Thanks Stephan, that's more or less what I figured, but it is nice to get it in print from a colleague.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:41 PM Stephan Biebl <i...@holzwurmfluesterer.de> wrote: > Jef, > > in many zoos or botanic gardens are roaches an everlasting problem and > (frass)baits (e.g. Maxforce) are the method with the lowest quantity of > insecticides, if used with small points at safe places (e.g. bait > stations). Additional using sticky traps, to catch roaches outside the > areas of the display zones could be an integrated method. > > Insecticide dust like boric Acid and all other liquid insecticides could > leed to contamination and kill effects on the live insects after contact > with the roaches. > > Best from Stephan > > Stephan Biebl > Ingenieurbüro für Holzschutz > Benediktbeuern / Germany > www.holzwurmfluesterer.de > > Am 06.08.2019 um 20:57 schrieb jefctaylor <jefctay...@gmail.com>: > > Has anyone else dealt with the challenge of controlling roaches in areas > that happen to display live insects? The keepers are understandably > concerned that not-yet-dead roaches will get into the insect exhibits and > bring the insecticide/diotomaceous earth/ boric acid/ et cetera (depending > on what I end up using) with them. > > It is an area with other live animal exhibits, so sources of food and > water are abundant, as well as nice warm harborages. > > I don't think there is an easy answer, but I'd love to hear if anyone else > has faced this issue, and what they did. > > Thanks! > > Jef Taylor > IPM Specialist > Zoo New England > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/e33648f7-9a25-49ae-b5db-3b7af11a7434%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/e33648f7-9a25-49ae-b5db-3b7af11a7434%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/229F4C4D-CB61-4200-95AA-CD7ACAF715AB%40holzwurmfluesterer.de > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/229F4C4D-CB61-4200-95AA-CD7ACAF715AB%40holzwurmfluesterer.de?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CA%2Bqio8X_Vac_eZoAZf1bOX0Z9%2BiL5ox4iHE-iCH58bT5b-OLVw%40mail.gmail.com.
