tracker | Pest tracking for museums, libraries and other institutions